Totally Mental
a crazy, insane collection of articles related to wellness, disorder, and social justice
“Redefining Mental Illness”
“The report says that there is no strict dividing line between psychosis and normal experience: “Some people find it useful to think of…themselves as having an illness. Others prefer to think of their problems as, for example, an aspect of their personality which sometimes gets them into trouble but which they would not want to be without.” ¶ …And the report says that it is “vital” that those who suffer with distressing symptoms be given an opportunity to “talk in detail about their experiences and to make sense of what has happened to them” — and points out that mental health services rarely make such opportunities available.
Jess BrooksFeb 10, 2015
“ADHD Is Different for Women”
“Dr. Ellen Littman, author of Understanding Girls with ADHD, has studied high IQ adults and adolescents with the disorder for more than 25…years. She attributes the under-diagnosis of girls and women — it is estimated that there are around 4 million who are not diagnosed, or half to three-quarters of all women with ADHD — and the misunderstandings that have ensued about the disorder as it manifests in females, to the early clinical studies of ADHD in the 1970s. “These studies were based on really hyperactive young white boys who were taken to clinics,” Littman says… ¶ while a decrease in symptoms at puberty is common for boys…Jess BrooksMay 24, 2015
Totally Mental
a crazy, insane collection of articles related to wellness, disorder, and social justice
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