Recent Meeting Topics


ACTIVITIES:How to find Activities to help in Mental Health
ACTIVITIES:NAMI Education Meeting: Using DNA to monitor Meds
ACTIVITIES:National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
ACTIVITIES:Overwhelmed in school
ACTIVITIES:SPEAKER NEXT WEEK on Social Security and AHCCCS
ACTIVITIES:Suggestion: Invite Guest Speakers
ACTIVITIES:Transportation
ACTIVITIES:Transportation
ACTIVITIES:Transportation
ADMINISTRATIVE:Crisis Services Public Meeting
ADMINISTRATIVE:Procedures for Students observing the Class
AHCCCS:AHCCCS Health Insurance
ANGER MANAGEMENT:Anger and Regret
ANGER MANAGEMENT:Controlling Anger
ANGER MANAGEMENT:Uncontrollable Anger
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Mental Health Awareness Month
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ANNOUNCEMENT:(Personal medical problem)
ANNOUNCEMENT:2015 Highlights Brochure Distributed
ANNOUNCEMENT:2015 Highlights Brochure Distributed
ANNOUNCEMENT:Website has been updated; BPHope website is good
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:(3) Eric Gilbertson Advocacy Institute
ANNOUNCEMENTS:8:00 Beach in LA
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Art of Recovery
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Bruce Springstein, Tom is Moving to Michigan
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Eric Gilbertson Advocacy Institute
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Eric Gilbertson Advocacy Institute, Section 8 PHX Housing, Website Update
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Grievance Preparation
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Information
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Mesa Opens Section 8 Waiting List
ANNOUNCEMENTS:NAMI Walk
ANNOUNCEMENTS:NAMI Walk
ANNOUNCEMENTS:NAMI Walk
ANNOUNCEMENTS:NAMI Walk
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Ongoing Process
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Overwhelmed in school
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Thanksgiving Dinner
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Website Updated
ANNOUNCEMENTSI'm moving to Flagstaff!
ANXIETY ISSUES:Announcement & Anxiety
ANXIETY ISSUES:Anxiety
ANXIETY ISSUES:Anxiety and Organization
ANXIETY ISSUES:Anxiety Issues
ANXIETY ISSUES:Anxiety over upcoming Events
ANXIETY ISSUES:Burnout due to Anxiety
ANXIETY ISSUES:Driving Anxiety
ANXIETY ISSUES:Managing Anxiety
ANXIETY ISSUES:Managing Anxiety
BEHAVIOR:Balanced Emotions
BEHAVIOR:BiPolar problems and Addictions
BEHAVIOR:Blaming Others
BEHAVIOR:Breaking Bad Habits
BEHAVIOR:Changing Racing Thoughts to a Positive Experience
BEHAVIOR:Correcting Bad Behavior
BEHAVIOR:Daytime Fatigue
BEHAVIOR:Falling into Bad Behavior
BEHAVIOR:Feeling Afraid when you are actually doing Better
BEHAVIOR:Feeling Productive
BEHAVIOR:Getting back into a Routine
BEHAVIOR:Getting through the Day
BEHAVIOR:Grandiose Thanking
BEHAVIOR:Guilt
BEHAVIOR:Happiness
BEHAVIOR:Higher Functioning Individuals
BEHAVIOR:Hygiene getting Worse
BEHAVIOR:Impulsiveness
BEHAVIOR:Is talking to oneself bad?
BEHAVIOR:Isolation
BEHAVIOR:Keeping your head above Water Suggestion: try www.meetup.com
BEHAVIOR:Loneliness
BEHAVIOR:Loneliness
BEHAVIOR:Maintaining a Healthy Routine
BEHAVIOR:Motivation
BEHAVIOR:Mourning the loss of a loved One
BEHAVIOR:Normalizing Behavior
BEHAVIOR:Other Perceptions
BEHAVIOR:Overreacting to Issues
BEHAVIOR:Oversensitivity
BEHAVIOR:Oversensitivity
BEHAVIOR:Racing Thoughts
BEHAVIOR:Relapsing Hurts
BEHAVIOR:Self-Sabotage
BEHAVIOR:September is a bad Month
BEHAVIOR:Suicidal Thoughts
BEHAVIOR:Suicide Attempts
BEHAVIOR:Suicide Awareness
BEHAVIOR:Taking Vitamins and Supplements
BEHAVIOR:Triggers
BEHAVIOR:Warning
BEHAVIORImpulses
BiPOLAR ISSUES:BiPolar and Limits
BiPOLAR ISSUES:BiPolar Disorder with Seasonal Pattern & Light Box
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Blaming Behavior on Illness
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Childhood BiPolar Issues
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Daily Issues living with BiPolar Disorder
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Depression after Manic Phase
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Finding a Sweet-spot between Manic mood and doing nothing
BiPOLAR ISSUES:How long does Hypomania last?
