Play to your strengths for the win
We each have different strengths and weaknesses. I, for example, have far more willpower when it comes to buying junk food than eating it. I can skip the purchase, but tend [...]
Pagan Priest Wins Right To Wear Horns For Maine Driver’s License Photo
Top Ten in Mental Health News
The sun affects mental health than we think: Two researchers show how sunlight exposure affects mental health and sleep, and what to do about it. Scientific American shows [...]
Power & fun for nurses! Not just for Halloween
Now that we’ve had our costume and candy fun, what can Halloween teach us? How can we use this fun day to become better nurses? Halloween teaches at least three [...]
Nurses Talking to Psych: The Five Lethal Steps of Stigma
What comes to mind when you hear “mental illness?” Many if not most nurses feel dread. They imagine danger, pain, frustration, hostility, violence, wasted [...]
Psych! I’m the new ambassador between illnesses and treaters!
I’ve long struggled to find a focus for this blog. It’s easy to offer lots of material, but a focus has eluded me. One that fits me comfortably like a well-worn [...]
Good “of the Day”: Psych Nurse Trains Cops
What a great idea! Source: Nurse Helps Prepare Police for Encounters with the [...]
Depression Catch 22: Digging Out
Here’s the Catch 22 of depression: It deeply messes up your life, puts you in a deep, dark hole that only you can see. You badly need to climb back out and get your [...]
Good “of the Day” # 33: The System Strikes Back
I like Slightly Chilled Porcupine, as quirky as it can be. Check out the latest quote there and see what you [...]
Good “of the Day” #32: University Student’s Kindness to a Stranger
Thanks to Reshareworthy for this story: “A young man’s gesture of kindness towards a deaf man with cerebral palsy is touching hearts around the world. Canadian [...]
