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A Phone Call to an Old Friend (of My Mom) – Part Two

By Laura Zera 20 Comments

Back in August, I published a post about a very special phone call. When cleaning out the condo of my schizophrenia- and dementia-addled Mum last summer, I found a letter from her old friend, Bunty. The letter was from 2001; the two of them met in 1953 at nursing school (psychiatric nursing, to be exact.)

I called Bunty in August to let her know that Mum had gone into a care home and had little memory of anything or anyone. What transpired was a warm conversation with a delightful and caring woman and I hung up the phone feeling exponentially better than I did before the call—better about my mum’s health, better because I knew more about her younger years, and better because I felt like I might have made a new friend of my own, the friendship even more meaningful given her connection to my mum.Continue Reading

DSM-5: What It Is, and Why You Should Care

By Laura Zera 23 Comments

It is likely that at some point in your life, either you or someone in your inner circle has been given a mental health diagnosis that was predicated on the DSM. So, what does that mean, exactly?Continue Reading

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