tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272856112009-03-18T22:19:40.817-07:00For those who are dealing with depression and other mental illness, and those who love them...Cali Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190048828110715242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27285611.post-1147224363767180262006-05-09T18:13:00.000-07:002006-05-09T18:26:03.776-07:00

Been a bit under the weather today (slight bug -- not quite at the taking the laptop into the bathroom stage at least), so wasn't planning to update today.But there's waaaaay too much good stuff out there. Most of us think of childhood as a carefree, mellow time -- but for many kids, it's not. According to the National Mental Health Association, depression may affect one in 33 children, and one

Cali Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190048828110715242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27285611.post-1147112813350706592006-05-08T11:16:00.000-07:002006-05-08T11:26:53.696-07:00

I wasn't aware of this when I started this blog -- but it's coming in handy; a lot more mental health related news items:EMPLOYERS MADE AWARE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUESWhen Dianne Dorlester was having a bad day, she found it hard to concentrate on even simple tasks at work. But she hesitated to say anything to co-workers or her boss because she knew of the stigma associated with mental

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The more we talk about it, the more chances there are to educate people -- and greater education can reduce the fear and the stigma:Man with mental health problems to bring his message to studentsBy MOLLY McCARTHYStar-GazetteMay 6, 2006Ross Szabo was diagnosed as bipolar with anger-control problems and psychotic features when he was just 16 years old.Now 28, Szabo hopes to put a positive spin on

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The date on the first post was April 29...however it was only written today; April 29 was the day I first came up with the idea for this blog, after a post on another site detailed a husband's struggle with dealing with his wife's depression and mental illness. In reading the comments, it was clear to me that there are many people out there struggling, both those who have the illness and those

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Welcome.This site will hopefully be a place of information...a place of sharing...a place of comfort.In greater numbers, people are being touched by depression and other forms of mental illness. I can't say for certainty that the numbers are growing, or if it's just that people are both more aware of it and/or are willing to talk about it. Yet there is still a stigma to the subject -- it's not a

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