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• Speaking About Mental Illness …

  

  It’s never easy to speak about mental health issues so remember, it doesn’t always have to be a long conversation. There are other ways of showing support. One... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Alzheimer’s Disease Has a Stigma Too …

  Did you think that there was a stigma about mental illness only? Well, click on this link to hear about the stigma accorded young-onset Alzheimer’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Crisis Intervention Team

  

  How Michael Woody became president of the Police Crisis Intervention Team. Click once on the link, ignore the very short commercial, then listen to the story... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Ralph Aldo Emerson Said; Sanity is Very Rare. Every Man and Almost Every Woman...

  Today, most people with a mental illness are out in the community and the scandals reported in the press are no longer about the bad treatment they receive in... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Waking up with Pain as Your Bedfellow

  

  ‘Mental Illness fills my brain. It takes over completely .There is no escape. The voices! Oh the voices! If you could live in my mind for just one day, you woul... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• So Many People Wanted to Comfort Me …

  

  SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO COMFORT ME. SO FEW SUCCEEDEDPeople aim to comfort a parent who has lost a child. So few really know what to say. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I Will Not Have Lived in Vain

  

  If I can stop one heart from breaking, I will not have lived in vain.If I can help one person who is aching, I will not have lived in vain. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Being with You is Like Opening a Can of Springtime …

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSTo celebrate having reached the grand old age of 75, I would like to share some of my life’s lessons.‘Being with you is like opening a can of... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What Exactly is Sanity ?

  

  What exactly is SANITY? Sanity refers to the soundness, rationality and healthiness of the human mind, as opposed to insanity.Sanity is something that we take... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I Have a BIPOLAR DISORDER

  I found this on DarcSunshine’s Blog and would like to share it with you. I HAVE a Bipolar Disorder. I am NOT Bipolar. I take 3 medications 3 times a day. I am... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• ‘Don’t Upset Your Son,’ They Said

  

  ‘Don’t upset your son,” they said….What our son needed when he entered a psychiatric hospital for the first time, what we all needed more than anything else, wa... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Not Even One More ….

  

  NOT EVEN ONE MOREThe SHOOTING that shattered the University of Santa BarbaraThree University students at Santa Barbara were the first victims of the killing tha... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Do Not Stand at Our Graves and Weep ….

  

  Do not stand at our graves and weepWe are not there, we do not sleep.We’re a thousand winds that blow, we’re the diamond glints on snow.We’re the gentle autumn... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Our Brother Has a Mental Illness

  

  . It happens in the best of families … in our family? These are some of the thoughts that our daughters probably had to deal with during the long years when... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Dealing with Grief

  

  I imagined a silver ball bouncing around inside the weekly lottery machine. I knew that it was unlikely that someone else could associate that image with... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• My Son Doron

  

  When we talk to God, it’s called prayer but when God talks to us, it’s called schizophrenia. By Lily Tomlin.In my book, I changed all the names making it... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• In Order to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease, Use Your Brain

  

  Right now there are at least 44 milion people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Everyone who has a brain is a risk of developing this... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Do You Scan the Obituaries and Feel Jealous of the Dead?

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Do you wake up every morning, find it hard to lift your head?Do you scan the obituaries and feel jealous of the dead? Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• They’re All Wired, You Know

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSHow can seniors escape the world of high technology? is a question frequently asked by golden agers. Their complaint is that they seldom see... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Stunning Senior Moment

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSA self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to eplain to a senior citizen sitting next to him... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY