Narcissistic Personality Disorder Part 2: What about treatment?By Delmar DeversWhen taking on a patient with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), the therapist must be aware that NPD is a hard-to...Read OnDelmar Devers 0 024Feb
PTSD: Examining the “Natural” in Natural DisastersBy Delmar DeversIt happens every year. Around this time of year, the East Coastal United States is subjected to the constant threat of s...Read OnDelmar Devers 0 015Feb
Painted Brainstorming at Wanderlust CafeBy Delmar DeversCome order something irresistible off the Wanderlust Hollywood cafe menu anytime between 8 am and 2 pm. Check it out f...Read OnDelmar Devers 0 008Feb
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Secure or Scarred?By Delmar DeversAdolph Hitler, Madonna, Kanye West, Donald Trump, and Sharon Stone. One might struggle to guess what they all have in co...Read OnDelmar Devers 0 005Feb
A Painted Brain Expands Creative MindsBy Kevin NaruseEnvironments for art where people that display signs of mental health differences in Los Angeles, California are startin...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 001Feb
The Children’s Health Act of 2000By Delmar DeversJohn Doe. John is 14 years old and currently lives in a residential group home. He is a smart, and for the majority of t...Read OnDelmar Devers 0 031Jan
Occupational Therapy’s Unique Value in Mental HealthBy David Israelianoccupational therapy services will help individuals prevent mental health crises, develop and maintain mental health, an...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 024Jan
Music and Mental Health: Guess Who (V)By AshleyAnother not completely uncommon mental health difficulty faced by some phenomenal composers is obsessive-compulsive diso...Read OnAshley 0 019Jan
How to Practice Meditation to Improve Mental HealthBy Adrian DrewThe practice of meditation is incredibly simple. Given the tremendous benefits, it would be natural to expect the practi...Read OnAdrian Drew 0 015Jan
Music and Mental Health: Guess Who (IV)By AshleyAddiction is a difficult aspect of mental health, for those who are addicts and also for those who care about them. It m...Read OnAshley 0 012Jan
Music and Mental Health: Guess Who (III)By AshleyDepression and anxiety: two of the most experienced mental health issues reported today. Ever since I was young, I perso...Read OnAshley 0 005Jan
Cinema Therapy as Baby Steps, Bill Murray, and Meaning MakingBy Carmelo Valone“We read to know we’re not alone,” says the writer CS Lewis, played by Anthony Hopkins. And according to Cinema...Read OnCarmelo Valone 0 119Dec
Mental Illness, and Writing: It’s Not Just for Tragic Poets Anymore…By Carmelo ValoneWhat do you mean it’s not just for tragic poets anymore? What about the greats though: Sylvia Plath, Hart Crane, Reina...Read OnCarmelo Valone 0 007Dec
How Occupational Therapy Can Fill Gaps in Mental Health ServicesBy Nga CaoThe focus of mental health services for individuals with serious mental illness has been shifting toward a recovery pers...Read OnNga Cao 0 017Nov
Sharing Your Story for better mental healthBy Heather ShultzAnalyzing the events of your life and compiling them into a linear story can help to appreciate the events that have led...Read OnHeather Shultz 0 002Oct
Painted Brain Armenia: The BeginningBy Mineh BadmagharianIn 2017 the Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of Education and Science adopted the idea of general inclusion and set fort...Read OnMineh Badmagharian 0 030May
TAY Conference Presents Painted Brain & CodiePieBy David IsraelianThe Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s TAY Division is holding a private conference in the Californ...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 116May
Painted Brain at the Blu ElefantBy David IsraelianWe had a joyous if extremely mellow afternoon to celebrate a perfect LA afternoon today at the Blu Elefant for the first...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 006Mar
HONEST Enterprise: Design ProductionBy Anna Yena KimIt was Fashion Wednesday for Painted Brain as contributors, staff, & interns collaborated in the next step of the Ho...Read OnAnna Yena Kim 0 004Mar
T-Shirt by Jane M. EnglemanBy David IsraelianWell, I’m broken in. What did the breaking make me? What did the scavenger bring me in his beak, tissue of sores in sh...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 003Mar
Breaking, Lost, Scared By AnonymousBy David IsraelianBreaking, lost, scared, in a different world Broken anyway mad. Turned world upside down. Lost connection. Deep Empathy....Read OnDavid Israelian 0 001Mar
Why the Brain?By Dave LeonOur human brain is our advantage over all other animals, and potentially the source of our downfall. It is the most fasc...Read OnDave Leon 0 001Mar
The Stigma of Being Mentally Ill and UnemployedBy David IsraelianA few weeks ago, I called the local food pantry to set up an appointment to receive my pantry bag. The woman working the...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 004Nov
For Centuries, A Small Town Has Embraced Strangers With Mental IllnessBy David IsraelianAt the center of Geel, a charming Belgian town less than an hour’s drive from of Antwerp, is a church dedicated to...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 010Oct
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