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Mental Health Notes - News, Education and Advocacy

September 2nd, 2008

Check Out These New Mental Health Blogs

Well, they’re not all new, per se, but they’re some of the mental health blogs I’ve been checking out lately.
Recovering One Day At A Time is written by maryruth, a seriously busy American woman (she’s a single mother of four, a homeschooler to her special needs son, a writer, a NAMI advocate, and she just […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 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 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 -- 5 comments

June 19th, 2008

Pfizer Defends Chantix, But Warns Of Mood And Behavior Changes

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. has gotten some seriously negative press regarding Chantix, the drug that’s supposed to help people stop smoking.
For example, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the Food and Drug Administration both made similar reports dealing with a link between Chantix and suicide, seizures, and traffic accidents, airline pilots and air-traffic controllers […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 10 comments

June 16th, 2008

Celebrity Health Week Comes To A Close

Celebrity Health Week is over, and boy, and I glad.
Actually, Celebrity Health Week was technically over on Saturday, but as last week was quite eventful for me away from the computer, my own Celebrity Health Week posts carried over to early this morning.
I also opted to cut some of the posts out of the original […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments

June 16th, 2008

Tell Me More About Suicide: Risks, Warning Signs, and Resources

This post is part of Celebrity Health Week at the b5media Health & Wellness Channel. For more information about Celebrity Health Week posts here at Mental Health Notes, visit Introducing Celebrity Health Week: Celebrities And Mental Illness.
We’ve taken a look at famous people who have attempted suicide, as well as celebrities who committed suicide, so […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 5 comments

June 3rd, 2008

Funny Google Video On Herd Behavior

This video from Google Video is too funny not to share:
I’m not sure where it originates - it’s obviously a clip from a pretty old show, instructional video, or something of that nature. The video description merely reads:
This is a comic video that illustrates the influence that a group behavior has on an individual.
As I […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

March 19th, 2008

A Mental Health Notes Call For Entries

If you’ll look to the right and scroll down a bit, you’ll see the Mental Health Notes blogroll. (Ignore the sections called “Helpful Websites” and “Other Great Blogs” - those are going to vanish soon.)
Pretty pathetic, huh? Especially given that there are several Mental Health Notes readers who have mental health-related blogs of their own. […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 7 comments