Mental Health Notes

April 19th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Upgrade Your Brain

I’m really enjoying the new layout of Saturday Sanity. I think it’s doing a much better job of providing more Saturday Sanity-worthy links, don’t you?
Anyway…

First, let’s take a look back at some of the things that have gone on here at Mental Health Notes this week. We kicked off the stress-busting Goin’ to the Chapel […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

April 16th, 2008

Psychologists Unsure Of Media Influence On Eating Disorders

Unless you’re willing to pay a $71,000-fine and spend up to three years in prison, it’s best to avoid encouraging “extreme thinness” in France.
According to two Yahoo! News articles, the lower house of the French parliament adopted a bill on Tuesday that would apply these punishments to anyone who incites extreme thinness. “Anyone,” more specifically, […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

February 28th, 2008

Are You At Risk For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 4
Recently we discussed the definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as the two categories its signs and symptoms are separated into - obsessions and compulsions. Because about 2.2 million Americans have OCD (according to the National Institute of Mental Health; I don’t even know […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments

February 9th, 2008

Double The Sanity This Saturday!

Wow, we’re already having the second Saturday Sanity of February - my, time really does fly when you’re having fun, huh?
Saturday Sanity is special this week (I know, I know - Saturday Sanity is always special) - but, this week, you get sanity-worthy updates from around the b5media family as well as all over the […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

February 7th, 2008

Have New Jersey Health Insurers Lost Their Minds?

Or, are the minds of New Jersey residents just not worth it?
Thanks to the awesome Trench Reynolds over at MyCrimeSpace, we may just have our “You have got to be kidding me” moment for the week.
After reading and rereading this article, I’m so dumbfounded and appalled and have so many thoughts (and rants) running through […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 7 comments

February 5th, 2008

Boost Your Self-Esteem This Valentine’s Day

Remember Angelique’s Breaking the Mirror contest? Yes, there’s still time to enter, but Angelique has more exciting news!
On February 14 (Valentine’s Day, for all you saps), Angelique is hosting “24 Hours of Body Love.” You can read about the event at the official post.
However, because I love you all so much (consider it my Valentine’s […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments

February 1st, 2008

Break The Mirror And Boost Your Self-Image!

Hey folks! Competition is in the air here at b5media! Now, not only is there still time to enter Kristen King’s $50 Target gift card health contest, but you can also enter Angelique’s Breaking the Mirror contest!
Simply put, you’ll need to list three aspects of your physical appearance that you absolutely adore and why before […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments

December 8th, 2007

Two New Mental Health Web Sites And More!

This week’s Saturday Sanity has arrived, my lovelies. Go ahead - enlighten yourselves!

Vanessa Figueroa, on behalf of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), was kind enough to let me know that Facing Us has been launched. From her email: “The Facing Us website was designed specifically to provide inspiration and support to those who […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments