Tag Archives: social isolation

The suicide epidemic among high-functioning persons with autism

Posted on April 3, 2016 by

Adults with autism and no intellectual disability are over NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY to commit suicide when compared to their age-matched peers. Continue reading →

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Seven reasons church attendance is difficult when kids have mental illness…

Posted on May 5, 2015 by

Today, we’ll start by identifying seven reasons church attendance/participation is difficult for families of kids with mental illness.
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If a kid has mental illness, who will invite their family to church?

Posted on June 26, 2014 by

It’s hard for families to be invited to church when they don’t know anyone who regularly attends church. Continue reading →

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Including kids and teens with mental illness at church…Grasping the relationship barrier

Posted on February 2, 2014 by

The kids and families we serve in our child and adolescent psychiatry practice are extremely vulnerable to a vicious cycle of escalating social isolation, perpetuated by the nature of the conditions they experience, their propensity to misinterpret the thoughts and reactions of other people and the stigma associated with mental illness. Continue reading →

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Mental Illness and Mass Murder: Reflections From a Christian…and a Psychiatrist

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Efforts to address the danger present in our society through gun control or better mental health services represent futile attempts to employ collective defense mechanisms to assuage our anxieties and enable our avoidance of the real issue…there is evil in the world, NONE of us is good, and we as individuals and collectively as a society are powerless to do anything about it. Continue reading →

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Mental Illness and Mass Murder: Reflections From a Christian…and a Psychiatrist

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

Efforts to address the danger present in our society through gun control or better mental health services represent futile attempts to employ collective defense mechanisms to assuage our anxieties and enable our avoidance of the real issue…there is evil in the world, NONE of us is good, and we as individuals and collectively as a society are powerless to do anything about it. Continue reading →

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