Posts Tagged ‘National Alliance on Mental Illness’

Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month – Rachel Pappa’s Story

About the “B” word and me By Rachel Pappas How has bipolar affected me? Hmm, that’s a tough one, because I never know what to “blame” on being a clinically-certified screaming meamie. And I don’t know what to blame on myself—diagnosis or not. That’s actually one of the ways my human condition has most affected [...]

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Mental Illness Awareness Week and Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month

Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is October 4-10, 2009. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) does not mention Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day on the 2009 MIAW web page. “In 1990, the U.S. Congress established the first week of October as “Mental Illness Awareness Week” (MIAW) in recognition of NAMI’s efforts to raise mental illness [...]

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