May 10th, 2008
Today marks the end of Children’s Mental Health Week, and it seems like I just keep running into sad and…odd mental health news related to children.
Case in point:
Tammy Lewis, mother to a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son, and self-described bishop Alan Bushey are in custody on “felony counts of being a party to causing […]
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May 5th, 2008
In keeping with the children and mental health theme (though, on a much more disturbing level), after last week I knew it was only a matter of time before I was passing this information along to you:
AMSTETTEN, Austria - The lawyer for the Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 6 comments
May 3rd, 2008
Well, OK, you got me. Saturday Sanity doesn’t exactly keep the doctor away, but it does keep you up to date with what’s going on in the world of mental health, and that’s good too, right?
I talked about a lot of stuff this week here at Mental Health Notes. Not only did I get to […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
April 28th, 2008
With it’s themes of incest and secretly imprisoning children, this is quite the Flowers in the Attic-type story; only, it’s more like Flowers in the Basement.
Oh, and unlike the V.C. Andrews novel, this isn’t fiction.
A 42-year-old Austrian woman, simply identified as Elisabeth F., has been rescued from her 73-year-old father’s windowless basement cell, where she […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments
April 26th, 2008
Let’s glance back at some of the topics I covered this week here at Mental Health Notes. I shared pictures during Sunday’s Brain Break, mused on the mental health repercussions for the FLDS religious sect children, explained why being kind to the earth (and not just on Earth Day!) was good for our minds, offered […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
April 18th, 2008
When I was in college, I was married. My university mailed every bit of information that pertained to my grades, my financial aid and bills, and my courses directly to me. Nothing passed “Go,” i.e. my parents, and no one collected $200.
Well, the school did. A lot more than $200, too. But that’s neither here […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
April 8th, 2008
Tonight’s episode of Boston Legal was an emotional one for me. Sure, Alan Shore’s closing arguments get me fired up and ready to start changing the world every Tuesday night, but tonight’s episode was particularly engaging.
And, it was Shirley’s closing argument - not Alan’s - that did it for me. The frank, bottom line closing […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
April 5th, 2008
If you missed Wednesday’s post about Prescription for Change, the Consumers Union petition to the FDA to make it easier for consumers to report side effects of medications, I highly recommend checking it out.
In other drug news, the AstraZeneca Patient Assistance Programs now have a total of three “AZ & Me” prescription assistance programs (particularly […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 5 comments
April 1st, 2008
I stumble. I stumble a lot. When I’m bored, when I’m procrastinating, when I’m avoiding sleep - they’re all perfectly acceptable good times for a quick stumble or…um…93.
Stumbling is like the poor girl’s virtual answer to traveling the globe. Whenever I need an escape I know I can scroll my mouse to that lovely little […]
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March 28th, 2008
Or, soccer, for American readers.
I love Saturday Sanity.
Not only does it give me a chance to recognize all the important mental health-related news I discover throughout the week (that, for one reason or another, I don’t have time to talk about in depth), but it also gives me a chance to let you all know […]
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