Mental Illness

The Revolving Door: Wyoming Reliance on Jails for Mental Health Services Comes

The revolving door: Wyoming reliance on jails for mental health services comes
In Wyoming as well as around the country, jails and prisons operate as de facto mental health facilities, treating a disproportionately high number of offenders with mental illnesses, substance abuse issues and often both. That reliance on… Continue reading

Synanon's Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult

Synanon's Sober Utopia: How A Drug Rehab Program Became A Violent Cult
A sales exec from Ohio, Dederich moved to Southern California after his first divorce, and in 1956 gave Alcoholics Anonymous a good faith effort at the insistence of his second wife. She chose to leave him anyway, but… Continue reading

End the Stigma of Mental Illness!!!

End The Stigma Of Mental Illness!!! — Being a person who suffers from mental illness is hard enough without having 99% of society not understanding at all. We need to stand up and speak out about…


READ IN: Monday, April 7, 2014: Pings off Perth, WH'16ers get smart, generic …… Continue reading

10 Jefferson Award Finalists to Recognized Thursday

10 Jefferson Award finalists to recognized Thursday
The group provides community education in advocacy, crisis intervention and civil liberties issues, particularly for people in poor communities and people of color. She has been a volunteer at prisons for 20 years. She has influenced policies in the …
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What Can I Do About My Low Self Esteem/depression?

Question by : What can I do about my low self esteem/depression?
Okay, I’m 15 and I honestly hate myself. I’m skinny, thank God, but I’m no good at any sports, musical instruments, or anything I’ve done. And I’m pretty shy.
I enjoy soccer but I’m so bad at it… Continue reading

Suboxone Might Be the Most Effective Way to Beat Heroin Addiction. So Why Is

Suboxone might be the most effective way to beat heroin addiction. So why is
Emily, uninsured and unemployed, sought help from Dane County, which by statute is the alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) treatment provider of last resort. She went to the county's contracted outpatient treatment provider,… Continue reading

A Voice for Her Mother and Others Diagnosed With Mental Illness

A voice for her mother and others diagnosed with mental illness
Her mother, who had never been a heavy drinker, went out one night and was arrested and taken to detox. “I had never heard the word 'detox' before in my life,” Brown-Adefope said. The arrest brought child protection into… Continue reading

What Are You Suppose to Do if You Feel You Have Nothing to Live For?

Question by ._.: What are you suppose to do if you feel you have nothing to live for?
I have depression, I have anxiety disorder… My parents won’t help me with it, for years now I’ve been trying to get them to help me get treatment, I cry every night… Continue reading

Is Any Kind of Addicton, E.g. Alcohol, Sex, Drugs, Gambling, Smoking, Chocolate, Overeating?

Question by jay or: Is any kind of addicton, e.g. alcohol, sex, drugs, gambling, smoking, chocolate, overeating?
Is it an illness in the mind or is it sin

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Answer by beyb1976
physical and emotioal , smoking is out of your system in 72 hours the rest in mental… Continue reading

I Dont Know What to Do . . . Really Scared :(?

Question by theodora: I dont know what to do . . . really scared :(?
Im 17, Ive had eating disorders since I was 13, Im currently in outpatient treatment doing family therapy and this method where my family has to feed me and monitor me and its stupid. I… Continue reading

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