Today I spoke to a good friend about a problem we face as people with severe mental illness: Getting your life back after you recover. Specifically, we talked about how to restore friendships and relationships after a severe episode of psychosis. It’s not easy, but here’s what I said, in a nutshell: As hard as […]
Category Archives: Treating Mental Illness
Getting Past the "Shotgun" Approach to Treating Mental Illness …
Alexia had been in-and-out of intensive psychiatric therapy for nearly two decades by the time we met. She suffered from bipolar disorder, which meant that she cycled between explosions of boundless energy and black holes …
Dual Diagnosis: You Must Treat Addiction and Mental Illness …
It's important to treat both the mental illness and the addiction if you have a dual diagnosis. Like most people I know in recovery, I have dual diagnosis (also called co-occurring disorders). This just means that I have been …
Dual Diagnosis: You Must Treat the Addiction and the Mental Illness …
Dual Diagnosis can be difficult to treat. The best treatment targets both the mental illness and addiction components at the same time.
Treating Mental Illness: Laura's Law | FOX40
"And after Laura was killed I realized someone else's mental health problem…became my family's problem….and how someone's mental health problem became our community's problem," said Amanda Wilcox, Laura's mother …