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Mental Illness Videos

May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May 22, 2012 | KOKI Fox 23 Tulsa

Raising Awareness about Mental Illness
May 19, 2012 | KIMT CBS 3

ABC-7 At Noon 05.18: NAMI Walks
May 18, 2012 | KVIA ABC 7 El Paso, TX

Mental Illness Wikipedia Information

Mental disorder or mental illness are terms used to refer a psychological or physiological pattern that occurs in an individual and is usually associated with distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture. The recognition and understanding of mental disorders has changed over time. Definitions, assessments, and classifications of mental...

Sacramento Connect

Removing the Stigma from Mental Illness
May 23, 2012
By Suzanne Potter “She would tell me about these conversations that we had, that I couldn’t remember. And I’ve got a good memory. So she’s relating my responses...

A Catholic Review Of "Damsels In Distress"
May 11, 2012
Best review yet! A bit of an odd review, but that’s Catholicism for you!:Whit Stillman’s new film, Damsels in Distress, offers one of the most positive film...

County Aims to Stop Mental Health Stigma
April 17, 2012
When the cops arrived at her house in Davis, they tackled her in her living room and tied up her arms and feet, saying it was for her own protection. “They were...

Judge Anderson Addresses National Treatment Advocacy Center on National Significance of Laura’s Law
April 03, 2012
Arlington, VA April 3, 2012 - This past Saturday, Nevada County Superior Court Presiding Judge Tom Anderson spoke at the invitation of the National Board of...

Resistance to warmism must be ‘treated’ as mental illness
April 01, 2012
Resistance to warmism must be ‘treated’ Thomas Lifson, American Thinker, 3/31/12 Warmists have jumped the shark — or [...]

Lawsuit Charges Arizona Prison Officials with Failing to Provide Adequate Health Care, Inhumane Use of Solitary Confinement
March 06, 2012
PHOENIX, March 6, 2012 – Prisoners in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections receive such grossly inadequate medical, mental health and dental care...

Other local news reports

Fresno County children face agonizing wait for psychiatrists
April 29, 2012 | FresnoBee.com: Local
They asked to remain anonymous to shield their children from the stigma of mental illness. The Bee has given them pseudonyms or omitted their last names. Sunday: A long,...

Fresno County parents must travel far to save their mentally- ill children
April 28, 2012 | FresnoBee.com: Local
They asked to remain anonymous to shield their children from the stigma of mental illness. The Bee has given them pseudonyms or omitted their last names. Today: A long,...

Fresno County Jail pencil- stabbing suspect mentally ill
February 24, 2012 | FresnoBee.com: Local
A Fresno County Jail inmate, who authorities say fatally stabbed his cellmate with a pencil on Valentines Day, suffers from mental illness and the victim might have been...

From around the web

Killing of Southport pastor Jaman Iseminger: new details but no answers
May 22, 2012 | indystar.com
'' Neither the Marion County Jail nor the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department could confirm that Barcroft has a mental illness. Attempts to reach her family Monday were...

Bond OK'd for woman who killed fetus by eating rat poison
May 19, 2012 | indystar.com
Several medical and women's rights groups, including the National Organization for Women and the National Alliance for Mental Illness, have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in...

Things to know: Hamlisch, Feinstein at Palladium; Bonnie Raite at Clowes
May 16, 2012 | indystar.com
ticketmaster.com. Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis have developed a test that could predict who is at risk for schizophrenia, a complex mental illness ...

IU medical school test could predict those at risk for schizophrenia
May 15, 2012 | indystar.com
Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a test that may be able to predict who is at risk for schizophrenia, a complex mental illness that causes...

Performance offers a window to mental illness
May 13, 2012 | chicagotribune.com - Local news
' Good Enough' tells real-life stories in hopes of raising awareness and lessening stigma of mental illness Live on stage, opening tonight: ...

Royce White waits and wonders about NBA destination
May 15, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
' -- It' -- s going to be revolutionary in terms of the way we approach mental illness. People are already working on raising money for the project. Once it' -- s done, we'...

Mental Illness on twitter

	RT @SlickFacts: 1 out of every 4 people is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends — if they’re okay, then it’s you. Twitter: @Jescaar
	Worst Things To Say a Person with a Mental Illness http://t.co/nalmzzeJ via @natasha_tracy Twitter: @hyapatiagreen
	@jasonandkirk @BMarshall Has @BMarshall been affected by mental illness? Would he be willing to come on my podcast and talk about it? Twitter: @mentalpod
	What Is Mental Illness?: According to a major health survey, nearly half of all Americans have been mentally ill... http://t.co/RwOZ5T8p Twitter: @SelenaPacocha
	It's worrying that only 25% of the women in SA are on medication for mental illness,means there's 75% running around unmedicated! Twitter: @Bobbo_SA
	RT @BethLynne1: #BIPOLAR MAMA @BZHERCULES People who have a mental illness are still treated badly by coworkers, friends & relatives http://t.co/ibVfI1sY RT Twitter: @TeodorFlonta

YouTube Videos

Fault Lines - Mental Illness in US Prisons - 17 Sep 09 - Pt1
September 17, 2009

5 Types of Bipolar Disorder (Mental Health Guru)
January 03, 2011

There Is No Such Thing as Mental Illness
November 27, 2011

Mental Illness Books

The Sociopath Next Door
Martha Stout, $7.76

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Kay Redfield Jamison, $7.38

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
Daniel G. Amen, $6.00

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