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My Reality During A Psychotic Episode
"As the medications began to take effect. I very sadly started to realize that I was not a prophet. I was just a very sick person. I remain convinced to this day that I became psychotic trying make sense of our world." -
Shared Decision-making: Getting a Say in Your Care
Shared decision-making is when a person and their mental health care provider collaborate to create a treatment plan. Learn the benefits of this type of treatment. -
Different Types of Therapy for Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder treatment shouldn't be presented as solely pharmacological, it should be paired with regular therapy sessions. Here are a few types of therapy that are effective for bipolar disorder. -
Finding the Best Psychiatrist for You
Finding a psychiatrist that helps you work towards your goals is essential for recovery. Here are the steps Katherine took in order to get the care she needed. -
Dear Potential Employers
"Mental health advocates have long recognized what we're fighting is beyond stigma. It is discrimination. This fear was why I hid my diagnosis all these years." -
When A New Job Became My Worst Nightmare
"Three months after my hospitalizations, I got my overdue six-month review. The director cataloged every mistake I ever made so that my four-page evaluation read like an attack. I was demoted, pushed to the back of the office and stripped of my previous responsibilities." -
When Discrimination Starts in Elementary School
"The principal said that something had to be done about my son because 'he’s simply too dangerous and needs to be put in another environment.' My son was six years old at the time." -
Don’t Assume I’m Violent Because I Have Mental Illness
"They arranged a mandatory emergency staff meeting where they informed my colleagues that they felt I might be a violent threat to the office. They even had a picture of me placed at the front desk in the entrance of the building." -
When I Was Fired After Medical Leave
"Before I left on medical leave, I had taken on additional work to help a colleague whose husband was very ill and had been out for a few weeks, so I carried her caseload. Apparently, they have a different standard if you take leave because of mental illness." -
That Time in the Psych Ward
"My inpatient experiences traumatize me to this day. We need to focus on how it can be better, to turn psychiatric hospitalization into a constructive turning point towards recovery."