-
Isolation
Serious studies on isolation show that it affects all age groups. It is not just an issue for older adults, as often caricatured in the media. Seeing others only rarely leads to superficial relationships. When people see each other regularly, they can talk things out, set boundaries, and offer advice. This is much better for…
-
Absences from work
Everyone talks about absence from work. But if you don’t show up for work, it’s professional misconduct and you can be fired for it. What we’re talking about is absence from work, which is justified by a sick leave, i.e. due to illness. To speak of absence from work without mentionning illness is to question…
-
Soins – Cure
«Of course, it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?» – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. «You don’t choose madness, but you choose to care or not». The nurse set her up in the waiting room. Her radiant smile added: «Wait here.…
-
Change the words “HIV” and “AIDS” by “Mental illness” and see how you feel about it
Study Shows Mentally Ill More Likely to Be Victims, Not Perpetrators, of Violence – NC State University: https://news.ncsu.edu/2014/02/wms-desmarais-violence2014/ As mental illness is still a taboo, most people only know it when it is visible i.e. at its worst. When faced with a mentally ill person in a state of a crisis, the only reasonable reaction…
-
Do help Mrs Dalloway!
Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf – eBook: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/woolf/virginia/w91md Mrs Dalloway’s 1997 film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119723/?ref_=nv_sr_1 What Singapore, Norway and Switzerland have in common ? According to OECD (http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/data-and-statistics), they are the 3 most advanced countries in the world. They also share the same approach to justice and mental health by providing their citizens with a system common to all.…