The last two meetings of our Action Group diverted from our regular charge (of Sharing, Request and Input, Volunteer Opportunities, Anti-Stigma, and Leadership) in order to do the important work needed at NLCMHA to update the organization’s Recovery Transformation Blueprint. As you can see in the November Minutes and December Minutes, we have learned a lot, […]
I don’t want to just survive this life, I want to live it! It seems as though that is exactly what I have been doing for a very long time – just trying to survive. The last few years found me spiraling further and further out of control. By last year I had hit rock […]
The federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is creating free apps for iPhone and Android devices that help you track your health. From games to help idle teen hands trying to quit smoking, to apps about pregnancy, diseases, health hotlines and much more, new apps are being developed everyday. Here’s a link […]
by Angie My last encounter with mental illness was like a nightmare. I was at several different mental hospitals. I was diagnosed with dementia and was treated for that for a solid month. After that I was put in a nursing home, in the dementia unit. While there I became suicidal. I later learned that […]
This is the 20th Annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day to highlight efforts to improve the conditions of persons with disabilities. Across the globe, 15 percent of the world’s population is living with a disability and about a quarter of the global population has a family member with, or works with, someone […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new Be Tobacco Free website! The new website brings together the best information HHS has on the health effects of tobacco, quitting smoking, and more.
This quarter’s newsletter Volume 4, Issue 3 – December 2012 issue is now available. It contains information on a special Recovery Planning Day on December 19, 2012 as well as important dates for 2013. Please note that beginning in January 2013, this newsletter will be combined with our New Directions newsletter, and we will start a […]
Finding a sustainable, accommodating job can be difficult for someone with a disability; while the unemployment rate for those without disabilities is about 8%, for individuals with a disability, it is a whopping 15%. As with the general population, the level of education and training after high school that a person with disabilities receives is […]