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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

Overwhelmed, I sought help from my VA mental health team. In response to how quickly my mental health had devolved, my husband was concerned I might have a brain tumor. I was a shell of my former self, unable to think, staring off into space; all while trying my best to care for my family.

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Grief and Burnout: The Challenge of Staying Out of Psychiatry

Mad in America

But to her and everyone who saw me I remained seemingly coherent, intelligent and threatening with legal action if they tried injecting anything. In one final location after which we returned home a young senior resident engaged me in a conversation and we talked mental health. I was calm and loud.

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Interpersonal Caring as an Act of Resistance Among Socially Marginalized

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The ART medicines are obtained each month from the Government ART clinic in Bhuj for all residents who are HIV positive, and for those with mental health conditions, the psychiatrist at the Government Mental Hospital in Bhuj prescribes the medications. Admitting a female patient would require someone to stay with her.

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One Wife’s Story of Her Husband’s Struggles with Depression in Law School

Lawyers with Depression

True Stories is a series of guest blogs I am running on mental health in the legal profession. She has grown into a more compassionate and well-rounded Certified Health Education Specialist and Mental Health First Aid provider from her experiences with her husband’s mental health issues.

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Unpacking Depression: An Interview with Psychologist Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg

Lawyers with Depression

An international trainer of mental health professionals, Dr. Wehrenberg coaches people with anxiety via the internet and phone. The loss of a self-esteem, a loss of a loved one, the loss of a desired goal. Depression is really more about the energy whether its mental energy or physical energy to make an effective response.

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Over-stressing Stress: American Psychological Association Report Omits Oppression

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For example, for those ages 35 to 44, there was an increase in chronic health conditions from 48% in 2019 to 58% in 2023. The same age group reported an increase in mental illness from 31% to 45%, although the highest rate of 50% was reported in the age group of 18 to 34.

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Modern Psychiatry and the Human Soul and Spirit: Is Our Freedom at Stake?

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Our brain is not a computer, and our heart is not a pump, though the materialistic world view is pretty good at convincing us to believe we are devoid of Spirit, the divine creative part of us which is never wounded and if not eclipsed by legal or illegal substances, is able to always make a choice. Though, naturally, we can feel a victim.