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Living with Bipolar Two Disorder by Cathy Shaw

Bipolar Bandit

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. During the depressive phases of my bipolar disorder I felt like my whole self had completely shut down.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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Suicide Prevention: How to Help When Social Determinants Spiral

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As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.

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Guest Post: Living with Bipolar 2 Disorder by Cathy Shaw

Bipolar Bandit

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. During the depressive phases of my bipolar disorder I felt like my whole self had completely shut down.

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Guest Post: Living with Bipolar 2 Disorder by Cathy Shaw

Bipolar Bandit

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. During the depressive phases of my bipolar disorder I felt like my whole self had completely shut down.

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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Our priority was to address how racism, patriarchy and heteronormativity deeply harms Detroiters and the marginalized body’s ability to feel safe, secure, and have a right to exist. In the spirit of collaboration, she invited a small group of facilitators, herbalists, health and healing activists to help dream up this offering together.

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Letter From a Bipolar Mom to Her Children

Beautiful Voyager

What I have is called Bipolar Disorder, which, by definition, is a mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. It started out as depression here and there. In May of 2017, I experienced my first true manic episode followed by a brutal, soul-sucking depression. I started to self-harm.