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    Jane

    MARCH 18, 2013 9:19AM

    By Jan Wilberg


    Topics: mental illness, helping, mental health

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 888 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    It's Not Always a Day at the Beach

    MARCH 11, 2013 10:29AM

    By Ramona Grigg


    Topics: troubled souls, sunrise, suicide, mental illness, beaches, beach bums

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    • 1 Ratings
    • 241 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Balancing act: disability and illness in literature

    FEBRUARY 9, 2013 1:27PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: daily mail, sick lit, young adult, literature, lurlene mcdaniel, literature, pop culture, disability, mental illness

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    • 36 Ratings
    • 2984 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    No One to Watch Over Me

    AUGUST 9, 2012 1:55PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: caregiver burnout, aging, disability, depression, mental illness, caretaking, caregiving, single living, divorce, marriage, family, families, caring for disabled family, disability, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1614 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Ticking Time Bomb

    AUGUST 3, 2012 7:04PM

    By Lethia Cobbs


    Topics: single, women, power of attorney, friends, nuclear family, chemo-brain, schizophrenia, mental illness, children, mothers, father, elderly parents, marriage, african american, spinster, adult children, power of attorney, parenthood, generation x, reproduce, marry, divorce, cancer, single, parents, childfree

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    • 78 Ratings
    • 3088 Views
    • 84 Comments
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    Good Fences

    AUGUST 1, 2012 8:12AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: robert frost, good fences, good neighbors, apartments, homelessness, mental illness, help i need somebody

    • Editor's Pick
    • 54 Ratings
    • 3954 Views
    • 94 Comments
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    Some Interesting Truths About Mental Illness,from a survivor

    JUNE 25, 2012 9:38AM

    By James M. Emmerling


    Topics: bipolar, mental illness

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 1125 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Mom I Use To Fight With

    JUNE 18, 2012 9:28AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: baby boomer, elder care, caregiver, memory loss, mental illness, daughter, mother, husband, grandson, son, relationships, life, love, memory loss, dementia, alzheimer's disease, family, health, mother, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1163 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Does My Mom With Alzheimer's Know It's Mother Day?

    MAY 7, 2012 9:51AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: eldercare, caregiver, mental illness, memory loss, dementia, alzheimers, baby boomer, aging parent, mother's day, ife, love, relationship, daughter, mother, family, health, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2011 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Gewgaws and Zen Koans

    APRIL 30, 2012 4:23PM

    By Steven Bridenbaugh


    Topics: music, healing, zen, philosophy, depression, mental illness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2192 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Law & Order: Alzheimer's Unit

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 11:28AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: incarceration, mental illness, maud goossens, wa, port orchard, dementia, alzheimer's, prison system

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4113 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    An American Tragedy in Texas; December, 2011

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 3:57PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: murder, suicide, hostage situation, texas, laredo, rick perry, anita perry, poverty, food stamps, mental illness, rachelle grimmer, timothy grimmer, ramie grimmer, facebook

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1611 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Dueling Crazies: A Thanksgiving on Long Island

    NOVEMBER 20, 2011 2:53PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: not so heartwarming holiday stories, thanksgiving, dueling banjoes, camelot, christmas carols, jazz standards, mental illness, frozen people, family, kindness, tolerance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2648 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    21st Century Drug Addict

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 12:41AM

    By Lee Pierce


    Topics: drugs, addiction, dependency, society, mental illness, prozac nation, belief/religion, family, health, science

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    • 0 Ratings
    • 1586 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Recollections of a Tobacco Addict

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 1:08AM

    By Steven Bridenbaugh


    Topics: mental illness, tobacco, smoking, quit smoking, addictions

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 2080 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Fugue

    JULY 26, 2011 12:14PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: dissociation, mental illness, nursing home, opera, animals, cookies, ice cream, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1376 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Anger Management

    JULY 22, 2011 12:06PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: open call, life after quitting, resentment, mother, stepmother, mental illness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1616 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Guttersnipe

    JUNE 30, 2011 3:51PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: class, money, mental illness, stigmas, shame, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1565 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My Struggle In The Lyme Light

    JUNE 24, 2011 10:02AM

    By George MacMillan


    Topics: bipolar disorder, mental illness, mental health, nature, health coverage, health insurance, lyme disease, ticks, doctors, science, politics, health, environment, medicine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1470 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Portrait of My Brother as a Young Man

    JUNE 17, 2011 11:20AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: 1960s, music, brother-sister relationships, family, loss of connection, mental illness, demons

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