TW: Suicide Suicide is a tough topic to talk about so don’t go forward in this article if you feel triggered. ***Please note, this article is not a substitute for emergency mental health care, these are simply best practices. When in doubt about what to do always, always consult a mental health professional!!!*** What to …
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Lately, MSB has been on a role – producing more content than ever. If you’re a frequent reader you know we start many of our articles by asking “why?” So why is it that this blog has gone from a personal hobby to a passionate career for me? Most Mental Health Resources Are Written by …
I’m not a fan of change. There, I said it. I know that’s not what the lifestyle gurus and influencers would have us believe. According to them – change is good, change is vital for life and growth. But what they usually fail to acknowledge is that change also sucks. Why? Because it’s hard and …
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Good morning! Today we’re talking about the elephant in the room: FINANCES. From reading the news this morning – it looks like Mayor Castor and the state of Florida are going to be pushing for the shutdown of all non-essential travel/work beginning sometime next week to prevent the spread of the virus through our city. …
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I work in the restaurant industry so I’m not making anything at the moment. I have shifts but it’s been slow as dirt and I’d rather give what little money there is to go around to people who have no immediate savings and/or income at this time. Even with that, I’m not super nervous. Not …
A quick and dirty list of places where you should and SHOULDN’T look for help during the Coronavirus outbreak. Rental/Housing Resources: Don’t bother with the Tampa Bay Housing Authority – their website is useless in this situation even though it’s the first one that comes up on Google. DO call the Crisis Center of Tampa …
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Today we’re talking about how to afford your medication…even WITHOUT insurance. That’s right….we’re talking about drugs, man. Specifically we’re talking about an experience where I overpaid for mine and what you can do to avoid the very same pitfall. Storytime – How NOT to Afford Your Medication So a little while ago I used CVS …
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How the Community Care movement resulted in an epidemic of homelessness. …Deinstitutionalization is at the very least a work in progress if it has begun at all… Hamlin and Oakes Reflections on Deinstitutionalization in the United Kingdom – 2008 1984. England. A scathing report emerges: the structure of the National Health Service is woefully broken, …
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Exploring the dark history of asylums and the rise of deinstitutionalization in the US.
Community Care is a way to shift the onus of solving social problems away from the individual, like Kenny, who rarely has the resources, emotional education, time, or money to “self care,” to a greater collective that includes individuals, governments, aid organizations, communities, and businesses working together to improve the systemically broken conditions that produce …
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