A psychiatrist explains how seeing problems in the brain makes stigma disappear

As a psychiatrist, I find that one of the hardest parts of my job is telling parents and their children that they are not to blame for their illness. Children with emotional and behavioral problems continue to suffer considerable stigma. Many in the medical community refer to them as “diagnostic and therapeutic orphans.” Unfortunately, forContinueContinue reading “A psychiatrist explains how seeing problems in the brain makes stigma disappear”

Into the storm, again..

It’s been month or two now since coming off the antidepressants again … maybe longer, I’m not really sure. It wasn’t an event I have marked on the calendar. Things have been ‘ok’. Life throws little challenges on a day to day basis and you deal with them. Using the proverbial toolbox to keep thingsContinueContinue reading “Into the storm, again..”

Self-Help

Never wait for anything to be handed to you. While you are waiting others are praying. While you are waiting others are working… With Love, K. L. Author of “Everyday Isn’t Perfect”: http://a.co/6TfJh8t. Find out more: https://klregister.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/self-help/ In my experience if I had not got off my backside, made the conscious decision, to help myself then IContinueContinue reading “Self-Help”