Category: BipolarBrave
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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…
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Guest Post: "The Current Sad State of Affairs in Mental Health Care" By John F Baggett
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A Call to Advocacy Part One of a Three Part Series On December 15, 2016, A Palm Beach Florida newspaper, The Sun Sentinel, printed a feature story titled, Dying for help: Families struggle with severely mentally ill relatives, then become victims of their violence. Florida’s health care system is too…
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Joy To The Depressed
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Are you or someone you know taking on a George Bailey mentality? Better that you’d never been born? “Joy to the World?” You scoff at the thought. I can’t find joy, it’s out of reach. Perhaps you are suffering, broken and feeling forgotten about. You aren’t looking for hope, you don’t…
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Learning To Like Myself After Mania
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Knowing how much damage coming off my meds did to me and my trust in myself, I subconsciously started to believe I was unlikeable. It was so much easier to like myself during my crazy mania. But today, I owe myself an apology. Since the years after my last episode,…
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8 Things To Do For Someone In Mania
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What do you do when someone is manic? If you’ve seen the “not to do” list for one in mania, you’re likely wondering what’s appropriate to say around someone in that mode. Here are 8 things you can say or do when in the battlefield of Mania (or as my…
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8 Things To Do For Someone With Bipolar Depression
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So you were wondering what can you say around someone with Bipolar Depression? I already gave you 6 things to avoid around a depressed loved one, here are 8 things you can do to help ease the situation. Be respectful. “I don’t know exactly what you’re going through, but I would like to…