Mental Health Notes

May 7th, 2008

Add An Emergency Medical ID To Your Personal Recovery Plan

I love free stuff, and I love passing along information about free stuff. So, you can imagine how much I loved finding this free emergency medical ID wallet card from MedIDs.com.
Sure, you could probably find various kinds of free emergency medical ID wallet cards in a thousand other places, but I like this one because […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

May 5th, 2008

Quick Meditation Tips: Learn How To Relax On The Fly

This week is going to be an extremely busy week for me.
Today I have two appointments and a last minute shopping trip to deal with before I head to my NAMI affiliation’s cookout in honor of Mental Health Month.
Tuesday and Wednesday I have to finish getting four days worth of work completed (for Tuesday, Wednesday, […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

May 24th, 2007

Mental Health Month Day 24 - Brush Up On Your Health Literacy

Let’s see how much you know about mental health and factors that can actually predict the status of a person’s mental health.
Choose which of the following factors you think is the most effective in predicting a person’s mental health status:

Race/ethnicity
Age
Education
Income
Literacy skills
Employment

If you chose literacy skills, you’re absolutely correct. And it’s deeper than just being able […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments