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Mothers Postpartum Mood Disorders: Fifty to eighty percent of mothers experience "baby blues" or mild depression after delivery...
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Murder Victim Remembered: Gidon was screaming from the pain and blindness with his small hammer waving in the air ... volleys...
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New York City Candidates' Forum On Mental Health: We must keep voting for the mental health issues that are important to us. That is the only way...
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NY State Legislative Update: An underlying and erroneous belief exists among many insurers today that mental illness is not...
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NYAPRS Conference In Light of Terrorist Attacks: The conference program included cutting edge presentations on best practices, administration and...
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Obsession Du Jour: It may be a big deal or it may be trivial. If it is something trivial my mind blows it way out of...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Most people with OCD are aware of their obsession ...OCD thus differs from other psychotic...
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OCD and the World Trade Disaster: Keep up the fight! Don't feel guilty about using the supports you need
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Paper Demons: Perhaps writing is a self-healing method that the body, mind and spirit recognize as beneficial.
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Peer Support Helped Me and It Can Help You: [After] thirty-seven years ... I have come to the realization that there's life after being...
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Personal Story: Out Of Control: I was scared of the insanity I knew I was going through so, after being abstinent from alcohol and...
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Restricting Access To Medications: Governor Pataki's Executive budget proposals for the current fiscal year may affect access to...
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Steady After Life's Ups and Downs: Even since I started working as a peer advocate in the Bronx Peer Advocacy Center, my life has been...
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The Arts and Carafes Café: One lady raves about the crepes I make ... I had never made crepes before I worked here.
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The Importance Of Medication Compliance: Patients are three times more likely to relapse if they don't take their meds.
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The Psychological Impact of Disaster»
The Sick Me vs. The Well Me: Sometimes living day to day is a chore when you are a mentally ill person.
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The Southeast D.C. Wonder: Does anything good come out of Southeast Washington, D.C.? Yes, there is me.
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There's Help For Performance Anxiety: They develop shortness of breath, hearts race, voices quiver and they sweat and shake.
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To Medicate Or Not to Medicate: There is no pill that can substitute for the sort of healthy human interaction that builds genuine...
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Using Meditation To Relieve Depression: I have never experienced any pill that any doctor has prescribed for me to be as effective in...
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Voter Registration Party in Harlem: ... protecting the rights of people with mental illness who are forced into electro-convulsive...
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Ward Stories: Have a happy, healthy, and well-deserved holiday season after the turbulence we have all
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Ward Stories: For anyone who has suffered from depression, Kurt's poems really 'hit home.'
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What is a Half-Fare Metrocard & how can I get one?: What is a Half-Fare Metrocard, and how can I get one?
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What Mental Illness Means to Me: It took a while for my psychiatrist to find the right medications for me, and when he did it was...
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What to Do After a Disaster: Remember that if we don't take care of ourselves, than the terrorists will have won.
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When BYHSMTLF Is Not Enough*: What I try to do, believe it or not, is to keep a positive perspective about my suicidal thoughts.
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Why Would Anyone Want to Cut Themselves?: The problem is, this physical pain fades in only 10-15 seconds and the emotional pain returns.
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A Rolling Mental Health Ministry: a mental health consumer who attends Pastor Phil's service every week ... says the service keeps...
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Albany Rally For Mental Health Funding: Over 600 mental health advocates came to Albany from every corner of New York
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American Public Unaware of Teen Suicide Crisis: The tendency to "downplay" suicide ... contrasts sharply with the 36% who report knowing a teen who...
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Anger Management With Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children & Teens: ... teens and young children with severe emotional and behavioral problems can learn effective...
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Brain: The World Inside Your Head: According to a Pfizer survey up to 38 percent of people are afflicted or touched by mental illness
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Celebrating My Sixth Year In Recovery: My advice: don't dwell on your past, keep good thoughts, talk out your feelings -- never keep them...
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Cigarette Smoking and Mental Illness: ...there is mounting evidence that smoking is a form of self-medication, since it appears to reduce...
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Colleges of Queens & Nassau Well Prepared For Mental Illness: "... a student working towards a college degree and suffering with a mental illness has a place to...
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Coming to Terms with Reality: My recovery really started when I became distraught enough to express my beliefs. ... my doctors...
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Coping With Disaster and Trauma: As America begins to come to terms with ... the horrific violence of September 11, the country must...
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Cultural Diversity Among Consumers: Cultural diversity is important for consumers because it helps us relate to each other on a deeper...
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Disaster Coping Tips for Families of Persons with Serious Mental Illness: Recognize that each individual reacts to crises in different ways and assume that your family...
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Disclosing A Diagnosis While Dating: I mustered up my courage and said, 'You should know I'm on medication for schizophrenia.' The man...
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Double Stigmas: it wasn't until the sixties and seventies that psychiatry began to emerge from its Dark Ages, and...
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Editor-at-Large: As I See It A Journal Entry: My depression is still there. But for the moment I feel better.
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Editor-at-Large: As I See It I Just Don't Get It: It dawned on me as I rode home that we were on the same ward at Kings Park State Hospital.
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Expand SCRIE To Prevent Homelessness: The maximum monthly SSI check amounts to $617.00 ... a failure to expand SCRIE to those with...
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: We are developing a great variety of new therapeutic and medical advances that can greatly enhance...
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F.E.G.S. Helping New Yorkers Recover From Terrorist Attack: The long-term human crisis caused by the attack on New York is just beginning.
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Forum Discusses Human Rights Violations: ... protecting the rights of people with mental illness who are forced into electro-convulsive...
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From Denial To Recovery: When I tried to talk to my friends and my parents about what I was going through, everyone told me...
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Girls, Interrupted: What does our film culture tell us about young women struggling with depression?
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How Am I Doing? How Are We Doing?: in the aftermath of the World Trade Center debacle ...What do we feel when something this enormous...
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How to Access Supportive Housing for Individuals With Psychiatric Diagnoses: ... think about supportive housing in terms of a spectrum of services, costs and living...
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Hypnosis and Coping with Disaster and Trauma: Healing from trauma takes time, patience, understanding and the support of others.
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In Memory Of My Mentor: Julius Green, PS: Meeting him was a turning point in my life. I knew right then and there what other people like...
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In the Wake of Disaster, Peer Support Services Can Play an Important Role: We know we have something very special to offer, something that has been proven to help
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Managing the Impact of Tragedy: We know from experience that mass disasters result in lasting mental health problems.
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Mental Health Infrastructure Funding a Priority: The American economy is already losing an estimated $113 billion a year from untreated and...
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More on Adult Homes: At long last public attention is being paid to conditions in adult homes.