Carnival Mental Illness - Edition #2

Carnival Mental Illness – Edition #2 – November 30, 2007

I welcome everyone to the second edition of Carnival Mental Illness.

The first edition was a raving success, so I am excited to continue on with new submissions each time. 

At times we sit in wonderment; how can we share our experiences, both good and bad with other people in the same boat.  Blogging gets the word out; it’s our voice…we have been there, sat in  hospital beds also, taken the medications, perhaps experienced ECT and lost careers and felt frustrated that nothing was effective.  We identify blackness all too well.  Here we can communicate some research information also.

Submissions are:

Research, Discussions, Information & Studies

Therapydoc provides something to think about at Everyone Needs Therapy:  

Borderline Personality Disorder and the DSM

It’s not an easy one to sum up, even in a DSM

 

Articles

Deb Serani at Dr. Deb submitted this article Joe Pantaliano is Fighting Stigma:

This post highlights actor Joe Pantoliano and his stigma fighting organization.

Sunshine writes a piece that hits home from Muzzles Off: Breaking Psychiatric Silence:  

Stigma starts at home

Megan Bayliss discusses A Conversation About Self-Harm at Imaginif:

“If the act of cutting or self harm had a voice, what would it say? My bet is that it would want to be looked at, listened to, made to feel real. Will you ignore it because it is not polite to tell anyone that your loved one self harms or will you spend the time listening to the voice of self harm?”

Deb Serani presents Lifestyle Matters at Dr. Deb:

“This post looks at how lifestyle change can help with depression.”

Therapydoc at Everyone Needs Therapy presents Being Great and the Self in Self-Esteem:

Having a “disorder” tends to have an effect upon self-esteem. This post might help put that into perspective.

Shaheen Lakhan at GNIF Brain Blogger submitted two excellent articles definitely worth the read again in this edition:

Mental Illness: Writing Our Own Scripts

Life experiences.  It’s about what does work or doesn’t work or what will work.  Labeling for ourselves and others.

and

The Stigma of Neuropathic Pain

Society Stigma

This article addresses patients with “neuropathic pain”; chronic pain and the use of pain medication. It gives a scenario when a patient comes to hospital for surgery, post operatively controlling pain with medication.

“Both the medical team and surgical team are uncomfortable administering higher doses of medication. They prefer to consult the pain management team, referring to the pain as “neuropathic”.”

Personal Writings

Denise Fletcher writes what all of us can relate to at Muzzles Off: Breaking Psychiatric Silence

A World Away 

My journey back to health; struggling with mental illness.

Lucynda Riley submitted her article Hold Me Accountable at A Public Diet:

A personal account of emotions and dieting

Cherished is including this submission Have You Ever Wondered at Living in Stigma:

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE YOU WOULD BE IF IT WEREN’T FOR DEPRESSION?

“I have wondered and thought about that many, many times over the years.  This illness catapulted me into a life of depressive despair, loneliness, hospitalizations; loss of so many things, including me”.

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Once again, thank you for the submissions to the 2nd edition of Carnival Mental Illness.   Any suggestions for the next Carnival are greatly appreciated (what you would prefer to view or include), or leave comments.  Also, if your wish to nominate someone else’s article or post along with your own; please do so.

Please note: next month’s carnival’s submissions deadline will change due to the Christmas season.  Submissions will be accepted no later than December 20, 2007, and Carnival Mental Illness Edition #3 will be presented December 28, 2007.  This submission form will make it easier.