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		<title>Hospitals Closing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent issue of the NAMI Westside-LA newsletter, I wrote an editorial about the revolving door policy of many psychiatric wards.  NAMI members know that it is usually difficult to get a relative placed on a 72-hour hold.  If your relative is mentally unstable and would benefit from hospitalization, and doesn’t want to hospitalize <a href="http://namila.org/hospitals-closing/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Not Sick; I Don’t Need Help!  How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xavier Amador, Ph.D Vida Press: 2010 10th Year Anniversary, 249 Pages Language: English, Spanish I Am Not Sick I Don&#8217;t Need Help: How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment Dr. Amador is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience. He is a professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York <a href="http://namila.org/i-am-not-sick/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Lose Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year is the season of depression, though for some depression never seems to take a day off. I marvel at anyone who can function, however minimally, in the midst of that miasma. When I had it, at my worst, getting dressed in the morning was an actual and somewhat rare achievement. I <a href="http://namila.org/dont-lose-hope/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I’m Walking for the Mind of America on October 1st</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mglazer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know what impelled me to tell my mother that I wanted to stop sweating the small stuff, as I sat by her bed, on the last night she was conscious.  One might call it serendipity, but I don’t believe in that any more.  When I told her, my right hand was under her <a href="http://namila.org/why-i%e2%80%99m-walking-for-the-mind-of-america-on-october-1st/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Skipping Stone: The Rippling Effect of Mental Illness in the Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By. Mona Wasow Paperback: 204 pages Published: 1995 Language: English The Skipping Stone: The Rippling Effect of Mental Illness in the Family Mona Wasow supports wholeheartedly NAMI Westside’s Family to Family groups with a strong theme to impart information to families about mental illnesses. By creating rippling effects on the entire family, Mental Illness is <a href="http://namila.org/the-skipping-stone-the-rippling-effect-of-mental-illness-in-the-family/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Schizophrenia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Illnesses]]></category>
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		<title>Schizoaffective Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schizoaffective disorder is one of the more common, chronic, and disabling mental illnesses. As the name implies, it is characterized by a combination of symptoms of schizophrenia and an affective (mood) disorder. There has been a controversy about whether schizoaffective disorder is a type of schizophrenia or a type of mood disorder. Today, most clinicians <a href="http://namila.org/schizoaffective-disorder/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Panic Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s happening? Imagine you&#8217;ve just stepped into an elevator and suddenly your heart races, your chest aches, you break out in a cold sweat and feel as if the elevator is about to crash to the ground. What&#8217;s happening? Imagine you are driving home from the grocery store and suddenly things seem to be out <a href="http://namila.org/panic-disorder/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)</title>
		<link>http://namila.org/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://namila.timothysstewart.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A woman visits her dermatologist, complaining of extremely dry skin and seldom &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;feeling clean. She showers for two hours every day. A lawyer insists on making coffee several times each day. His colleagues do not realize that he lives in fear that the coffee will be poisoned, and he feels compelled to pour most <a href="http://namila.org/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Major Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>namilao1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Illnesses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Major Depression? Major depression is a serious medical illness affecting 9.9 million American adults, or approximately 5 percent of the adult population in a given year. Unlike normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states, major depression is persistent and can significantly interfere with an individual&#8217;s thoughts, behavior, mood, activity, and <a href="http://namila.org/major-depression/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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