May 19th, 2008
Today kicks off Doreen Orion’s month-long book tour (May 19-June 16), and she’s going to be here at Mental Health Notes for the next week. I hope you’ll all welcome her!
First, though, you may be wondering, “What? Who is Doreen Orion? And why is she touring blogs? Specifically, Mental Health Notes?”
That’s easy enough to answer. […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments
May 16th, 2008
Here at b5media’s Health & Wellness Channel, we’re always doing something.
This week, we’re rounding up our “Top 5″ posts.
Some bloggers are focusing on their top five most popular posts, their favorite posts, and even posts that aren’t very well known to their readers.
Because Mental Health Notes is still celebrating its one-year anniversary, I thought I’d […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments
May 12th, 2008
LiveJournal, dear LiveJournal.
Many moons ago, when I was a young college student dealing with life and all the bizarre things that come along for the ride, you gave me a home. You gave me an outlet to vent my frustrations, a portal to make friends, a place to share my secrets as well as my […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment
May 8th, 2008
Last Thursday, Chato B. Stewart rocked our funny bones with his mental health humor. This Thursday, Ken Jensen puts us through psychiatric boot camp with his system for surviving bipolar disorder.
As if my nauseatingly incessant play on words didn’t give it away, 39-year-old Ken Jensen is a former soldier – not just any soldier, but […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 10 comments
May 7th, 2008
I have some mental health news for you ladies and…well, just ladies, as this doesn’t really pertain to the gents; unless, of course, you’re looking to find mental health information for that special lady in your life!
Revolution Health, that lovely Web site that hosted the Revolution Health Online Health Fair last year, is at it […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment
May 5th, 2008
In addition to May being Mental Health Awareness Month (or, simply Mental Health Month, depending on where you read about it), the week of May 4-10 is Children’s Mental Health Week and it kicked off with a bang yesterday (May 4) with Childhood Depression Awareness Day.
To help you better understand children’s mental health, or - […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments
May 4th, 2008
Dear Megan,
The day is almost here. The day you leave the academic halls of MU behind for the sterilized halls of…whichever hospital it is you’ve decided to grace with your newly diploma-ed registered nursing experience. (I can’t keep up with your ever-changing mind.)
Aren’t you excited?!
We all sure are. Actually, I don’t know who’s more excited […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 comments
May 3rd, 2008
For about the past year, I’ve been subscribed to a newsletter from Gimundo. The Web site’s slogan is “Good News…Served Daily.” Well…it’s not exactly served daily; for the last few months I didn’t receive one newsletter and forgot that I was even subscribed to it. However, over the past week they seem to have picked […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 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, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments
April 24th, 2008
Not only is April Cancer Control Month, but it’s also National Poetry Month!
As a writer, I can’t pass up the opportunity to share with you a list of poets with mental illness. These are just a few of the men and women who lived with mental illness and still managed to do what they loved […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 8 comments
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