Check Out These New Mental Health Blogs
September 2, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Well, they’re not all new, per se, but they’re some of the mental health blogs I’ve been checking out lately.
Recovering One Day At A Time is written by maryruth, a seriously busy American woman (she’s a single mother of four, a homeschooler to her special needs son, a writer, a NAMI advocate, and she just started working on her Master’s in Psychology!) who wants to share her “walk through mental illness to recovery.”
I’m Listening is written by “Wandering Coyote,” a Canadian lady who’s managing borderline personality disorder, dysthymia, and major depressive disorder and who seeks to bust the stigma of …read more
One Mother’s Experiences With The Amen Clinics
August 11, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I recently met a very insightful woman (with whom I’ve had some just as insightful conversations!) and through her I’ve learned about the Amen Clinics, one of which provided her family with help during a troubled time for her son’s mental health.
You see, the Amen Clinics are brain imaging centers that offer “brain SPECT imaging, comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and treatment,” but rather than bog you down with my own highlights about the Amen Clinics (information you could gather on your own from the website), I thought it’d be great for Jane to share her experiences with and thoughts about them.
Don’t …read more




