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Link – Calling All Stigma Rebels!
There’s no doubt about this, the more people get used to seeing and hearing about mental health issues among their friends and people they follow on social media, the more likely they’ll see it as no big deal to actually talk about them. I’m in. And if you really want to be a Stigma Rebel,…
Link – We need a sponsorship model for mental health
Could the model in use for years for substance abuse treatment through AA and NA work for mental health? The article below lays out some of the challenges, and they are real, though many of the concerns also exist in AA as well. (What to do if you and your sponsor are both backsliding, for…
Link – Is It Okay to Disclose Mental Illness at Work?
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Sharing – Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall back’ an hour
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