Another Organization Fighting The Stigma Of Mental Illness: Bring Change 2 Mind

There is a new organization that is dedicated to fighting the stigma of mental illness in our society that I would like to bring your attention to.  The name of the organization is Bring Change 2 Mind.  Click  HERE to visit their web site.   They have the support of several of the organizations that [...]

Three Young People And Their Generation, A Redo

Back in March I wrote this article.  It resulted from a trip to the market for St. Patricks Day.  This article gets a lot of attention as I used a picture of hippies from the 60’s and people seem interested in hippies!  If that’s what drew you here I’d ask you to give the article [...]

What Is Bi-Polar Disorder?

I hope that many people will view the special “Minds On The Edge”  in the coming weeks and months.  There is a lot to be gleaned from the program.  The program web site has some pages available for people to read and I have taken one of them and posted it here.  Bi-Polar Disorder is [...]

Candy Everybody Wants?

There are things in this life as a Christian I have come to realize will never be resolved this side of Heaven.  You might want to call them gray areas or non essentials.  From where you sit they very well may be essentials.  You can rest assured though that whatever the topic, there will be [...]

State Discriminated Against Mentally Ill, Judge Rules

I am not easily surprised any more.  After being surprised so often one learns to be ready for most anything in life.  This story about the fate of thousands of mentally ill folks in New York is sad on so many levels.  That we can treat fellow men and women so badly at times baffles [...]

Anticipation And Its Relationship To Anxiety

This article is taking from the blog of Psychologist Phil Monroe.  It is titled “Musings Of A Christian Psychologist.”  It is a resource here and can be found by clicking  HERE.   This is an excellent article in general and for me specifically.  The article is reproduced with permission.  Allan

This week we have been thinking about [...]

Larry Taylor: Is The Bible All We need For The Solution To All Our Problems?

This article originally ran last year.  Larry Taylor was kind enough to write it and now and then people are still reading it.  So I thought I’d run it one more time.  Allan  9-6-2009
How often has a believer with a legitimate mental illness been told they don’t need professional help, they simply need to really [...]

For Those Who Still Believe Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder Do Not Exist

This article is over a year old.  I have chosen to publish it again as the topic discussed is one that many people are curious about.  As this blog has so many different readers I wanted to bring this article back again so others can have the opportunity to read it.  Allan
On Tuesday of this [...]

STIGMA IS A FOUR LETTER WORD

Editors Note:  NAMI wishes to thank Schizophrenia Digest for allowing us to reprint this article in its entirety.  This article may not be reproduced from our site without express written permission.
Busting Through
Leading the Fight Against Stigma
by:  David Staba
Stella March spent much of her working life in the advertising business, and devoted her off time to [...]

Borderline Personality Disorder: Stories of Hope

An illness I had no idea about a year ago happens to be a topic that draws many to this blog as they search for information.  NAMI has posted the following article that gives a brief synopsis of BPD and tells the story of three individuals who have recovered and are now leaders in the [...]