There is no story behind this post just a simple “Thank You” for reading. Good Luck to everyone in their future endeavors. And remember mental health is just as important as your physical health.
See you around!
Lisa
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New PLANS
PLAN which stands for: Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Northeast Ohio, is an organization dedicated to help those who are suffering from mental illness and want to succeed in life. One of their participants, Daryl Musick is seems to be proof positive that this program works.
PLAN focus on a method called Cognitive Enhancement Therapy and looks like it is working for most who have attended this program. I am happy to see there are some programs that are successful in treating mental disorders. I hope organizations such as PLAN get the recognition they deserve.
PLAN focus on a method called Cognitive Enhancement Therapy and looks like it is working for most who have attended this program. I am happy to see there are some programs that are successful in treating mental disorders. I hope organizations such as PLAN get the recognition they deserve.
Monday, May 11, 2009
You Must Be Sick
Since this week will conclude my blog, I wanted to write about various stories I am finding on the Internet. This story is pretty gruesome in my opinion. The story concerns a son who cut out his father’s pacemaker. Jesse Fiersteine, 32, who suffers from bipolar disorder, attacked his father on April 25th. After the attack Jesse then ran and hid from authorities. There was no initial cause for the attack and the article only stated he was not on his medication at the time of the crime.
Wow…
Wow…
Big Controversy
A recent article titled “Mental Illness” published a Canterbury University student has caused a lot of controversy on campus. The student who only goes by “Deborah,” feels that if you have a mental illness you should not have children, only adopt. She feels that having children and predisposing them to mental disorders is “cruel. ”Needless to say many are very upset by her statement.
Yes, people are entitled to their opinions but if you are going to make such a statement you should make sure you are fully educated on the topic you are speaking on. And if you make a statement like this then you should say people in poverty should not have children because they are going to be impoverished as well. All of those statements would be ridiculous to make. Yes, there are studies that have concluded various results but as with anything there can be and always are exceptions.
Yes, people are entitled to their opinions but if you are going to make such a statement you should make sure you are fully educated on the topic you are speaking on. And if you make a statement like this then you should say people in poverty should not have children because they are going to be impoverished as well. All of those statements would be ridiculous to make. Yes, there are studies that have concluded various results but as with anything there can be and always are exceptions.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you pick no other time than this month to focus on your mental health, May is the time to start getting your mental health in gear.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Is America Crazy???
Hey-Has America gone crazy? It seems that way. According to Health News have. "Since 1996, the number of Americans who use prescription drugs for the treatment of mental illness has been on the rise (www.healthnews.com)." Yikes...This is a scary thought but that is not the most horrible part.
During the 10-year period, 1996 through 2006, it was found that more than 73 percent of the increase in drug treatment was found among adults. The worst part is 50 percent of children, that is half our children, are being treated with drugs for there mental disorders. I have always heard we are a nation that likes to pop pills but what is this really solving? Health care providers, especially mental health care providers, cannot take the time to talk about alternatives to pills?
I realize that there is money to be made in the pharmaceutical world but it is all at the expense of the people. Many of these people cannot function without medicine and it is because most are not given any alternative methods or taught alternative methods.
I feel in addition to pills other alternative therapy options should be available. If not we are going to have a nation full of zombies.
During the 10-year period, 1996 through 2006, it was found that more than 73 percent of the increase in drug treatment was found among adults. The worst part is 50 percent of children, that is half our children, are being treated with drugs for there mental disorders. I have always heard we are a nation that likes to pop pills but what is this really solving? Health care providers, especially mental health care providers, cannot take the time to talk about alternatives to pills?
I realize that there is money to be made in the pharmaceutical world but it is all at the expense of the people. Many of these people cannot function without medicine and it is because most are not given any alternative methods or taught alternative methods.
I feel in addition to pills other alternative therapy options should be available. If not we are going to have a nation full of zombies.
The Bills Become Law
According to the the Associated Press, three mental health bills have become law in Helena.
What the three bills, 130, 131, 132, are suppose to do is the help prevent people who have mental disorders from going to jail. or from being sent to the Montana State Hospital (billingsgazatte.com). The bill requires the Department of Public Health and Human Services to "contract for crisis beds with hospitals and mental health treatment centers. The other authorizes state matching funds to help counties pay for crisis beds. And the last bill allows for a person facing involuntary commitment to agree to short-term inpatient treatment ( billingsgazette.com)."
As always there is always opposition. Why, because the bill cost approximately $2 million dollars and the Schweitez administration is upset because this cost was not a part of the original budget. I say why oppose something like this. In the long run money will be saved and people will be helped. Think about it....
What the three bills, 130, 131, 132, are suppose to do is the help prevent people who have mental disorders from going to jail. or from being sent to the Montana State Hospital (billingsgazatte.com). The bill requires the Department of Public Health and Human Services to "contract for crisis beds with hospitals and mental health treatment centers. The other authorizes state matching funds to help counties pay for crisis beds. And the last bill allows for a person facing involuntary commitment to agree to short-term inpatient treatment ( billingsgazette.com)."
As always there is always opposition. Why, because the bill cost approximately $2 million dollars and the Schweitez administration is upset because this cost was not a part of the original budget. I say why oppose something like this. In the long run money will be saved and people will be helped. Think about it....
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