Rating Mental Healthcare Facilities
By Guest Blogger, Cecie Kraynak
In the course of my most recent hospitalizations, my husband, Joe, and I have tossed around the idea of creating our own mental healthcare resort or at least implementing a 5-star-rating system for existing facilities. The first place I stayed would have earned a 1-star rating, and that was pretty much [...]
Posted on June 26, 2008 Filed Under Hospitalization, Opinions | 1 Comment
What Triggers Your Mood Episodes?
In Chapter 12 of Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, we discuss mood stressors and triggers—situations, events, or certain times of the year that tend to lower your threshold for the onset of a mood episode.
For my family, it’s Christmas. When my wife was teaching full time, we also experienced mood episodes during the first month of [...]
Posted on July 3, 2007 Filed Under Opinions | 2 Comments
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