The cultural taboos of suicide and mental illness | John Nieuwenburg | TEDxStanleyPark
Suicide and mental illness are stigmatized and painful for everyone affected.
With the right diagnosis, medication and peer support, I started to feel well.
After I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I struggled to relate to the therapeutic treatment on offer, so gave up on it. It was only at my last admission that I decided I had to try something and made some clay egg cups in the shape of chicks. Keen to put them to use, I…
One in six adults diagnosed with common mental disorder at some time in their lives
Mental illness is common, but can severely impact on people’s lives. The 2016/17 New Zealand Health Survey found that: One in six New Zealand adults had been diagnosed with a common mental disorder at some time in their lives. This includes depression, bipolar disorders and anxiety disorders. Nearly 8 percent of adults had experienced psychological…
Sharing lived experience of mental illness offers ‘a different kind of hope’
What made a difference, Mr Panther said, was connecting with people who shared similar experiences and feelings. “The thing that made me feel better was finding other people who asked the same big, gooey questions … who wondered what the point of living was sometimes,” he said. “The very simple act of communing and connecting…
Bcause of chemical imbalances in the brain
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-krauthammers-quiet-contribution-to-our-understanding-of-bipolar-disease By 1984, Krauthammer was granted board certification in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In a time when mental illness had yet to achieve public-health recognition and was still viewed through heavy handed stereotypes that categorized bipolar disease as mania (a term rarely, if at all, used now), Krauthammer’s recognition of the disease…
Myth of Mental Illness and Mass Shootings
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-fight-against-hate/201802/mass-shootings-what-role-do-guns-play Individuals living with mental illness are less likely to be violent than someone without a mental illness. Sadly, they also are more likely to be victims of violence. Regardless, there is no evidence that the US is a run-away hotbed of mental illness. Indeed, according to Kessler et al. (2009) and the World Mental…
Does mental illness shorten life by 25 years ?
Do People With Mental Illness Really Die 25 Years Younger? @gabehoward29 investigates. . .https://t.co/a3Mk3MFUHH — PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) April 9, 2017 t’s unreasonable to believe that everyone with mental illness will die 25 years younger – just as it’s unreasonable to believe that everyone in America is missing part of a leg. However, far more importantly…
So what does it feel like to be included?
http://bringchange2mind.org/to-be-included/ So what does it feel like to be included? It’s a rich, rewarding connection. Inclusion feels like the kind of acceptance that I dream about, where I can just be the best version of me and have that be all right. The hard part is remembering that I’m included. I can’t always do that…
People with mental illness face serious stigma
Stigma. Many people with mental illness face serious challenges in a couple of ways. On o https://t.co/6SIft9MNRt pic.twitter.com/5pc7QD9MWC — Carrie (@_carrienet_) March 21, 2016
Pacific have higher rates of mental illness
Pacific have higher rates of mental illness yet lowest access rates. #CHANGE @PlatformTrust @jcolemanmp #tahatuRangi pic.twitter.com/8lydSbAEWV — Le Va (@LeVaPasifika) November 30, 2015