Marsha Linehan

Really interesting article about the creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (read about DBT here), Marsha Linehan's struggles with suicide and self destructive behaviors that led to her own hospitalizations and ECT treatments.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=marsha&st=cse

I think that so brave of Dr. Linehan to come out with this personal, personal story. It just goes to show that people with mental health issues CAN get better and be successful people. It also shows how serious the stigma is...that a person who understands and treats people with mental illnesses had such a difficult time coming out with her own personal story.

Amazing.

You can read more about Dr. Linehan and her work on her website at the University of Washington (Seattle) here.

I'm also going to post some videos from youtube about DBT here and here.

Another resource...

I found another blog that has a static page where people can leave comments about their own experiences with bipolar parents. There are quite a few comments and she said the page has over 1,000 hits.

Check it out here: http://mybipolarmother.wordpress.com/experiences/

I guess I'm surprised there aren't more sites like that one and this one given this:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/SMI_AASR.shtml







Is it the stigma? Or have people found support elsewhere?