by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I often find myself frustrated with the mental health and the medical health systems; systems that have often taught us that our first defense against a physical health, mental health, or life difficulty is reaching out to healthcare providers or some kind of invasive... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I first became aware of “mental illness” when I was eight years old. My mother began spending all of her time sitting in a rocking chair-rocking, crying, very frightened and unbearably sad. No one asked her why she was crying. No one took the time to sit... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Recovery Using Restorative Orthomolecular Medicine by Robert Sealey, BSc, CA Robert Sealey is the author of Finding Care for Depression, Mental Episodes & Brain Disorders. My symptoms recurred over 28 years: on-again off-again episodes of depression with anxiety,... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Developmental Distinctions, Elements of WRAP, Families, Justice Involvement, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Robert Sealey, BSc, CA A Guide for Patients, Families & Caregivers Contents Reading, Recovery, Writing & Coaching 2 36 Recovery Stories – by patients 2 A Promise of Hope 2 W.R.A.P – Wellness Recovery Action Plan 3 The Way Up From Down 3 Masks of Madness:... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators
by Colleen Jasper Office of Consumer Relations, Michigan Department of Mental Health When a person is feeling well and being productive, often we forget (thank God!) the difficulties that we have had in the past and all the suffering that goes with those hard times.... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, WRAP Publications & Events
Successfully working with doctors and other health care providers can be a challenge for many people. It is for me. We know they have studied the kinds of things we are experiencing and will likely have solutions for us that would ease our recovery. How can we work...