|
Personal Stories from Mental Health Consumers and Professionals
Life Behind The Wire Mesh Screen: One Woman's
Experience With Bipolar Disorder - a county mental health worker,
who has bipolar disorder herself, shares her experiences and urges others
to speak out and to advocate.
My Experiences as a Consumer and as a Practitioner
Within the Mental Health System - a social worker in new england combines
his personal experience as a consumer with his professional training for
a unique grasp of the cultures of both survivors and care givers
How Many Did I Overlook; The Transformation of
a School Psychologist - a school psychologist wonders how many warning
signs she overlooked in students until her own child was diagnosed with
bipolar disorder
Consumer Perspectives
Telling Our Stories- a top tv journalist
learns to tell his own bipolar story by helping others tell theirs
My Journey Back to Sanity - the executive director
of the nations largest mental illness consumer organization tells of her
own journey back to sanity
Living Life on the Bipolar Ride - he went
from a chance to head Scripps institute of oceanography to living life
on the bipolar disorder ride with ssi
I Am a Survivor! - a state senate consultant
tells of her battle to be a survivor of a family ravaged by mental illness
and her own diagnoses of bipolar disorder and diabetes
When the Mind Goes - less than two weeks after
the birth of her baby a new mother is put away in a state hospital, abandoned
by her family to institutional care
The Hanging Tree - a survivor of 33 years
in "the system" has kept his family together and been in the
forefront of advocacy for the rights and needs of others
ONWARD from CHANGING OF MIND - an author tells
how her "madness" led to her love of words
I Have Been to Hell and Back- a science fiction
enthusiast whose bipolar disorder / manic depressive illness has literally
taken him to hell and back, shares some 'spiritual' thoughts.
SNAFU: Normal is just not good enough! - defiant
in her giftedness and her bipolar disorder label, a prolific author questions
if 'normal' is ever enough
There Was No Funeral, So Nobody Cried - a
husband and father watches helplessly as his wife abandons the family
and goes off on her own perhaps because of her bipolar disorder
Remembering Kate - A Story of Hope - recalling
the lessons she learned observing her mother rebuilding a life, a leading
self help author, who has bipolar disorder illness herself, emphasizes
support.
Sharing and Caring - appreciating those who
care and share with us is the topic of an abundantly talented man who
has seen and done it all, including bipolar disorder at its most extreme
|
