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Mental Health Notes

August 1st, 2008

Do You Have GOOD Mental Health News To Share?

Here at Mental Health Notes, I try to write about happy things as often as possible.
Sure, I gripe. I’ve been known to tell off Representatives and mental health care workers I don’t know from states I’ve never been. And yes, I even poo-poo on progress for the sake of progress sometimes and roll my eyes […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 7 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Mental Health Advocacy Success With The Internet

A fellow blogging buddy of mine recently told me that the Internet makes everyone over six feet tall and weighing more than 200 pounds. And it does. It truly does.
You have your pompous, smack-talking bloggers and Web site owners who wouldn’t dare say the things they say if they weren’t actually typing those things.
You have […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 11 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Update: Watch DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows Online

See that cheesing rocker to the right?
Well, he’s the reason I missed Wednesday night’s DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows on PBS.
I couldn’t help it. I had to watch the American Idol finale. I got really wrapped up in this season, so I had to find out which of the Davids won at the exact moment […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment

May 21st, 2008

DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows Tonight On PBS

If you aren’t already counting down the hours until you find out which of the Davids is going to be the next American Idol (which, I am), turn your channel to your local PBS station tonight at 9 p.m. and watch DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows, the first 90-minute component of “a multi-dimensional PBS project […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 5 comments

May 13th, 2008

Accepting Reservations For The Funny Farm

So, while I’m sitting in the waiting room at my dentist’s office today, a man walked in. There’s nothing really distinct about this man - just your regular ol’ Random Joe. Looked to be about 65 years old and in good health.
Apparently he’s well known by the various secretaries, dental assistants, etc. who were milling […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

May 6th, 2008

NAMI Cookout For Mental Health Month

As I mentioned yesterday, my NAMI affiliation had a cookout at one of our local city parks in honor of Mental Health Month.
Well, it turned out to be a lovely event! The weather was gorgeous, the food was delicious, and aside from a crowd of skateboarding teenagers (who eventually moved on to skate somewhere else […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 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, Mental Health Notes -- 6 comments