Category: mental illness
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Why we need to do better with Mental Health. We need to listen to John Oliver.
@LastWeekTonight Why we need to do better with Mental Health. We need to listen to John Oliver. I believe this. I believe that every day we wake up and we do the best we can. I don’t think any sane person wakes up and says “Hey I’m going to be a terrible person today.” People…
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The Florida Legislature Gags Health Care Workers. How not to save a life.
The Florida Legislature Gags Health Care Workers. How not to save a life. Just file this under “Kick me in the head.” As well as others, like people who don’t want their houses to float away in Miami, or their drinking water to be all salty, or just us folks here in Stuart/Jensen Beach that…
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June is educate your legislators in mental illness month. I said so!
@joenegronfl who said http://fcir.org/2012/07/26/florida-slips-even-lower-in-mental-health-funding/ “More specifically, state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, advocated cuts to so-called soft services, which include mental health and drug-addiction programs, because many of these services address what Negon views as “a lack of willpower, a lack of discipline, a lack of character.” Negron was the chair of appropriations for health and human services…
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Paddlefest 2015: Project L.I.F.T.
Paddlefest 2015: Project Lift http://www.projectliftmc.com How Project L.I.F.T. works Project L.I.F.T. combines job-training, community service and behavior modification with pioneering community solutions during difficult economic times. “At-risk” youth members of Project L.I.F.T. have the opportunity to literally affect the lives of hundreds of individuals in a positive way through innovative interventions and service learning experiences. This…
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Missing Paul Wellstone
Missing Paul Wellstone Yesterday I attended Candidate Training with Kevin Winchell in Palm Beach County. He referred to Wellstone Training and it for a moment I was terrified that I had not thought about Paul Wellstone for a very long time. TIme passed and people become a blur because they are not in front of us on…
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Nursing Ethics: Alcoholism , nurses, IPN, and “ego”
I think its very difficult when your not an alcoholic and you have you have to deal with people who are actively. It’s impossible to be around their behavoir especially when someone doesn’t go to AA and think they can do this themselves or think just not drinking is the answer. It’s even harder when…
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