Tag: treatment
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Mental Illness: Why Love and Acceptance Must Be the First Line of Treatment
With love and acceptance – what I believe should be the first-line of treatment for people with mental illness – people like my son feel less isolated, judged and ashamed. Though “tough love” may be the gold standard approach to care for some mental illnesses, it is a risky choice and one that doesn’t necessarily…
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The Stigma Of Mental Illness and Medication
With World Mental Health Day on the horizon on the 10th October, and R U OK day recently passed, it seems an appropriate time to admit to you that I see a therapist. Shape of heart made of pills Was that a gasp of surprise echoing through the small principality of Midlife Mayhem within the…
Louisa Simmonds 