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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 […]
According to The Charleston Gazette article Groups protest ‘lunatic asylum’ name, a pre-Civil War mental hospital in Weston, West Virginia has - after undergoing several name changes spanning the 19th and 20th centuries including “West Virginia Hospital for the Insane,” “Weston State Hospital,” and then simply “Weston Hospital” - gone back to using its maiden […]
How’s that for a slap of stigma? I guess I should have titled this, “In The World Of Show Biz, It Pays When The Stigma-Ridden Media Labels You Crazy, Assigns Photographers To Follow You Around For 12-Hour Shifts, And Just Completely Ignores Other Interesting And Photo-Worthy Hotties Such As A One Mr. Wentworth Miller.”
But, that’s […]
So, I was doing some research on bipolar disorder - I like to stay on top of my game - when I ran into this Yahoo!Xtra Answers question:
Would people with bi-polar disorder admit to cheating when asked?
Naturally, my first response was, “You have GOT to be kidding me.”
My second response was to read the answers […]
I spent a pretty decent amount of time trying to think of a clever way to begin this post, but it’s apparent the only way to begin it is to just come right out with it:
Yesterday, I felt the weight of mental health stigma like never before.
Yesterday a local health and fitness center hosted its […]
Time for another A.S.S. Award, don’t you think? Me too.
Therefore, I’m awarding the substandard mastermind behind this brilliant display of creativity Mental Health Notes’ most recent A.S.S. Award.
Too bad s/he didn’t attach his/her name to it. I know I’d want my name associated with such abuse and support of stigma. Yes, that’s sarcasm.
Or, maybe the […]
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 […]
Did anyone watch New Amsterdam last night? That new FOX show about the brilliant New York City homicide detective who happens to be immortal and, um, over three centuries old?
I’m in the process of becoming a devoted viewer. Now, don’t misunderstand me. Nothing can take Prison Break’s place in my heart (not even a new […]
They’re all part of this week’s Saturday Sanity!
It’s not unusual to skim through the other b5media Science & Health Channel blogs and find mental health-related discussions going on. Here are a few from this week:
Elaine at Genetics & Health posted Happiness is down to your genes, a look at a University of Edinburgh and Queensland […]
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 8
Woohoo! We’ve come to the end of the OCD miniseries here at Mental Health Notes and, as promised, I have a list of celebrities with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Oooh, it’s not very often we get some juice here at Mental Health Notes, is it? ;)
Note that […]
Written by Alicia Sparks [email] for b5media.
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