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The Elephant in the Room: mental disorder or mental health problem

Posted on 22/02/2012 | 0 Comments

Sometimes it is difficult to determine where the boundary between a mental health problem and a mental disorder can be.

The right care when you need it!

Posted on 21/02/2012 | 0 Comments

Let’s call it what it is.  Not stigma but discrimination.

Stigma’s Role in Perpetuating the Cycle

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 1 Comments

What Mike was voicing was in some way a stigmatizing perspective about people who struggle with drug misuse and abuse.

Teachers Can Make A Difference—My Experience with Mental Illness

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 1 Comments

If we don’t build it, it can’t work…

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments

This also tells us that there is no simple quick fix in suicide prevention. We need to apply many different approaches, and we need to ensure that the approaches that we apply actually work.

Who’s the Professional?

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments

Apparently a “reputable” newspaper has engaged Ozzy Osborne to be their health columnist. According to his batness himself, he is well qualified to dispense health advice because: “I’ve seen literally thousands of doctors over my lifetime, and spent well over £1-million on them, to the point where I sometimes think I know more about being a doctor than doctors do.” 

What’s next?

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments

Interesting story in the Toronto Star. Seems that some bright inventor decided to apply restaurant technology to hospital clinics and ER waiting rooms. So, (wait for it) here is the amazing way forward! Yes, you guessed it – beepers.

Preventing Youth Suicide:  Doing the right thing or not?

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments

Just had a chance to read a report put out by well meaning people on the topic of suicide prevention in youth. In that report the author kept repeating about the many community and school-based programs that have been proven to prevent youth suicide.

Digital Media and Mental Health—Another Opinion

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments

True, maybe “callous reality television” is making us youth more ‘detached’, but maybe not. Ok, so we may not develop empathy watching the girls on The Hills shop for purses (except maybe for the poor cameramen who have to film Spencer and Heidi’s nauseating displays of affection), but what about reality shows that highlight very real issues like drug addiction, health problems and poverty?

Understanding Teens—Is it Possible?

Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments

So, our teenagers are a mess. They mostly cause trouble.