Author: Katie
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My Greatest Fears In Psychosis
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I breathed in violently and my insides reverberated in an almost epileptic manner. I was both hot and cold and utterly psychotic, the equilibrium of my mind out of key. Like a cancerous tumor, the lies overwhelmed me in this paranoid state of mind. I couldn’t come out of it…
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What I Wish I Knew In My Last Episode
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I just looked over some admission documents from the last hospitalization I underwent almost five years ago. Wow, what I was missing! I thought I was right the whole time. Ha! On August 31, 2012, I voluntarily admitted myself to a behavioral hospital. It was an experience unlike my first hospitalization…
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Blessed To Be Bipolar
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There’s a stigma around being bipolar and I totally get that. I am sometimes afraid to tell people I have it because one, they don’t need to know, and two, you put yourself out there in the questionable zone. People may think “What is that?” or “Watch out, she’s got…
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“Mental Illness: Misconceptions and Projections” An Interview with Carol Kivler
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For professional speaker Carol Kivler, life threw a curve ball a decade into her executive coaching career. After being diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and failed trials of medications, her decision to use Electroconvulsive Therapy to “reboot” her brain proved successful. She now speaks to thousands around the world promoting the education…
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"Mental Illness: Misconceptions and Projections" An Interview with Carol Kivler
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For professional speaker Carol Kivler, life threw a curve ball a decade into her executive coaching career. After being diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and failed trials of medications, her decision to use Electroconvulsive Therapy to “reboot” her brain proved successful. She now speaks to thousands around the world promoting the education…
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Guest Post: “How to Advocate for Improvements in Mental Health Care – A Call to Action” By John F Baggett
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Part III: How to Advocate for Improvements in Mental Health Care – A Call to Action By John F. Baggett Ph.D. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead In 1980 the thirteen-year-old daughter…
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Guest Post: "How to Advocate for Improvements in Mental Health Care – A Call to Action" By John F Baggett
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Part III: How to Advocate for Improvements in Mental Health Care – A Call to Action By John F. Baggett Ph.D. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead In 1980 the thirteen-year-old daughter…
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Mental Health And The Church: An Interview With My Pastor
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Where does mental health fit in the gospel mission? Amazingly enough, there were characters in the Bible that had bouts of depression. Moses, Naomi, Hagar, David, Saul, Elijah, Hannah, Nehemiah, Solomon, Job, Judas, Paul, Jeremiah and John the Baptist. Being a believer and follower of Christ doesn’t exempt a person from…
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Guest Post: “How The Crisis In Mental Health Care Came To Be” by John F Baggett
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Part II: Lessons From History – How the Crisis in Mental Health Care Came to Be By John F. Baggett Ph.D In Part I of this three part series I described the current sad state of affairs in Mental Health Care. In this post, I will discuss how the…
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Guest Post: "How The Crisis In Mental Health Care Came To Be" by John F Baggett
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Part II: Lessons From History – How the Crisis in Mental Health Care Came to Be By John F. Baggett Ph.D In Part I of this three part series I described the current sad state of affairs in Mental Health Care. In this post, I will discuss how the…