My Family Taught Me To Hide The Truth About My Brother. I Wish They Hadn’t.
From the time I was 7, my mother instructed my older sister and me that if anyone asked how Joel was doing, we should tell them he was “fine.” Joel, …
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‘I quit my career due to mental health stigma – I shouldn’t have to hide’
A devoted nurse who ended her 28-year career after facing stigma over mental illness says sufferers should not be “feared or defined by their diagnosis”. Denise Martin, 56, first came …
National class action approved for users of this antipsychotic drug
The companies behind a prescription drug that was recently approved to treat symptoms of agitation in Alzheimer’s patients are facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged “harmful side effects” to patients. …
I Hid My Schizophrenia For 20 Years. Here’s Why I Stopped.
On a Thursday this past July, my husband and I drove to our county’s police academy training facility. A uniformed officer let us in. We were escorted through several hallways …