Lights, carols, and shadows: managing SMI at holiday time by Elsie Ramsey On a recent trip to Stockholm, I waited for my evening flight at a very turned-out JFK: Christmas carols piped out from speakers, and installations of domestic […] The post Lights, carols, and shadows: managing SMI at holiday time first…

Lights, carols, and shadows: managing SMI at holiday time #BipolarDisorder #PersonallySpeaking

The system wants us to fail By D. Woodin After sixteen hard years, my beautiful son has mostly recovered from schizophrenia. He still hears voices, but he knows they aren’t real. He takes his medications every […] The post The system wants us to fail first appeared on Treatment…

The system wants us to fail #Hospitalization #InvoluntaryCommitment #PersonallySpeaking

A long tortuous road to hope: one state hospital experience in California  By: Elizabeth Scott Ulmer My son was diagnosed with Bipolar I at age 16. He experienced a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) commitment to the California Department of State […] The post A long tortuous road to hope: one state hospital experience…

A long tortuous road to hope: one state hospital experience in California  #PersonallySpeaking