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Archive for the ‘Sites of Interest’ Category

June 26th, 2008

Mental Health Notes Asks: What Do You Really Want? June Edition

It’s June 26, which means, for a reason completely unplanned, it’s time for another edition of What Do You Really Want?
Past editions of What Do You Really Want? have been slightly humorous, focusing on search phrases Mental Health Notes can’t really help you with; however, this edition will more serious, focusing on search phrases Mental […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

June 25th, 2008

Quick Announcement: DBSA Recovery Chat: Laughter’s The Best Medicine

Counselor, comedian, speaker, and author of The Happy Neurotic: How Fear and Angst Can Lead To Happiness and Success David Granirer will be available for chatting and questions in today’s Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Recovery Chat: Laughter’s the Best Medicine.
During the chat, Granirer will let you know how to become part of his […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment

June 25th, 2008

Would You Get Your Favorite Thought-Provoking Quote Tattooed On You?

I have a tattoo. It’s a sort of vine of sunflowers, about six or seven inches long, spiraling horizontally across my midsection and under my belly button.
Contrary to my parents’ predictions, I’ve never regretted getting it. Sure, it’s not the most beautiful or the most interesting tattoo in the world, but it means something to […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 comments

June 24th, 2008

Bipolar Disorder: Mental Illness Or Spiritual Enlightenment?

Someone once searched Mental Health Notes for “u tube video bipolar disorder.” I don’t really know why that piqued my interest at the time. You can find anything at YouTube: Humor for those who respect grammar. Harry Potter and Prison Break fan videos. Music videos, which are especially helpful when Playlist.com doesn’t seem to want […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

June 24th, 2008

Meet Three Young Adults Living With Schizophrenia

Yesterday, after I told you about Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Personal Needs - NAMI’s survey results and other information about schizophrenia - I watched MTV’s True Life: I Have Schizophrenia. (I’m starting to wonder if television is going to die out completely if everything is available online!)
The show didn’t really go into too much depth; of […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments

June 23rd, 2008

NAMI Presents Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Personal Needs

During Celebrity Health Week, I wrote two posts about schizophrenia: Celebrities and Schizophrenia and Tell Me More about Schizophrenia: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments.
However, had I known about NAMI’s Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Personal Needs Web site I would have definitely included it.
The Web site:

Gives a summary of the schizophrenia survey. For example, did you know an […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment

June 23rd, 2008

Update: Senate And House Reach Historic Agreement On Mental Health Parity

From the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Action Alert I received last night:
We are delighted to announce that the Senate and the House negotiators have reached a historic agreement on the Mental Health Parity compromise bill. Since early March, when the Senate passed its own version of the bill, S. 558, the House and Senate […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

June 23rd, 2008

OpenEducation.net Explores The Importance Of Brain Exercises

Being aware of my interest in brain games, OpenEducation.net, a Web site “dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today,” brought two very noteworthy articles to my attention this weekend.
What makes these article interesting is that they aren’t just focused on brain exercises and games; they’re also focused on addressing the issues of the […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments

June 22nd, 2008

Brain Break: Dane Cook On Crying

It’s Brain Break time, and I have the perfect video to make up for Brain Break’s absence last week - Dane Cook explaining crying on his Vicious Circle tour in…2006, I believe.
If you appreciate comedy, you’ve surely seen it; even so, it’s worth another watch. It’s funny hysterical, and it’s so true.
And, if today happens […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

June 21st, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Let’s Catch Up!

Because Celebrity Health Week was winding down, we didn’t have Saturday Sanity last Saturday.
Let’s see if we can get caught up, shall we?

This week at Mental Health Notes, I spent most of my time trying to get away from the topic of celebrities. I shared with you a study regarding the aroma of coffee and […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments

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