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Mental Health Notes - News, Education and Advocacy

June 28th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Even When I’m Sleeping

As you read this, I’m probably sleeping. Or splashing around in water. Or watching a movie.
Or, you know. Sleeping.
You see, I’m on “vacation” this weekend, and actually wrote this post Thursday afternoon. While I know a three-day vacation isn’t exactly long, it’s definitely some much-needed time away from work.
However, my three days off doesn’t need […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

June 24th, 2008

Meet Three Young Adults Living With Schizophrenia

Yesterday, after I told you about Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Personal Needs - NAMI’s survey results and other information about schizophrenia - I watched MTV’s True Life: I Have Schizophrenia. (I’m starting to wonder if television is going to die out completely if everything is available online!)
The show didn’t really go into too much depth; of […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments

May 31st, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Putting A Bee In Your Bonnet

My bookmarks and email inbox have been bursting at the seams this week, just waiting to get into Saturday Sanity for all you fine people! Now that the day has arrived, it’s clear to me there is so much Saturday Sanity-worthy news, I’d best break it up so as not to take up 3/4 of […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

May 22nd, 2008

On TV Tonight: MTV True Life: I Have Schizophrenia

EDIT: True Life: I Have Schizophrenia is now available for viewing online at MTV.com.
I don’t watch much MTV anymore. I don’t know why; I guess I’m getting old.
However, from time to time something on MTV will catch my eye as I’m flipping through the channels, and I expect tonight’s episode of MTV’s “True Life” series […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments

March 5th, 2008

“I Remember When, I Remember, I Remember When I Lost My Mind…”

And no, I’m talking the final straw before the bipolar diagnosis. I’m actually quoting “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley’s 2006 hit.
Why?
Seems Mr. Barkley’s (rather, Misters Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo) latest music video for their newest song “Run” contains strobe effects that fail the Harding Test, therefore resulting in a big fat “nuh-uh, nope, not gonna play it” […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments