• Hubs
  • tagged mental illness

1-10 of 311 hubssort by Hot Best Latest

scowan4738 profile image56

Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families

  The phrase Adult Children was initially coined by people within the field of chemical dependency treatment.  Originally it was Adult Children of Alcoholics and an organization was formed with the same...

0 comments    family relationships core issues
58

Mentalillnessdebates

 Are you mentally ill? Do you really know if your ill or not? Who gets to define what qualifies as mentally ill? the reason I am writing on this subject is because all my life I have had friends, relatives,...

0 comments    depression help hope
dyonder profile image71

Are We Prescribing Our Children to Death?

  Are we prescribing our children to death? Illegal drugs have always been a danger to our children and teenagers, yet what of those drugs we tell our children they need to take; the very ones trusted...

2 comments    children therapy medication
82

Let Us Show Our Kindness Now

In today's times of troubles, it is easy to forget that each and everyone of us has the capacity to be pilgrims of mercy and make a difference in the world around in both big and small ways. In thinking about...

18 comments    new york mental illness boston
67

military trained prisoners take over the world

Four Corners Barricade Brigade                                     Chapter One             The sun shone down on a partly cloudy day. A light...

0 comments    war mental illness antibody
68

The New Asylums: Hard Look at the Truth

  “The New Asylums” was a PBS Frontline documentary whose producers argued that prisons are the new mental health facilities.  Filmed in 2005, it focused on an Ohio prison as a model for mental...

0 comments    mental illness prisons
77

The Well A Communtiy Service For The Mentally Ill

 The Well is a place where the mentally ill can go and be themselves. Like I said in my profile we have Church on Saturday and through the week we have a place to go so we don't have to stay shut in at home...

3 comments    health life advice
68

Are You Mad?

Well, now you can find out with a "medical grade mental health analysis" from MindSite.com! MindSite delivers what they claim to be "objective and accurate diagnoses based on the criteria used by mental...

0 comments    mental illness psychometric test
60

quiting drugs

   I thought that life without drug use was an impossibility for me. The lie that I bought into for almost half of my life nearly killed me several times. I can say however, that if it were not for my abuse...

0 comments    help drugs alcohol
Me and one of the Heads of NAMI,   National Alliance on Mental Illness/Convention 200677

Bipolar Disorder: My Monster just wants to have fun!

This morning I woke up at 4am and since I didn't go to sleep until 2am, I knew I was in trouble. I got up and checked my hubscore and articles. I made breakfast and covered it so it would stay warm until my...

5 comments    life humor creative writing
working