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Hypomania
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Hypomania after Depression
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Maintaining Identity as Mentally Ill
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Mania getting Worse
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Manic
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Manic Try different Meds?
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Mixed Mood Episodes
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Powerlessness and BiPolar Disorder
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Realizing a Symptom you didn't know you Had
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Recognizing Mania
BIPOLAR ISSUES:Supporting Others-- What we look for
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Trust and BiPolar
BiPOLAR ISSUES:Turning Point to Accepting Diagnosis
BiPOLAR ISSUESMaintenance and BiPolar Issues
BiPOLAR ISSUESTriggers
COOPING STRATEGIES:Meditation using U-Tube Guided Meditation
COPING ISSUES:"Getting Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed"
COPING ISSUES:General Coping
COPING ISSUES:Making Big Decisions
COPING ISSUES:Time Management
COPING SKILLS:Coping Skills or Crutch
COPING SKILLS:Coping Skills when Alone
COPING SKILLS:Lack of Motivation
COPING SKILLS:Loneliness
COPING SKILLS:Loneliness and Depression
COPING SKILLS:Moving to a new apartment for Mental Health
COPING SKILLS:Not Enjoying Anything
COPING SKILLS:Self-Harm Distraction
COPING STRATEGIES:"Ahh-ha Moments"
COPING STRATEGIES:Abuse and BiPolar Disorder
COPING STRATEGIES:Anxiety about Returning to School
COPING STRATEGIES:Bitterness
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Mechanisms
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Skills
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Skills
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Skills
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Skills (other than meds) especially around crowds
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Skills for Parents
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping Skills for Therapy
COPING STRATEGIES:Coping with Family
COPING STRATEGIES:Crisis Action Plan
COPING STRATEGIES:Dealing with Lack of Support
COPING STRATEGIES:Dealing with Other people's Manic Behavior
COPING STRATEGIES:Depression and Suicide
COPING STRATEGIES:Dreams vs. Goals
COPING STRATEGIES:Eating
COPING STRATEGIES:Emotional Reaction after Therapy and Meds
COPING STRATEGIES:Feeling Guilty
COPING STRATEGIES:Feeling Hopeless and Accepting thew Disorder
COPING STRATEGIES:Good and Bad Days
COPING STRATEGIES:Guilt over past Manic Crashes
COPING STRATEGIES:How do you return to Activities
COPING STRATEGIES:How to help when the Meds Fail
COPING STRATEGIES:Isolation
COPING STRATEGIES:Issues I can't Control
COPING STRATEGIES:Just Getting out of Bed
COPING STRATEGIES:Keeping Information Together
COPING STRATEGIES:Living by Myself or with a Roommate
COPING STRATEGIES:Meditation
COPING STRATEGIES:Methods for Decreasing Negative Self-thought
COPING STRATEGIES:Motivation
COPING STRATEGIES:Negative Thoughts
COPING STRATEGIES:Other Perceptions
COPING STRATEGIES:Other Perceptions
COPING STRATEGIES:Persistant Noise
COPING STRATEGIES:Reinventing Self-Advocacy
COPING STRATEGIES:Rerealization
COPING STRATEGIES:Seeking help when you DON'T need it
COPING STRATEGIES:Self Care
COPING STRATEGIES:Separating of Emotions
COPING STRATEGIES:Social Anxiety vs. Fear
COPING STRATEGIES:Suicide
COPING STRATEGIES:Symptoms when by oneself
COPING STRATEGIES:Triggers
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Activities when Depressed
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Being with People while Depressed
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Depression in friends-- Before and After Diagnosis
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Depression on Loved One
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Depression Rut and Fear of Failure
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Deteriorating Health to Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Instantaneous Suicidal Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Kinds of Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Low Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Motovatioin during Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Periodic Suicidal Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:Staying ahead of Depression
