Schizoaffective disorder is a severe mental illness in which the patient has symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood (affective) disorder, but fails to meet the diagnostic criteria for either illness alone. There are two main …
Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness
New Book Launched: Disability, Rights Monitoring, and Social Change
The new book “Disability, Rights Monitoring, and Social Change” has been launched. The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has provided a significant catalyst and a legal mandate for …
Schizoaffective Disorder/ Schizophrenia? | Ask the Therapist
What ive come up with is that it could be some type of schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia. In general I feel depersonalized most of the time, and over the years ive learned to just get on with it, and found ways to deal …
Stanford physician highlights the “never-ending battle” of PTSD …
Stanford physician highlights the "never-ending battle" of PTSD. VJ Periyakoil, MD, a palliative care physician at Stanford, first met Mr. M, a 78-year-old veteran with heart failure, in the remaining few weeks of his life – when he …
disAbility Rights and Dementia | Creating life with words: Inspiration …
My blog today consists of some quotes from a blog I read, about the rights of people with disAbilities, the World Health Organisation determination on Discrimination, and my thoughts on all of this in relation to people living …