Category: severe mental illness
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every First Responder Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the third post in this series about Serious Mental Illness. In this post, I want to address Serious Mental Illness (SMI) in the context of first responders. For the first two posts on this subject, see those concerning Pastors and Mental Health Providers. For First Responders, the critical…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Mental Health Provider Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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This is the second of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. In case you missed it, here’s the link to my first post on What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness. Herein, I…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the first of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. I’m going to publish these posts in this series as best and as accurately as possible because this is such a misunderstood subject. In this…
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What I Would Change About the Mental Healthcare System
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I want to bring attention to the most broken part of the mental healthcare system in the US. I know there are many broken pieces, but I’m basing my comment on my personal experience, as someone who was fortunate enough to get care inside of a psychiatric hospital setting. You…
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An Anonymous Prayer for a Loved One with SMI
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This post was provided by a reader of the blog. They asked me to post it, to help raise awareness about the reality of Severe/Serious Mental Illness (SMI) within families. Please know you are not alone, and that there are resources out there for you and your loved ones facing…
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Why Psych Treatment Should Be Community Based
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The Hospital Setting Psychiatric hospitals are notorious for lack of funding and quality treatment of the patients. I spent time at both a juvenile and adult ward, and they aren’t any fun, especially when you’re in the frame of mind you’re in. Just in the nature of their structure, putting…
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Reclaiming Your Sanity After Losing It
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Take a moment to picture your willingness to believe the most prominent Faith-Word authorities and hope against all doubt that if you truly believe it, you will be healed. Give yourself the chance to believe. Just try and see. Now you’re off your medications for mental illness and your world subtly…