DEPRESSION ISSUES:What is NOT Depression
DEPRESSION:Coping with Depression
DEPRESSION:Depression and Self-harm
DIAGNOSIS:Comormid Diagnosis
FAMILY / FRIENDS:How to be more Supportive
FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES:A Supportive Father
FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES:A Supportive Mother
FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES:Developing Support Techniques
FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES:Overreacting to someone's Issues
FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES:Recalling Relatives and their Disorders
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ISSUES:Family is Critical
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ISSUES:Helping others as a Peer
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ISSUES:Identity and BiPolar Issues
FAMILY ISSUES:Argumentative Family Relations
FAMILY ISSUES:Communications at Home
FAMILY ISSUES:Emotional Abuse
FAMILY ISSUES:Emotional Abuse
FAMILY ISSUES:Extreme Mental Torture
FAMILY ISSUES:Family
FAMILY ISSUES:Living with Family
FAMILY ISSUES:Living with two Families
FAMILY ISSUES:Supportive Family
FAMILY ISSUES:Ways to help Supportive Others losing support
FINANCIAL ISSUES:Money and BiPolar Disorder
FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES:Getting Back Trust
FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES:Homesickness
FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES:Living Situation
GOVERNMENT ISSUES:Advocacy
GOVERNMENT ISSUES:AHCCCS programs
GOVERNMENT:Requesting Reasonable Accommodations
HOLIDAYS:Christmas
HOLIDAYS:Christmas Guilt
HOLIDAYS:Extra Stress due to Holidays
HOLIDAYS:Holiday Plans
INITIAL DIAGNOSIS:Anger over Diagnosis
INITIAL DIAGNOSIS:Where to get help
INTERNET SITES:LiveThroughThis.org
LEGAL ISSUES:Legal Issues
LEGAL ISSUES:Responsibility and BiPolar Disorder
LONG TERM PROJECTIONS:Returning to School
LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS:Planning for the Future
MEDICAL ISSUES:Agoraphobia (Fear of people and crowds)
MEDICAL ISSUES:Agoraphobia (Fear of people and crowds)
MEDICAL ISSUES:BiosMax for 1 year
MEDICAL ISSUES:BiosMax for 1 year
MEDICAL ISSUES:Changing Therapists
MEDICAL ISSUES:Cognitive Behavior Therapy
MEDICAL ISSUES:Comorbid Personality Disorder
MEDICAL ISSUES:Depakote and Haldol
MEDICAL ISSUES:Depakote and Haldol for Schizoeffective Disorder
MEDICAL ISSUES:ECT
MEDICAL ISSUES:Explaining symptoms to your Doctor
MEDICAL ISSUES:Eye Movement Disorder R
MEDICAL ISSUES:Faith Healers
MEDICAL ISSUES:Getting better from Pneumonia
MEDICAL ISSUES:Homeopathic Doctor
MEDICAL ISSUES:Other Health Diagnosis
MEDICAL ISSUES:Physical pain and Emotional Pain
MEDICAL ISSUES:Rapid Speech
MEDICAL ISSUES:Results of DNA Testing
MEDICAL ISSUES:Therapy: Getting the most out of it
MEDICATIONS:Anti-Depressants and Hypomania
MEDICATIONS:AntiDepressants
MEDICATIONS:Beginning Anti-Depression Medications
MEDICATIONS:Blood Pressure Medications
MEDICATIONS:Busbar
MEDICATIONS:Changing Meds
MEDICATIONS:Clinic not covering prescription
MEDICATIONS:Energy with Meds
MEDICATIONS:Fatigue due to Meds
MEDICATIONS:Genevia for Diabetes
MEDICATIONS:Getting off Benzos
MEDICATIONS:Going off Meds
MEDICATIONS:KLonapin
MEDICATIONS:Klonopin
MEDICATIONS:Latuna
MEDICATIONS:Lithium
MEDICATIONS:Med Changes and Weight Gain
MEDICATIONS:Med Changes and Weight Loss
MEDICATIONS:Medi-Sets
MEDICATIONS:Medications for BiPolar Disorder
MEDICATIONS:Meds
MEDICATIONS:Meds
MEDICATIONS:Meds as needed (p.r.n)
MEDICATIONS:Over the Counter cold medications and its effect on Psych. Meds
MEDICATIONS:Providual
MEDICATIONS:Reducing Meds
MEDICATIONS:Rimpeon
MEDICATIONS:Seriquil
MEDICATIONS:Side effects and Fear
MEDICATIONS:Side Effects for not taking Meds for 3 days
MEDICATIONS:Side Effects vs. Benefits
MEDICATIONS:Starting a Medication Regimine
MEDICATIONS:Welbutrin (Bupropion)
MERCY MARICOPA:Clinic won't Respond
MERCY MARICOPA:Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Evaluation
MERCY MARICOPA:SMI Interview
MERCY MARICOPA:SMI Interview
MERCY MARTICOPA:Crisis Line and Homelessness
MOOD ISSUES:BiPolar Mood vs. Normal Moods
MOOD ISSUES:Cycles of Recovery
MOOD ISSUES:Dis-Associative Rapid Mood Swings
MOOD ISSUES:Do you remember the sad parts?
