What is it like to be on the inside of an institution? What do patient’s days look like and how are they treated? Learn about being Institutionalized Now.

If you suffer from mental health issues, the interruption in your routine may cause your issues to intensify. Here are a few ideas to help.

You may have heard the term ‘gaslighting’ a lot lately. Earlier this month, the band The Dixie Chicks even released a song called “Gaslighter”. But what is gaslighting and what does it mean? Gaslighting refers to a form of psychological abuse in which the victim is led to belief that they are losing their sense […]

What if treating psychosis had less to do with the person experiencing it and more to do with their environment? A program in Sweden has created a way to treat individuals struggling with psychosis and other serious mental health issues by placing them with volunteer families at farms throughout the country. Family Care Foundation is […]

Like most parents, when our kids are sick, we’d love to take their place. We’d rather take on a fever, the stomach flu, or even worse ailments ourselves in the name of seeing our kids happy and healthy. When it comes to experiencing psychosis, the wish that we could take their place becomes even stronger […]

We hear a lot of talk about schizophrenia, or Multiple Personality Disorder. There is also much to be read about schizophrenia (take this blog for starters). But what is it really like to have schizophrenia? To be the person dealing with it on a daily basis? If popular media is to be believed, it’s terrifying. […]

Anxiety is so confusing. For the person who has it, it means feeling overwhelmed and scared seemingly out of nowhere. It means the simplest of tasks – like making a phone call – become insurmountable obstacles that drain the sufferer of energy and leave them feeling sad and incompetent. For their friends and family, it […]