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Choosing Treatment through Revelation
This essay is part of our Peculiar Minds series. One of the most common misconceptions among latter-day saints is the idea that if we were spiritual enough we would be able to overcome mental and...
View ArticleHow Do We Embrace Those with Mental Illness?
We’re learning so much about mental illness, let’s see if we can apply it to our daily lives. Some of the symptoms of mental illness make it difficult for people to function, even in seemingly simple...
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What is Schizophrenia?
This research essay is part of our Peculiar Minds series. From the National Institute of Mental Health: Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people...
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Understanding Schizophrenia
This essay in our Peculiar Minds series is written by Judy Hall. Although it was a relief to have a name for what was happening to our son, Ben, it was still devastating when he was diagnosed with...
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Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
This essay in our Peculiar Minds series is from Melissa Horsley. The first time I remember holding a baby was on a vacation, visiting a cousin and his little family. I carried her everywhere, the...
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My Path Down the Rabbit Hole
This essay in our Peculiar Minds series is anonymously contributed. My wife and I are not strangers to mental disorders. We have one son who is in treatment for clinical depression. Another is...
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Mental Illness FHE Lesson
Over the past month I’ve been pulling together the Peculiar Minds series, searching for writers, editing essays, and thinking about mental illness daily. When pondering what kind of family home evening...
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Healing
This last essay in our Peculiar Minds series is by Michelle. A brief note: Even though I committed years ago to being more open and real about my struggles (physical and mental/emotional), reading this...
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Pros of Prozac: A Book Review
Honestly, as a woman who suffers from anxiety and depression, and currently takes medication for it, I was not thrilled to receive Beca Mark’s book, “Pros of Prozac.” My story is my own, my experience...
View ArticlePeace and Depression: Accountability, Repentance and the Atonement
I am struck regularly by how many members fail to focus on Jesus’ life and realize that there are incredible lessons (particularly in the Gospels) about specific things we can do to become more like...
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