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Mental health treatment plans and privacy
As part of the therapy for my loved one, we need to have family therapy as well. I was informed by a psychologist someone recommended to me that if our daughter needs ongoing therapy, and she chooses to get a mental health treatment plan (allowing her to
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Mental health of people with terminal illness
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Looking after ourselvesCreated 12 years ago
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Mental health of people with terminal illness
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Our storiesCreated 12 years ago
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Mental health of people with terminal illness
Both of the people I care for have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. My mother with stage 4 colon cancer and my cousin an acute type of leukaemia. Both of them have become very anxious and depressed. I feel
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Borderline Personality Disorder tips for family and friends
Read as much as you can about BPD — knowing about the disorder helps you deal with it.Understand that BPD behaviors aren’t about you. Try to depersonalize what’s happening.Collaboration for change. Accept that families can help, can learn effective skills
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People don't understand
Supporting someone with mental illness can be exhausting, especially emotionally, but so many people don't seem to understand this unless they've lived it themselves. How do you articulate it to them anyway? Sometimes, sharing what goes on for me in my pe
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Hearing Voices Approach?
I've read about the hearing voices movement. There's a TED Talk with over two million views by an Englishworman named Eleanor Longden which sheds some light on this. I'm wondering if it's an approach consistent with the current reseach on schizophren
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Attending psychiatrist appointments with my son ?
My son has suffered from severe OCD and depression for many years. Given OCD is such a secretive illness I often don't know how he's going, as he keeps symptoms to himself. I would like to attend a psychiatrist appointmnet with him (if he allows as he's o
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Self Caring with Sz
Hi Everybody, I have lived with medication for Sz for over 30 years now and looking back I think I most likely had mental health issues from about the age of 15 or 16, at least in the last two years of high school you could say I was depressed somewhat. T
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Clarrification of posting and suggestion.
Hi team I just wanted to clarify that at this stage we are being asked to reply to at least one post and also post on a new topic totalling at least two (2) posts per day? I ask this because I'm wondering what happens if we don't have a new topic to
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