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September 15th, 2008 — , AFSP, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Out of the Darkness Community Walk, bipolar, depression, mental health, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
$64,203
That’s how much was raised in the Out of Darkness Walk on Saturday. Although I did not meet my projected goal, every little bit helps. I wanted to thank each person who donated. Overall the day was a success. Tons of people showed up, many with their pooches, to participate. I wasn’t able to do the walk itself, but I sure had fun meeting so many new people.
There are still plenty
August 26th, 2008 — , NAMI, SAD, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, empowerment, health problems, healthcare, mental health, mental illness, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is preparing to grade each of the 50 states on public mental health services in 2009 and needs your help. Please take this online survey and forward it to others. It includes a Spanish version.
Anyone age 18 or older who has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness or who has an adult family member with a diagnosed mental illness can take the
June 16th, 2008 — , bipolar, blogging, discrimination, empowerment, healthcare, mental health, mental health america, mental illness, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
The House will vote next week on legislation to stop child abuse and neglect at boot camps, wilderness camps, and behavior modification facilities that work with children who have behavioral, emotional, or mental health problems. While tens of thousands of teens attend private residential programs, many go unregulated, allowing practices ranging from sexual abuse to denying youth food, water,
Continue reading → Vote to Stop Abuse in Teen Residential Programs
June 4th, 2008 — , bipolar, depression, discrimination, empowerment, healthcare, mental health, mental illness, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Calls Needed for Delay of Medicaid Rules Please Mobilize Calls to Legislators Today June 2, 2008–Grassroots advocacy is urgently needed to help secure the moratorium on the seven Medicaid regulations in the supplemental spending bill, approved before Memorial Day by both House and Senate in both versions of the Iraq supplemental funding bill. The rules would greatly reduce access to
Continue reading → Moratorium on Medicaid Rules at Risk–Calls Needed Now
May 20th, 2008 — , advocasy, bipolar, depression, health problems, healthcare, mental health, mental health america, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Last week, the House again approved legislation to delay a series of federal regulations that would severely limit Medicaid coverage of rehabilitative, case management, and school-based services. The amendment to the supplemental war funding bill that included this delay on the regs passed by a vote of 256-166. Thanks to all of you who contacted your representative - you helped make a
Continue reading → The Senate’s Turn to Act on Harmful Medicaid Regs
May 14th, 2008 — , bipolar, causes, depression, healthcare, mental health, mental health america, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Mental Health Month:
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Mental Health America - Take Action
Legislation to delay a series of federal regulations that would severely limit Medicaid coverage of rehabilitative, case management, and school-based services is being opposed by certain Republican Senators. To counter this opposition, Democratic leaders are seeking to incorporate this legislation into a supplemental war
Continue reading → Critical Vote this Week to Delay Harmful Medicaid Regs
April 19th, 2008 — , Motivation, bipolar, blogging, empowerment, inspiration, mental health, mental illness, positive thinking, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
A great site was brought to my attention by a fellow blogger. I have just finished reading some of it and felt compelled to write a post. Here’s the comment she left on my blog describing the purpose of the site.
Bipolar Speaks said… Most of you know me as “Dreamwriter.” I recently
Launched a new blog called, “Bipolar Speaks.” One day something came over me as I was reading websites called
April 7th, 2008 — , Health, Motivation, NAMI, bipolar, depression, mental health, mental illness, rant, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
From NAMI:
Last summer, Joe Jordan, an asbestos demolition contractor, bought the Weston Hospital in West Virginia, which is registered as a national historic landmark.
