Hey, check it out, we won awards! The Leicester STAR Awards handed some over to some of our volunteers, and The Beatitiude Youth Project won Runner-Up in 'Most Innovative Youth Project'. So, very nice work, everyone! Read about it in the Leicester Mercury.
There's soon to be an exhibition at Pedestrian Arts with RECOVERY being donated some of the money- more on this later!
Some other things mental health folks might well be interested in: Truth And Reconciliation In Psychiatry
Mentalnurse.org, a brilliant blog
And don't forget, Comic Relief! Red Nose Day is on Friday- one of the many wonderful things they do is help children with mental health problems. So dig out your wallets!
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Fictional characters with mental health problems #1: Monk
Of all the fictional characters with obsessive-complusive disorder, this man is probably the most famous-
Adrian Monk, of the television show Monk- the tagline being 'Obsessive Complusive Detective'. Which he is- obessive complusive and a detective. The series takes him all over the place solving mysterious crimes (some of the ones I've seen recently involved voodoo and aliens) but his obsessive nature tends to help him solve the case. It does, however, ruin everything else...
OCD is...not unfamiliar to me. And I'm glad I never had it as bad as Adrian- his fears include water, elevators, public loos, things being out of place, dirt (he REALLY HATES dirt) and many, many others. Sometimes it's played for laughs- but often it isn't. Adrian's whole life is bloody difficult. He has friends and he's well respected, but he sometimes can barely walk down a road.
One of the episodes I saw recently has Monk critisise his friend Natalie for believing in superstitions. While he's doing that he's making sure to hit each parking meter he goes past, going back to hit one he missed. That's the thing about OCD, it makes no sense, no more sense then superstitions, but it's hard to get rid of.
However, not impossible...
OCD is...not unfamiliar to me. And I'm glad I never had it as bad as Adrian- his fears include water, elevators, public loos, things being out of place, dirt (he REALLY HATES dirt) and many, many others. Sometimes it's played for laughs- but often it isn't. Adrian's whole life is bloody difficult. He has friends and he's well respected, but he sometimes can barely walk down a road.
One of the episodes I saw recently has Monk critisise his friend Natalie for believing in superstitions. While he's doing that he's making sure to hit each parking meter he goes past, going back to hit one he missed. That's the thing about OCD, it makes no sense, no more sense then superstitions, but it's hard to get rid of.
However, not impossible...
Monday, 7 March 2011
Elizabeth
"Elizabeth Ellis, 67, of Moorhead, Minnesota is locked in a psychiatric institution, awaiting more involuntary electroshocks. She knows what these are like. Elizabeth experienced a dozen court-ordered involuntary electroshocks while in a psychiatric institution earlier this winter. On 5 January 2011 she was discharged to her home, to live with her husband Robert.
But the court ordered her to continue ongoing involuntary ongoing electroshocks on an outpatient basis. Electroshock is also known as involuntary electroconvulsive therapy or ECT.
On 12 January Elizabeth reported to the nearby clinic for her involuntary outpatient shock. After this she joined MindFreedom and asked for a campaign contacting officials to stop her forced electroshock.
On 27 January, Elizabeth and her husband took a stand. They stayed home instead of reporting for the procedure.
As she feared, the price of Elizabeth's "sit in," in her own home, was a return to a locked psychiatric ward on 18 February. Court documents reveal a psychiatrist has recommended "several months" of involuntary "maintenance" electroshock."
Read more here.
But the court ordered her to continue ongoing involuntary ongoing electroshocks on an outpatient basis. Electroshock is also known as involuntary electroconvulsive therapy or ECT.
On 12 January Elizabeth reported to the nearby clinic for her involuntary outpatient shock. After this she joined MindFreedom and asked for a campaign contacting officials to stop her forced electroshock.
On 27 January, Elizabeth and her husband took a stand. They stayed home instead of reporting for the procedure.
As she feared, the price of Elizabeth's "sit in," in her own home, was a return to a locked psychiatric ward on 18 February. Court documents reveal a psychiatrist has recommended "several months" of involuntary "maintenance" electroshock."
Read more here.
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