Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness

Old Before Their Time: The Effect of PTSD on Children's Telomeres

Aoife O'Donovan, PhD and her colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center published a study in Biological Psychiatry, showing that adults with PTSD had significantly shorter telomeres than those without a history …

Pt 2. Bipolar Disorder and ADD Focus Problems: Three Unexpected …

A note from Julie: Part one of this blog post told the story of one day in my life during a bipolar disorder attention and focus crisis. It took me over three hours to get part one of this blog written and online. I then had trouble …

Dozens Of Self-Advocates Arrested At White House – Disability Scoop

More than 50 disability rights activists were arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.

Bipolar Disorder and the cycle of self-sabotage | bpHope – bp …

One of my most heartbreaking side effects of having Bipolar Disorder is the cycle of self-sabotage that has replayed itself in my life. It's painful to dissect this pattern, as I map out my history and examine my last forty years with …

Plans Start On New Warrnambool Mental Health Service | Premier of …

Minister for Mental Health, Martin Foley, today announced that Bamford Architects has been appointed to plan a new short-stay service to support people with a mental illness in Warrnambool. The capital consultants have …