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Archive for the ‘Psychiatric Oddities’ Category

May 5th, 2008

Austrian Father Josef Fritzl To Plead Insanity

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

April 28th, 2008

Austrian Family Presents Psychiatrists With Bizarre Case

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

January 26th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Your Brain Begs For It.

What does a NAMI National employee, an Oxford University graduate, Heath Ledger, and Britney Spears have in common? They’re all highlights in this week’s Saturday Sanity - and, if I do say so myself, today’s batch of sanity-worthy links are well worth zoning out in front of the computer for a couple of hours.

If you […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments

January 5th, 2008

Religion, ESP, And Light Therapy For Bipolar Disorder

From anxiety levels among religious women to testing for ESP, this Saturday Sanity is sure to teach you something new.

Women Who Stay Religious Less Likely to Have Anxiety Disorder. I’m not a religious person, though I have found that when I’m paying more attention to God and prayer than to the physical world around me, […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments

December 29th, 2007

Saturday Sanity: Post Holidays

Howdy readers! It’s the first Saturday Sanity since the holidays (most of them, anyway), and I must say it’s a hodgepodge of random updates and tidbits. Hopefully there will be a little something for everyone.

Just a reminder to check out the interesting video posted yesterday, and leave your thoughts!
Brain Abnormalities Underlying Key Element Of Borderline […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

October 26th, 2007

Grey’s Anatomy Has Enraged Me Again

Did anyone watch Grey’s Anatomy last night?
If you know me outside of Mental Health Notes, you know that I’m a huge Grey’s Anatomy fan - or, I was, until the whole Isaiah Washington/T.R. Knight thing couldn’t be resolved without dragging the public into it and abc ultimately giving Washington to the boot. Oh, add to […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 8 comments

September 19th, 2007

Long Abandoned Suitcases From A State Mental Institution

“To take away the stigma is to take away the fear.” - Nancy Devine.
Have any of you heard of the old Willard Psychiatric Center in New York? Until it closed in 1995, it went through several names, ultimately sticking with the Willard Psychiatric Center.
Anyway, once Willard was closed in 1995, hundreds of “abandoned” suitcases were […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 6 comments

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