He has renamed it the “Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum,”(trans-alleghenylunaticasylum(dot)com–because I REFUSE to link to it) which was its name in another era. Constructed in 1864 as a psychiatric hospital, it housed more than
March 17th, 2008 — , advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, discrimination, mental health, mental health america, mental illness, parity, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
House passes mental health parity - work still to be done
The House of Representatives passed the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, HR 1424, on March 5! The House-passed measure must now be reconciled with a parity bill already passed by the Senate, S. 558. A final version will have to be approved by both chambers and signed by the President before people living with mental
March 14th, 2008 — , Motivation, Personal, WLS, blogging, discrimination, mental health, mental health america, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I was searching through some of my old posts looking for something. Lo and behold what should I find??? I’ve been blogging for a year now. Here is my very first post:
Where to StartMarch 9, 2007
Hello my name is Diane and I’m a blog junkie. For years now I have been addicted to online blogs. I read about anything and everything. There is so much info out there in cyberworld that just calls out
March 8th, 2008 — , bipolar, depression, mental health, mental illness, psychiatric advance directive, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Psychiatric Advance DirectivesIf you are concerned that you may be subject to involuntary psychiatric commitment or treatment at some future time, you can prepare a legal document in advance to express your choices about treatment. The document is called an advance directive for mental health decision making.
The National Resource Center on
Continue reading → Information Alert on Psychiatric Advance Directives
March 6th, 2008 — , NAMI, advocasy, causes, depression, discrimination, mental health, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Staggering statistic huh.
I’ve talked about suicide and mental health quite alot in my blog. I’ve even touched on the fact that I once found myself in that deep dark pit of despair. Lucky for me, I survived my own suicide attempt. It has caused lasting health issues for me. But I’m still holding on.
The typical person can not grasp why someone would attempt take their own life. You would
February 28th, 2008 — , WLS, eating disorder, fat acceptance, fat phobia, health problems, mortality, nutrition, obesity, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
More and more people are opting for the lapband procedure for WLS. Most believe it will eliminate the nutritional complications associated with the malabsorption procedures like RNY. They are also under the mistaken assumption that there are fewer complications with this procedure.
Junkfood Science shows us the dark side of this popular procedure.
Junkfood Science: They didn’t want the surgery,
February 25th, 2008 — , Health, WLS, accountability, advocasy, complications, diet, discrimination, eating disorder, fat acceptance, mental health, mortality, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Even before all the difficulties I have been experiencing as of late, I have always disagreed with the idea of kids having WLS. I have even gone back to some of my earlier posts on the support forums to make sure my own words didn’t come back to haunt me. Even when I was a staunch supporter of WLS, I was looking at the possible long term effects it may have if used on kids.
I stumbled on a blog
February 23rd, 2008 — , diet, eating disorder, fat phobia, health problems, mental health, nutrition, obesity, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I moderate the comments on this blog to keep out spam. I’m not here to censor others comments. I recently had a comment that honestly I did not want to publish. It pissed me off and made me sad all at the same time. I’ve been trying to figure out how to respond. Here is the comment. My responses in red.
Why have your posts become so negative about WLS?
I will be the first to admit my present
February 19th, 2008 — , Health, Motivation, advocasy, discrimination, living single, mental health, rant, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
For years I was one of those women who thought she had to have someone in her life to be complete. This belief led me into all sorts of bad relationships. What’s up with that??
Why did my whole self worth seem to hinge on whether I was part of a couple or not?
I’m one of those who never does anything half way. When I get involved with someone it is full force from the get go.Yeah, I know not
February 6th, 2008 — , WLS, complications, fat phobia, mental health, rant, stigma, supplements, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I’m in a pretty bad place mind wise about living this life after WLS.
By the bariatric surgeon’s standards, I am a huge success. I lost over 200 pounds and have been able to maintain that weight loss. Is that number on the scale all there is to judge your success?
I eat on average 2000 cals a day. Take multiple supplements each and everyday like clockwork. Yet my most recent lab work has me
February 4th, 2008 — , Dana Carpender, Health, Low Carb, WLS, carbohydrates, diet, fat phobia, health problems, ketogenic, mental health, nutrition, obesity, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
It’s Monday morning and I really don’t have time for an in depth post. Just wanted to share some interesting blog posts from around the web.
Weight of the Evidence: Bill Introduced to Mandate Restaurants Deny the Obese Service
MISSISSIPPI; HOUSE BILL NO. 282
An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state
December 6th, 2007 — , Health, Motivation, Personal, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, empowerment, mental health, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BG @ Back Across The Line
ATTENTION: ACTION NEEDEDWe are SO close! Passage of a strong parity law is within reach. But this session of Congress will end before Christmas. If a parity bill is not passed by then, we risk losing it entirely in election-year deadlock!Join me and ma…
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