May 7th, 2008
I love free stuff, and I love passing along information about free stuff. So, you can imagine how much I loved finding this free emergency medical ID wallet card from MedIDs.com.
Sure, you could probably find various kinds of free emergency medical ID wallet cards in a thousand other places, but I like this one because […]
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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 12th, 2008
I’m trying a bit of a different style for Saturday Sanity. Let me know what you think!
First up, let me refresh your memory regarding some of the more interesting things that went on at Mental Health Notes this week: The Lolcats paid us a visit, Boston Legal made me proud, the folks opposing the postpartum […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments
April 9th, 2008
Back in January, I notified you all of an advocacy alert regarding the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act (S.1375) from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).
Yesterday I received another advocacy alert from the DBSA. This one was also related to postpartum depression and S.1375 (and the House’s version, H.R. 20), only […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 9 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 2nd, 2008
One of my mottoes has always been, “If you want something done, get up and do the damn thing.” Having that mentality is definitely one of the reasons I love grassroots movements and advocacy.
It’s also definitely one of the reasons I love passing along information about said grassroots movements and advocacy to you lovely people.
A […]
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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 […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments
March 16th, 2008
Or, perhaps, our brains need a break. However you want to see it.
I’ve decided that, from now on, Mental Health Notes will take a break from all things mental health-related on Sundays. Yeah, I know - Mental Health Notes is a mental health blog. I’m a rebel, what can I say.
Constantly talking - and reading […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 7 comments
March 15th, 2008
Nutrition, drug abuse, pregnant teens, and new blogs - it’s all part of this week’s Saturday Sanity!
Did you know March is National Nutrition Month? In honor of that, we here at the b5media Science & Health Channel chose nutrition as the topic for our monthly theme day. See what I had to say about brain-boosting […]
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March 14th, 2008
Oh. My. Gawd. Is that not just the most precious little thing you’ve ever seen? Ozzy is his name, and according to Bruce Goldstein, Ozzy is more than a ridiculously cute canine.
He’s also a lifesaver.
In his new book, Puppy Chow is Better than Prozac, Bruce Goldstein tells the story of how bipolar disorder sent his […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 6 comments
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