Co-occurring Diagnosis

I thought I would talk about co-occurring diagnosis today. I have been researching the topic in one of my psychology classes. The statistics are very high for the co-morbidity of mental illness and addiction such as alcoholism or drug addiction.
According to NAMI information, the statistics are as high as 50%. Some of the research I [...]

New Speaking Opportunity

I talked to the Chief Judge of the Speech Contest I particpated in a couple of weeks ago. I told you that I spoke about self-injuring. She is an extremely accomplished speaker. She gave me some suggestions for going to Area this next weekend.
She said my speech gave her chills and blew her away. Another [...]

New Blog on Mental Health

I found a relatively new blog on mental health. It is found at
http://www.uglypin.blogspot.com:80/ Go check it out. She is out to spread the awareness of the stigma and fight it. She has a newsletter you can sign up for and a pin you can get a wear.
We all need to do our part in breaking the [...]

Self-injuring- getting the word out

Wednesday I gave a speech on self-injuring for Toastmasters. The difference for this speech is that it was for an International Contest. I had practiced a few times by reading it through. I hadn’t practiced as much as I normally do. It was a heavy topic for me as my friend has recently died from [...]

Suicide

There has been three suicides in my small town of 400 in the last two weeks. That is terrible. Suicide is a terrible way to die.
The rates of suicide are increasing. The economy are causing people to give up hope and end their lives along with their families.
What you leave behind is lasting when you [...]