Clik here to view.
What I Wish I Knew Before I Was Diagnosed With Mental Illness
Well, we sent yesterday’s version of this post out with a much more gruesome photo than necessary – and missing a few edits that make it a little clearer. My editorial assistant and I sometimes have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 Ways to Support Someone With a Mental Illness Diagnosis
Here’s how: Focus on their health. Realize that they have the same needs you do. Recognize the system may have trained them to act weird because it reinforces that they’re crazy or dangerous, which may...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Trauma-responsive” means “Inclusive”
Today I had another saddening conversation with someone who was convinced that “only abuse, neglect, and maltreatment” are trauma–nothing else. I am saddened because that leaves so many of us out. And...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Death Upon Death
Do you know a lot of people? If you do, as I do, there will come some painful time of multiple deaths. I went through this the first time in 1989, when 13 people died in one year, three in three days...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four Reasons to Think About More than Names
I keep seeing great stuff about the ACES (http://ctmirror.org/2015/01/20/the-long-reach-of-childhood-trauma/#top) . I keep wondering when we’re going to abandon–maybe reject–the names of events as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mental Health Month? Are You Sure?
Every day, Google finds articles with the words “mental health” in them and posts them neatly at the bottom of my home screen. Since the first of May, I’ve been waiting to read about mental health. It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anti-Psychotics and Teens without MH Diagnosis: Another Round of Social Control?
Today the good folks at WaPo had a curious article. The headline “Most antipsychotic drugs prescribed to teens without mental health diagnosis, study says“. The study published in JAMA Psychiatry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Beneficial Activities to share with someone who has PTSD
5 Beneficial Activities to share with someone who has PTSD (from our guest blogger, Julia Merrill, julia@befriendyourdoc.org) Living with PTSD is an adjustment. People diagnosed with PTSD often put a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trauma-Informed Care: It’s the Law in Some States!
In some states, TIC (trauma-informed care) is mandated as the standard. But does it mean people are actually trauma-informed? In the year that I’ve been absent from my blog, I’ve had a lot of time to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Should Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Differ?
In my last post, I talked about how trauma-informed care (TIC) is legislated in some states. And I promised information and ideas on how it should differ. Now I’m not some big wig or a government...
View Article
