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Last night I wrote about Lori Drew’s indictment on charges related to Megan Meier’s suicide. While no on has been convicted of anything yet, and Drew denies creating the MySpace account as well as sending Meier messages, the fact remains that someone committed a horrible offense against this girl - one that may have ultimately […]
The teenage years can be confusing and difficult enough on their own. Add into the mix mental health problems and a neighbor, who’s more than three times your age, harassing you online, and you have the makings of…well, even more confusing and difficult times.
In the case of Megan Meier, you have the makings of the […]
Depending on how well you keep up with sports news, you may or may not have heard about former England football legend Paul Gascoigne checking himself into a Roehampton rehabilitation clinic after a series of suicide threats and attempts. According to the UK’s Telegraph, Gascoigne “has struggled for years with alcoholism and depression and was […]
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 […]
It’s all over the news, so by now you’ve all probably heard about the notorious “D.C. madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, committing suicide. I first learned of it when I opened my Yahoo! email account last night and was greeted with this Yahoo! News article: Police: ‘D.C. madam’ kills herself in Fla. coastal town.
There’s something […]
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 […]
When I was in college, I was married. My university mailed every bit of information that pertained to my grades, my financial aid and bills, and my courses directly to me. Nothing passed “Go,” i.e. my parents, and no one collected $200.
Well, the school did. A lot more than $200, too. But that’s neither here […]
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 […]
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 […]
…so is the sanity of our Saturday. Or, um…so are the Saturdays of our sanity? But, it’s just one Saturday?
*sigh*
So much for my attempt at a clever spin on the “Days of Our Lives” Macdonald Carey voiceover.
Enjoy the this week’s Saturday Sanity folks!
Diane Dardon, the Northern Illinois University Lutheran Campus Pastor, writes to Mental Health […]
Written by Alicia Sparks [email] for b5media.
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