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Dec 20, 2011, 04:49 AM
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Just read a phenomenal story about one man's triumph over addiction and a mood disorder; it also points to a new direction in therapy, peer services; it is the last of 5 separate stories in a series entitled "Lives Restored", portraits of individuals who have dealt with mental illnesses and found a way to live with them:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/he...gewanted=1&hpw **if someone knows a better sub-forum for this, feel free to cut and paste Last edited by Anonymous32458; Dec 20, 2011 at 06:37 AM. |
 lynn P., pachyderm
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Dec 20, 2011, 05:00 AM
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yeh i'll check it
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Dec 20, 2011, 09:27 AM
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Thanks Gulas
That was a really inspiring story. Peer support is way behind the US in Canada, it's really just starting here. One of my cousins is a peer support worker with a mental health and addictions Dx. splitimage
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