Personal Stories

Karen Liberman

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Photo by Barry Shainbaum.

You see, for me, hope, healing and recovery are not individual attainments or life states. Like the best meal or song or spectacular view, these are most profoundly felt when shared with others. I will forever thank MOOD DISORDERS ASSOCIATION for allowing me to share this finest of all gifts.

On Tuesday morning August 27 1997, I awoke at 10:37 am on the psychiatric ward in Sunnybrook Hospital and I was well. After fifteen years of indescribable emotional, cognitive, and physical pain, I was well. After six psychiatrists, seventeen hospital stays, twenty-seven different medications, twenty-four electro-convulsive therapy treatments, countless amounts of psycho-therapy, I was well. Having experienced spontaneous remission after one dose of a new medication (that I would continue with for the next twelve years), I was well.

Mental Illness Awareness Week Campaign Features our Volunteer

Submitted by Anonymous on October 4, 2011 - 5:18pm

It's Mental Illness Awareness Week, a time for all of us to talk about mental health and what each one of us can do to ensure people living with a mental illness and/or addiction get the support and care they deserve.

One of the people featured in the national Mental Illness Awareness Week campaign is a volunteer with the Mood Disorders Association. Harmony Brown has worked with us to educate high school students about the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and how to get support. She's also one of the 25 people featured in our coffee table-style book "Dancing in the Rain: 25 Stories of Hope, Healing and Recovery".

Check out Harmony's feature story on the Mental Illness Awareness Week website.

Get your copy of "Dancing in the Rain: 25 Stories of Hope, Healing and Recovery" by making a donation today to the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario.

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