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• What Psychiatrists Don’t Realize.

  Life according to my late son, David. A poem from the collection that we found in his apartment after his tragic death. Psychiatrists don’t realize that My... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Some Symptoms Showing the Presence of a Problem

  

  If you have a friend who starts sleeping away far too many hours of the day. If he/she refuses repeatedly to go out with you and your other friends and for no... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• When You Can Pop a Pill, Why Bother About Therapy?

  

  Both my husband and I felt that modern psychiatry seemed to rely too heavily on the medication side and tended to forget that our son was hearing voices. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Is It Bravery That Makes One Share a Personal Story?

  

  Instead of using the word brave, I would like to say that I share my story in order to help others. I don’t feel brave. All I feel is a great need to try to... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What Can You Do to Help a Person Who is Suffering from a Mental Illness?

  

  The myth says::You can’t do anything for a person suffering from a mental illness. But there are lots of things we can do. We can … Refrain from using works lik... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Myth: There is No Hope for People Suffering from a Mental Illness …

  

  Today, there are more treatments, stragtegies and community support than ever before and more are in the works. People suffering from any mental illness, can... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I Dared to Call Myself Computer Savvy …. ?

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSI never learned how to use a computer. My husband brought one home, arranged it on my desk next to a printer and then went back to work. He... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What Does Recovery Mean?

  

  Recovery refers to the process in which people are able to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities. There are studies showing that most... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Trying to Get on with Life After a Child Has Died.

  Parents of children who have committed suicide are left with all the shards of troubled lives. A twenty-year-old jumped to his death from a multi-storey buildin... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Mental Illness Does Not Discriminate. It Can Affect Anyone.

  

  I was told that all people suffering from a mental illness are violent which is not true as the vast majority of people with a mental condition are no more... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Let’s Learn the Facts Before We Stigmatize Somebody.

  

  Is it possible to learn the facts before stigmatizing someone? Before we label a person, shouldn’t we examine their contents first? Every mental illness has a... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• My Bedside Clock Showed 2 A.m. and Our House Seemed to Be Vibrating ….

  

  Engulfed by an overwhelming fatigue, I fell into a soporific sleep. Something woke me. I lifted my head groggily and glanced at my bedsode clock. It was 2 a.m.... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Happiness Had Become Nothing More Than a Word in the Dictionary …

  

  I had the feeling that people with mental illness were treated a bit like lepers in a leper colony. Why do most people shy away from those who are different fro... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• “The Voices. Oh Those Voices.”

  “Dad,” David said. “They are out to get me.” “Who are they?” my husband wanted to know. “The voices. They talk to me, mix me up. I don’t have any peace. My... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Seaside City Makes the Beach and Ocean Accessible for Disabled Persons

  

  Congratulations to the Eilat City Council. At last, individuals with physical disabilities will be able to sit on specially constructed wheelchairs that can rol... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• My Son, David, Was Hospitalized Against His Will …

  The doctor said “Your son has become a danger to himself and maybe to others.” So in the deep of night, he was hospitalized against his will. Two orderlies... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I Knew How to Handle Chicken Pox, but Not Mental Health Issues.

  David’s medication made him restless but suggesting that he remain indoors and skip his walk until the thunderstorm had ended, was useless. We’d learned that... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• “I Made a Difference to That One,” She Told Him.

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSA man was sitting on a beach watching thousands of starfish that lay dying in the sun. He saw a young girl tossing them back into the sea one... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Myths About Schizophrenia …

  

  Schizophrenia is not a split personality. Schizophrenia is not another word for violence. Ordinary people can contract schizophrenia. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Flea and a Fly in a Flu … Something My Son David Quoted to Me on the Phone.

  A flea and a fly in a flu, were imprisoned, so what could they do?Said the fly; ‘let us flee.’ ‘Let us fly,’ said the flea.So, they flew through a flaw in the... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY