Hi everyone.

I saw the special on ABC last night and was taken aback.  I was overjoyed to see more and more people coming out with regards to their mental ilness. Mental illness is NO DIFFERENT than any other ICD-9 diagnosis in that it involves an organ, system, etc. In us it's just the brain. I was diagnosed, or actually mis-diagnosed, has having clinical depression in 1999. Luckily enough I made it through graduate school, even after a severe relapse in 2001, to fulfill my dream... Read More

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I just posted Frank's soul-bearing facebook post in forums because I think his post is great jumping point for further discussion, progress, advocacy, and activism.

Planning on re-formatting and putting up as a Bulletin and Blog, but for now...go check out the Forums section. There's tons of great stuff up there and we want to hear from you!  Granted, I cannot speak for the whole group, but I know I want to know what all of you are thinking.  I am willing to share t... Read More

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Okay. I really want to only give the short version.  I have experienced a major depression in my life about 25 years ago that lasted about three or four years.  I have done a great job maintaining my health with the use of antidepressants.  But stress and some past traumatic events in my life still keep me struggling with a baseline depression.  Really...I'm still trying to give the short version. 

Five years ago, when I was 45, I was a passenger in a thre... Read More

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Here's an entry from my own blog that I thought would be a propos for this site.

Today’s topic is Mental Illness! And what do we think of when we hear the words Mental Illness?

Usually something like our buddy Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter from the forthcoming Disney remake of Alice In Wonderland. We think of mental illness as something scary, creepy and bad.

So what do we always do when it comes to things that sound bad? We change it around to... Read More

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"In the medical model, you take a person with a mental illness, you provide treatment in the hopes of reducing symptoms, and then they're supposed to approximate some notion of normality. Our research shows the opposite. You take a person with a mental illness, you then reduce the discrimination and Stigma against them, increase their social roles and participation, which provides them a reason to get better in the first place, and then you provide treatment and support. The issue is n... Read More

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