EveryMinute.org Research Blog http://www.everyminute.org en-us Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:28:49 GMT Imagine mental illness, 2040. An eleven year old boy has a family history of bipolar disorder. A doctor's visit offers technology that determines the risk of developing a mental illness. The physician conducts a memory task together with brain imag... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:25:54 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=22 I have had the honor of meeting Michele through the NAMI Signature program, <a href="http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=In_Our_Own_Voice">In Our Own Voice</a> that I help train. She has personal insight about recovery and what i... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:51:39 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=21 Nashville and the rest of the nation heard from Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama about many topics during the recent presidential debate here, but one critical subject was missing: America's mental health. One in four Americans experience mental ... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:04:27 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=20 Close your eyes. Imagine a world in which mental illnesses are prevented and cured. Where everyone with a mental illness recovers. A world where mental illnesses are detected early, and a world where everyone with a mental illness at any stage of life ... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:20:30 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=19 Every minute there are two more deaths by suicide worldwide. Today 2,880 people will die a preventable and premature death. But today, World Suicide Prevention Day, the world comes together to focus their attention on suicide and the unacceptable burden ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:14:00 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=18 <p><a href="http://www.narsad.org/help/campaign/publicannouncement.html">Healthy Minds Across America</a> is "an unprecedented event, a day of free public forums will take place at 48 locations around the United States and ... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:42:02 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=17 I had a great conversation with Kate McLaughlin (<a href="http://www.katemclaughlin.net">katemclaughlin.net</a>)  last week. She is a wonderful example of support and understanding for the community. I look forward to working with he... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:06:34 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=16 "The goal of the twenty-first century is to find a 'penicillin for mental illness.' We would like to fight schizophrenia or dementia as effectively as we can currently fight infectious diseases such as neurosyphilis or pneumonia. We hope t... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:59:01 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=15 Woodrow Lucas is a man on fire. And he refuses to stop, drop and roll. Instead, Lucas moves at lightning speed fanning flames that enlighten everyone he meets. Fueled by faith, friends and family, Lucas's passion is to help the afflicted by reflect... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:19:25 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=14 We enter this world from darkness into light, and the darkest parts of humanity are created by ignorance. For the past eleven years, I have struggled with a mental illness. I have been given the diagnosis of bipolar, then schizo-affective subtype depress... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:04:29 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=13 Every minute mental illness costs our economy over $600,000. In the two seconds it took you to read that sentence, Americans lost $20,000 due to health care expenditures, loss of earnings and disability benefits. The $317 billion estimated economic burde... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:54:01 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=12 Stigma reduction can only begin when there is an educated public discourse about mental health problems in society. The arts and entertainment industry has a wide-reaching audience with the potential to render public opinion if not to set the agenda about... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:11:52 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=11 What will research mean to veterans? I feel that any research will be absolutely invaluable to establishing an empirical data base that will allow pre-deployment measurement for comparison with post deployment mental health status of veterans and the treat... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:48:17 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=9 This was a sad day. A sad day indeed. Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy. As a person living with mental illness, I feel sad for everyone touched by this event. Sad is not a strong enough word. I feel ill &ndash; ill i... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:49:12 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=8 Who of us understands what it means to need something that is beyond our grasp? Suffering from a mental illness can leave a person unable to meet their basic daily needs, let alone face the daunting challenge of combating the stigma of mental illness. Eq... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:23:26 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=7 There has been a lot of questions about our mission here at everyminute so I guess we need to be a little more clear. We all struggle on a regular if not daily basis with our health, mental or physical, some more than others. This website is meant to bring... Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:36:53 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=6 I have a mental illness. Actually one out of every four Americans over 18 will suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.<sup>(<a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/index.shtml" target="_blank">... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:00:56 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=5 I would like to personally welcome you to everyminute.org. We have put a lot of time and effort into making this site the best it can be. In the process of moving forward we will make our mistakes I&rsquo;m sure, but with your help and support we can b... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:57:01 GMT http://www.everyminute.org/blog.cgi?action=view&id=4