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There’s More Than One Billion of Us
(With wheelchair users making up only 5% of disabled people it is a poor way of acknowledging those of us with a disability.) More than 1 billion people in the world are living with some sort of...
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Getting Both Barrels
Dual Diagnosis of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Drugs & booze are deadly Dual diagnosis services are treatments for people who suffer from co-occurring disorders — mental illness and substance...
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Are You Depressed, Or Just Human?
Depression can be devastating. Its worst form, major depressive disorder, is marked by all-encompassing low mood, thoughts of worthlessness, isolation, and loss of interest or pleasure in most or all...
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Numbers Don’t Lie: Mental Illness in America
Mental Illness in America, 2013 Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from...
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Thinking Without My “Tin Foil Hat”
As we think of mental illness beginning, an immediate question arises: what is “serious” mental illness, and how is it different from “regular” mental illness? Some may even ask if there is any...
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