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By Susan Orr Parker on October 27th, 2008

My Experiences with Mental Health and Mental Illness

I became a psychiatric nurse knowing full well that I had already been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, and hoping that functioning as an advocate and provider of mental health services, I was somehow giving myself a “get out of the hospital for free” card.

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By Susan Orr Parker on September 7th, 2008

Treatment and Stigma of Mental Illness

The mentally ill, while comprising a large portion of society, are treated as less than human, with fewer rights and greater penalties for the effects of their brain chemistry.

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