Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance, Tucson Arizona

Three Bipolar Disorder Symptoms No One Wants to Talk About

May 22, 2020February 28, 2020 by [email protected]

By Julie A. Fast, 1 Apr 2020

The three symptoms below represent the side of bipolar disorder we all know is there but rarely want to let the public know exists.
Woman Shushing – Three Bipolar Disorder Symptoms No One Wants to Talk About

I know how important it is to protect the reputation of bipolar disorder in the general public. We don’t want people thinking we are dangerous, scary, crazy people who can’t be trusted. But I do feel we need to own up to the fact that certain mood swings DO cause the behaviors we want to sweep under the carpet. The three symptoms below represent the side of bipolar disorder we all know is there but rarely want to let the public know exists. This is only an opinion, of course, but I’m truly interested to know if you feel the same. Read more

The Definition of Insanity

April 28, 2020February 19, 2020 by [email protected]

The Miami-Dade Criminal Mental Health Project (CMHP) comes to life in this documentary, following a team of dedicated public servants working through the courts to steer people with mental illness — as their court cases hang in the balance — on a path from incarceration to recovery.

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-definition-of-insanity-7egjih/

Bedlam – free viewing

April 28, 2020February 16, 2020 by [email protected]

Bedlam – Trailer

In an effort to get to the bottom of the current mental health crisis in the U.S., psychiatrist and documentarian Kenneth Paul Rosenberg M.D. chronicles personal, poignant stories of those suffering from mental illness, including his own family, to bring to light this epidemic and possible solutions. Shot over the course of five years, Bedlam takes viewers inside Los Angeles County’s overwhelmed and vastly under-resourced psych ER, a nearby jail warehousing thousands of psychiatric patients, and the homes — and homeless encampments — of people affected by severe mental illness, where silence and shame often worsen the suffering.

Mental health in America since Reagan.

Do I Need Therapy? Mental Health Test

May 22, 2020February 4, 2020 by [email protected]

Mental Health In The U.S.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated one in five people in the United States live with mental illness. This equals an estimated 46.6 million people in 2017.  Mental illness ranges in types and severity. Doctors usually classify mental illnesses as serious mental illnesses or any mental illness. The following is a report of how often a person experiences mental illness by illness type, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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