Pancakes and Laughter Are the Best Medicine…
I told my husband the other day my job was preparing me for one of two new careers. I will either be a writer or a stand-up comedian. I could write true stories and my book would likely be called, “There are Holes in My Pancakes and Other...
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Sacred in the Simple…
As you probably know, I work at the State Hospital. Most of my patients have severe schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. My unit is one of the six most acute units in the hospital where there are often assaults of staff and between patients. It is often a very stressful...
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A new blog… with the same title..
This blog has been sitting for quite a while without any new content. I miss writing terribly. It was my passion. Unfortunately, my life has been a series of events that transported me to a position where I felt depressed and anxious and didn’t feel like writing. Then, the...
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NAMI Article on Faith and Discrimination of Mental Health in the Church
This article was taken from the NAMI website. They have a blog written by various members of the faith community. Here is the original link for the article. As a church-going health care worker who has fought her own battle with mental illness, I’ve always been frustrated by one...
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Schizophrenia Diagnosis
Schizophrenia Epidemiology Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating disease that lasts lifelong. Although about 1% of people worldwide have schizophrenia, it is one of the top 15 causes of disability. In the United States 1.2% of the population has schizophrenia. For males it usually begins in their late teens to...
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Bipolar: What is Going on in the Brain?
Bipolar and the Brain So what’s going on in the brain of people with Bipolar Disorder? There are multiple theories about Bipolar and the Brain. We are blessed with different types of imaging such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and...
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Bipolar disorder: What is it?
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder We’ve talked about depression which is an important concept when talking about bipolar disorder because Bipolar Disorder is characterized by mania or hypomania and severe depression. It used to be called manic-depressive illness. The symptoms of Bipolar I are called mania. The symptoms of Bipolar...
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Faith and Depression
Before you read the following blog post, I’d like to thank Pastor Mike Matousek for helping me with this blog post. He shared a sermon which he gave to his congregation in the past. Several of the paragraphs are his hard work and heart. A Moral Failing? In times...
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Mindfulness and Other Healthy Practices
Mindfulness Mindfulness is used in Western culture to mean that one is present in the moment. This is supported by the scripture, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34). He is asking us only...
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