by Huckleberry Branding Developer | Mar 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
How do we connect with someone who is overcome by the symptoms and behaviors of serious mental illness and addiction and help them begin their healing journey? When you approach your family member as a caring parent or a caregiver, they may respond with a cascade of...
by Huckleberry Branding Developer | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you have no experience with treatment programs for mental illness, you probably see residential treatment as a last-ditch option for when things get really bad. Loaded images of padded cells, neglect, and listless patients come to mind, right? These images are...
by Huckleberry Branding Developer | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
What You Need To Know Psychiatric Service Animals are protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Emotional Support Animals are not; but there is more to know. Service animals are defined as any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for...
by Huckleberry Branding Developer | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many of us know Eleanor Longden from her 2013 TED Talk, The voices in my head. She is an intelligent, thoughtful young woman who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age and overcame many obstacles to finish her master’s degree in psychology. She now...
by Huckleberry Branding Developer | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2005, Pinfold et. al. identified stigma as “the second illness”. We talk all the time about how to treat mental illness. But how do we treat the illness of stigma? In order to treat stigma, it starts on the individual level. You must challenge your own perceived...
