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September 17, 2020
Kay Warren, wife of Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren, but more importantly mother of a son Matthew who lived with BPD, which tragically led to his suicide in 2013. Since her son’s death, Kay has become a passionate advocate for mental health awareness, bringing hope into places of wrenching despair through her searing personal experience. In more »
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September 16, 2020
By Andrew Lampe, The Mighty, June 27, 2020 A few years back I was asked by my psychiatrist, the same one who gave me the idea for my superhero article, to collaborate with him on an article to be published in a doctor’s academic journal. The article would be from my perspective as a borderline personality disorder (BPD) more »
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September 11, 2020
By Molly Vencel, the research intern at the Treatment Advocacy Center, September 9, 2020 Methadone maintenance may be an effective treatment for people with co-occurring severe mental illness and opioid use disorder, according to a new study published in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open from researchers at McMaster University. While many with schizophrenia and other psychotic more »
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September 9, 2020
New York Times, 9/4/220 Briefing by By David Leonhardt. Photo: Daniel Prude, right, and his brother, Joe.Credit…Roth and Roth LLP, via Associated Press On March 23, just a day after having gone to the hospital for mental health problems, a 41-year-old man named Daniel Prude bolted out of his brother Joe’s home in Rochester, N.Y, wearing more »
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September 7, 2020
Suicide is a major public health concern. More than 48,000 people die by suicide each year in the United States; it is the 10th leading cause of death overall. Suicide is complicated and tragic, but it is often preventable. For more information on suicide prevention, visit the NIMH health topic page or download their brochures. Help raise more »
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