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Trading Benders for Bending Metal
Ever wonder how challenging it is to bend metal with your bare hands? Learn about Chris 'Wonder' Schoek, who manages this feat of strength regularly as a method of recovery from substance abuse. -
5 Main Characters in Best Sellers Who Live with Mental Illness
Looking for a few interesting reads to add to your bookshelf? Each of these five best sellers has a main character who lives with mental illness.
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A Beautiful Train Wreck
Having schizophrenia is not wrong. I openly share information about my disorder and struggle with others in hopes of lessening the shame of asking for help.
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Addiction Can Happen to Anyone
It has been a long, arduous and self-revealing journey through my nine years of addiction to recovery. My life is finally going in a direction I can be proud of.
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Truth Found Behind the Wall
Mary and Elin Widdifield carefully interviewed numerous parents and let them explain in their own words what mental illness means. -
Music and Recovery
I have struggled with mental illness all my life, but music makes me feel better.
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Steven’s Story
I’ve been living with mental illness since I was 19 years old and serving in the U.S. Marines. In May of this year everything came to a head.
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Dispelling Myths on Mental Illness
A list of myths about mental illness and the facts that prove the myths wrong. -
Giving HUGS That Last Longer Than a Moment
One of the winners of last year's Connect4MentalHealth Innovation Awards, NAMI Collier County, shares the success they've had with their HUGS program. -
Science Meets the Human Experience: Integrating the Medical and Recovery Models
Can the first-person vision for hopefulness and reliance on experience be integrated with scientific knowledge to inform better care and outcomes? Yes.