Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones and so Can Words Any type of illness has a biological, experiential, and social facet attached to it. It is society that ascribes meaning to a particular ailment. Even though there are many grassroots movements and governmental entities stipulating the contrary, some diagnoses carry a stigma influencing policies all […]Read Post ›
John is too distraught and anxious. He is incapable of taking out the trash, sort out his laundry, even decide what to wear. Frantically, the only time he picks up the phone is to call his cousin and let her, miles away, guide him on how to do the mundane activities he was once able to do. Plagued by the […]Read Post ›
Historically, immorality and spiritual failings were banished from the righteous community members. Stigmatized nonconformists were exiled from the mainstream in an attempt to cure them from their transgressions: As the years progressed, the old stigmatizing mentality is torn down to bring in a new mentality: Mental Illness is the cause for the transgressions and lapse of reasoning: As the asylum […]Read Post ›
The Art of Presence in Mental Health 