On April 17, Hayden Hunstable took his own life. His father explains that he believes social isolation mandated as part of state and nation-wide COVID-19 restrictions is partially to blame for Hayden’s death.
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The term psychotic break signifies a loss of contact with reality. Not everyone who experiences a psychotic break with reality goes on to commit mass murder or even becomes violent. In fact, it can happen to just about anyone.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Norway is a land of snow and icy fjords. In the deepest part of winter, the country sees about five hours of full daylight each day. But just because it’s cold and dark, that doesn’t mean life stops there. People go to work. Kids keep going to school. Life goes on. The trick is to […]
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Did you catch the BBC’s new version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? While the story has been told in may formats before, the BBC’s latest (shown here in the states on FX) takes on a much darker tone, capturing the desperate nature of life in Victorian England and showing us a different side of […]
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The goal is to facilitate early identification of those experiencing extreme states in order to decrease the duration for untreated symptoms and reduce disruption to the young person’s psychosocial development through a collaborative, recovery oriented intervention.