by admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Reported in the news, Stigma |
I am saddened by the news that Jeremy Strode ended his life today. He is described as a career chef, someone who started in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher at 14 years old. The Melbourne Wine Room at the George Hotel was my favourite place for mid-week...
by wonderersheart | Dec 3, 2013 | Mental health support and community, Stigma |
Dear therapist, counselor, coach, psychiatrist, psychologist, dear nurse, dear mother, brother, sister, lover, partner, husband, ex, wife, son, uncle, niece, nephew and aunt, dear cousin, dear friend, buddy, side-kick, acquaintance, soul mate, dear social worker,...
by wonderersheart | Jan 19, 2013 | Mental health support and community, Stigma |
Harvard University describes itself as…”the oldest institution of higher education in the United States”. Prestigious though it is there is a problem at Harvard… I find it noteworthy that there is something being done about it. Talking not...
by wonderersheart | Dec 16, 2012 | Stigma |
I started reading about stigma and mental health, I’d like to know more of the experience, attitudes and their effect. A couple of minutes of searching and I found a research paper I can’t forget. The title gives a hint to the findings – Bromley JS,...
by wonderersheart | Nov 7, 2012 | Carers and caring, Look after yourself, Stigma |
Earlier this year I entered a writing competition. The brief was to write an inspiring story about Walking the Tightrope – Caring for Someone with Depression or Bipolar Disorder. I didn’t write the expected tale of a selfless carer. My entry was not a...
by wonderersheart | Aug 3, 2012 | Depression experiences, Stigma |
In The New York Times last weekend Daphne Merkin asked if depression is inherited. It is a question without a definitive answer, a question that highlights our wanting to better understand a terrifying affliction and, oddly, to apportion blame. Who, or what, is...
