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Bipolar NewsSeptember 16, 2005Note: One or more of the following articles may require a subscription to view the entire article. We cannot post articles that require a subscription. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
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Briefs: NAMI Hits FEMA Policy for Ignoring People with Mental Illnesses in Hurricane Relief.PR Newswire; 9/14/2005 Agency Limits Crisis Counseling to 'People Responding Normally to Abnormal Situations' ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to broaden its Crisis Counseling Program to include treatment and services for people with serious mental illnesses. "It is unconscionable -- literally and symbolically -- that the Crisis Counseling Program, by the government's own description, provides counseling only to 'people responding normally in to abnormal situations,'" said NAMI executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick in a letter to Acting Under Secretary for U.S. Preparedness and Emergency Response and head of FEMA, R. David Paulison. Before Hurricane Katrina, an estimated 500,000 Americans with serious mental illness lived in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Less conservative estimates put the figure closer to 1 million. Serious mental illnesses include major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. After Hurricane Katrina, people in the Gulf region include those with pre- existing conditions and those who because of heredity or other predisposition face the onset of serious mental illness triggered by stress, loss, disconnections or other trauma from the disaster. "This is not a temporary, short-term mental health problem," Fitzpatrick said. "Mental illness is a serious, long-term, life-threatening, chronic condition. The best hope for recovery lies in early treatment and services." Before Hurricane Katrina, President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health called the nation's mental healthcare system a fragmented "system in shambles." "Today the system in the region affected by the hurricane is in virtual collapse. The time for focused action is now," Fitzpatrick said. CONTACT: Bob Carolla of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, +1-703-516-7963, or bobc@nami.org Web site: http://www.nami.org/ COPYRIGHT 2005 PR Newswire Association LLC |
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Featured Article:TAKE ACTION!I received an email from a person the other day. She asked me why so many great successful people, leaders, business people, etc. have Bipolar Disorder. I have long had a theory (but I don't have any kind of study to point to which would prove my theory). Here's what I think, though: In order for you to start something, whatever it is: open a daycare center, write a book, build a website, go to college, discover the cure for cancer, create world peace – you have to do something really important. Know what it is? You have to TAKE ACTION! Click here to read the entire article. Featured Article:A Basic Coping Strategy for Survivors of Bipolar DisorderThere are many ways that I’ve tried to cope with having bipolar disorder, as I’m sure you have as well. One of the most basic ways I’ve discovered as a basic coping strategy to deal with bipolar disorder is the Serenity Prayer:
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