[…] problems.” The article specifically highlights how the shame associated with social stigma is directly connected to the LGBT community’s “higher rates of depression, anxiety, substance use and suicide than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts.” It doesn’t matter how “out” an LGBTQ person is, internalized shame can still affect someone if they don’t keep […]
[…] formed Students for a Healthy Oregon. Together, we wrote our first bill concept, HB 2191, or “Chloe’s Law,” in memory of an Oregon student who died by suicide (also referred to as the “Student Mental Health Days Bill”). After creating the bill, our group appeared before the House Education Committee at the Oregon State […]
[…] leave it in a different room. I took my drinks everywhere I went. At one point I had been brought to the hospital after I attempted suicide. I didn’t trust the doctors that were treating me. I just wanted to get out of the hospital and said whatever it took to make that […]
[…] lucky enough to find peace with their disorder, potentially including a medication regimen that works for them. Others never find solace, and many are unfortunately lost to suicide. But I feel there is always hope, especially when communities understand what the world is like when you have mental illness. My own world changed drastically […]
"As someone living with BPD, and as a mental health professional, I can personally tell you how difficult it is to live with this disorder."
[…] that improve Medicaid and Medicare eligibility and coverage, decrease medication costs and increase the availability of mental health services. They can represent your voice on issues like suicide prevention, crisis response, long term care, scientific research and access to inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment. You can influence what services are available for those […]
"60–70% of smokers with serious mental illness say they want to quit — the same percentage as the general population."
[…] psychotic ex-boyfriends I should know about?” Of course, this isn’t the only time that “psychotic” is used as a casual insult in films. In the movie “ Suicide Squad,” a crew of dangerous criminals is scathingly referred to as “psychotic, anti-social freaks.” In “Batman Vs. Superman,” Lois Lane tells villain Lex Luthor, “you’re psychotic,” […]
[…] journey. The Steps provide a roadmap and direction, but the spiritual principles give that journey a soul. Randy Withers, MA, NCC, LCMHC, is a therapist and author of Therapists Share Their Thoughts on Suicide. He earned his Master’s degree in Counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University and is the Founder of Blunt Therapy, a blog about mental health.
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