Daily Archives: February 20, 2014

A Perfect storm on our hands

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

Funding for mental health services has never achieved top legislative priority, and reforms requiring parity succeeded only after years of hard-fought battles. After the 2007 brush with economic collapse, the recession, staggering unemployment, budget deficits, and sparse tax revenues, however, … Continue reading →

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Managing Suicidal Risk In Borderline Persoanlity Disorder

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often high users of health care and may present with multiple crises and minor incidents of self-harm or threats.1 As with the boy who cried wolf, inpatient consultants and health care providers may … Continue reading →

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New Drug Development for Bipolar Mania

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

Bipolar disorder (BP) is a chronic, debilitating illness that affects 0.4% to 4% of the US population.1,2 The first nosological efforts describing BP appeared in the early 2nd century ad and culminated in Kraepelin’s eloquent description of its phenomenology in … Continue reading →

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Being in the Now

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

A focus on the present, dubbed mindfullness can make you happier and healthier. Training to deepen your immersion in the moment works by improving attention.” Pulling into a parking garage you notice you have no recollection how you got there. … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group Today I smiled and all at once Things didn’t look so bad Today I shared with someone else A little bit of hope I had My heart grew light I walked a a happy little … Continue reading →

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Peace come to us

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

As the darkness seeks to envelope me, It’s blackness wrapping around. My soul relaxes and says let it be. My sense of dreams abounds. Will I sleep good tonight? Or will I founder? While the stars shine bright. And they … Continue reading →

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Every Hour

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

There is a lot of things I owe to BP First and foremost it made me, me The year I have become over the years The one who cried so many tears I inspected my life every little bit And … Continue reading →

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15

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

This track seems to be going the wrong way I wish I could go back and take a right where i took a left It seems this is a never ending road Where people leave and others go old It … Continue reading →

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Shards of Glass

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

My image cut by shards of glass. Through this will I ever be able to pass? And see my way onto the other side. And by the laws of “normal” man abide? Life has broken and cut me this way, … Continue reading →

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Stability

Posted on February 20, 2014 by JmaC

Stability means a lot to me. It was hard to attain. The fixing of my brain. Struggle upon struggle. That left me brittle. As if I might break. No sense did I make. But to have stability makes me finally, … Continue reading →

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