March 3rd, 2008
Grab Drug Advertisements by the Pills: Part One
We begin the Grab Drug Advertisements by the Pills series by discussing how educational - and how confusing - drug advertisements can be.
Prescription drug advertisements are educational in that they often help people tune into and/or better understand a particular health condition. However, because most of us aren’t […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
March 2nd, 2008
Today kicks off Patient Safety Awareness Week, and what better way to help ensure patient safety than by becoming more active in your own health care? After all, you are the patient, right?
Of course you are. We’re all patients at one point or another.
In honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week, I’m going to do a […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 7 comments
March 2nd, 2008
Mark your calendars, readers! Mental Health Month may not be until May, but March is busting at the seams with mental health- and brain-related “awareness” events of its own around the globe!
March is:
Mental Retardation Awareness Month, sponsored by The Arc.
Professional Social Work Month, sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers.
National Brain Injury Awareness Month, […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments
February 25th, 2008
Time for some tooting of the ol’ horn: Yay for Mental Health Notes! It’s just been added to Psych Central’s Mental Health & Psychology Resources.
For those of you who don’t know, Psych Central’s Mental Health & Psychology Resources:
[…]the oldest annotated directory of online psychology and mental health resources. This directory began in 1992 and was […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments
February 16th, 2008
There’s less money for your health care, Valentine’s Day isn’t quite over at Mental Health Notes, and you, too, can be an A.S.S.
You still have until tonight at midnight to enter MHN’s Love: It’s All In My Head Valentine’s Day Contest - so get over there and tell me one way you can show love […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments
February 14th, 2008
It’s Theme Day time again here at the Science & Health Channel, and because February is American Heart Month, guess what we’re all buzzing about? That’s right - heart health! More specifically here at Mental Health Notes, heart health in relation to mental health.
Now, you may be wondering amongst yourselves, Heart health in relation to […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments
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