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1. Uniquely Wired: People With Schizophrenia Some of the clients I work with are diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I've learned much from them about their experience of first getting symptoms, and then living with them. I've learned that Schizophrenia is a family matter. It alters the lives of the...
2. Mental and Emotional Health Headquarters MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH This group is about getting, and staying, in good mental/emotional health. Quality lenses from mental health professionals, non-professionals, and consumers of mental health care, and well-being experts, are welcome.
3. Mental Health from a Christian Perspective "There are many invalids today who will ever remain so because they cannot be convinced that their experience is not reliable. The brain is the capital of the body, the seat of all the nervous forces and of mental action. The nerves proceeding from t...
4. Mental Health Recovery Principles There has been a lot of debate about the recovery movement in mental healthcare. Some professionals proliferate the recovery movement is a less scientific approach to mental healthcare, while others contest said movement is a more systematic, holisti...
5. ANCIENT SECRETS OF MENTAL CURES According to the World Health Organization, twenty-five percent of individuals develop one or more mental or behavioral disorders at some stage in life, in both developed and developing countries. An estimated 121 million people currently suffer from...
6. Drugging Foster Children God help America . . . some terrible news about over-medication of foster children has come to light. I've heard about this off and on for quite a few years during the course of my work as a family rights activist... and think it is time for a l...
7. What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)? Dissociative identity disorder is a condition in which two or more "personalities" take control of a person's behavior. A number of DID cases have been documented in medical literature and have been dramatized in award-winning movies and TV shows suc...
8. Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown "Nervous Breakdown" is a term which is no longer used by the medical community, but it is a great way to describe how it FEELS. I know because I've been there. Your doctor may refer to it as "situational depression" or "anxiety disorder". Others may...
9. Lunatic Asylums, Psychiatric Hospitals and Psychiatry Here you'll find a range of general information about mental health and welfare and the places that are designed to look after us when we have a mental illness. Most of us will experience some sort of mental illness in our lifetime, either direct...
10. Play Mind Games For Christmas Today's babyboomers do not want to sit around idle in their retirement years. They look forward to doing all the things they weren't able to do before. A typical retiree has even more activities on their plate than before retirement. So...
11. Bipolar Disorder And Me - Two Bears and a Lady Bipolar, two polar bears, get it? I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around a year ago, but looking back I've shown symptoms of it since about age 11. I am now 28. I tend to deal with it and talk about it with humor as you can tell from the playfu...
12. Social Work Burnout Anyone who has spent any amount of time working in the social services industry is probably familiar with the concept of burnout. The overwhelming needs of patients and their families combined with a system riddled with bureaucracy is the ultimate re...
13. Positive School Climate and PBIS PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is a systems approach to create and maintain positive school climates.  This evidence-based framework emphasizes preventing school discipline problems.  PBIS provides ideas to support&nb...
14. The Eby Way The Eby Way, is a self-help guide to overcoming past dark secrets so we can achieve our goals today. It is available now at Sterlinghousepublisher.com.
15. A Mind Taut with Pain I know a mind taut with pain.  I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2002 after many years of illness. This lens is a collection of information and useful links on schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and is illustrated with some of my o...
16. Friends With A Mental Illness This lens seeks to bring attention to folks who suffer with a mental illness and how to be a better friend to them. Its absolute goal is to promote mental-illness awareness, and encourage acceptance and discussion. ...A big thank you to those who hav...
17. Control Your Mind Today If you're feeling like you're losing it or that you're losing control, you're not alone. Drama and chaos are all the rage now-a-days as evidenced by all the reality shows popping up. But we know that energy is never lost. With ev...
18. Living With Asperger's Syndrome ~Who Is Affected by Autism?~ In one word: me. I have Asperger's Syndrome, a type of Autism. Life is difficult, not so much because autism affects the things I do, but mostly because people do not take the time to get to know me. My cloths scare off...
19. A Student in Counselling I have blogged throughout my counselling studies, which led to twittering and now to this. I have amassed a whole canyon load of interesting links, articles and blogs that relate to counselling and therapy. So I thought why not start a lens and share...
20. The Power of Now   Be playful.  Know that it's going to be alright no matter what. Have as much fun as you can. Be as easy as you can. Don't take anything very seriously, because everything blows over, good and bad. You can't stand still. So nothing lasts...