MOOD ISSUES:Exhaustion after Mood Swings
MOOD ISSUES:Fragility of Mood
MOOD ISSUES:Full Mood
MOOD ISSUES:Good Mood vs. Hypomania
MOOD ISSUES:Handling Mania
MOOD ISSUES:Impulsivity
MOOD ISSUES:Low Self-Esteem
MOOD ISSUES:Multi-tasking in Hypomania
MOOD ISSUES:Obsessiveness
MOOD ISSUES:Overcoming Fear
MOOD ISSUES:Overcoming Fear
MOOD ISSUES:Self Esteem
MOOD ISSUES:Short Fuse
MOOD ISSUES:Sleeping while Manic
MOOD ISSUES:Specific Triggers for Mania
MOOD ISSUES:Staying on Track during Transitions
MOOD ISSUES:>Mixed Mania
MOOD ISSUESMania and Anxiety Issues
MOOD ISSUESStrong up and down Emotions
OTHER DIAGNOSIS:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OTHER ISSUES:Assumptions
OTHER ISSUES:Concern about Storm in Florida
OTHER ISSUES:Disassociative Disorder
OTHER ISSUES:Grief
OTHER PROGRAMS:Remembering what you learned in Intensive Out-patient
PANIC ATTACKS:Panic Attacks in Safe Places
PANIC ATTACKS:Voice Mail Anxiety
POSITIVE ASPECTS:Celebrate to Good Times
POSITIVE ASPECTS:Feeling Positive
POSITIVE ASPECTS:Good Things about being BiPolar
POSITIVE ASPECTS:Success
RBHA:Changing Clinics and Doctors
RBHA:Pros and Cons of SMI Designation
RBHA:Pros and Cons of SMI Status
RECOVEREY:Continuing Recovery
RECOVEREY:Continuing Recovery
RECOVEREYRecovery Resources
RECOVERY:Changing as a Person
RECOVERY:Psych Model vs. Medical Model of Recoverey
RECOVERY:Recovery of Emotions
RECOVERY:Recovery Sticking Points
RECOVERY:Relapse and Recovery
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Addiction
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Alcohol Abuse
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Borderline Personality Disorder
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Borderline Personality Disorder
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Co-Existing Illness
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Compassion Fatigue
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:EMDR
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:EMDR
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Obsessive Thoughts
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Obsessive Thoughts
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:OCD
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:OCD and BiPolar Disorder
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Paranoia
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Psychosis
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:SchitzoEffective Disorder
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Schizo-effective vs. BiPolar Disorder
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Seasonal Affective Disorder
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Seasonal Affective Disorder due to Holidays
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Seeing things that are not there
RELATED DIAGNOSIS:Travel Anxiety
RELATED DIAGNOSISHallucinations - Visual and moving
RELATED STRATEGIES:Panic Attacks Before/During/After
RELATED STRATEGIES:Ultra Rapid Cycling
RELATIONSHIPS:Acceptance
RELATIONSHIPS:Dating
RELATIONSHIPS:Dating people when you have BiPolar Disorder
RELATIONSHIPS:Dating with BiPolar Disorder
RELATIONSHIPS:Explaining your Diagnosis to friends
RELATIONSHIPS:Fixing Interpersonal relationship especially after an episode
RELATIONSHIPS:How to Talk
RELATIONSHIPS:Meeting New People & Building Relationships
RELATIONSHIPS:Other people's Mental Illness
RELATIONSHIPS:Reconnecting with Former Relationships
RELATIONSHIPS:Roommates
RELATIONSHIPS:Self-loathing and Relationships
RELATIONSHIPS:Social Interaction and BiPolar Disorder
RELATIONSHIPS:Surrounded by Stressors-- No Support
RELATIONSHIPS:Telling People you have BiPolar Disorder
RELATIONSHIPS:When both are BiPolar
RELATIONSHIPS:When to tell a person you are Dating about BiPolar Disorder
SLEEP ISSUES:Insomnia
SLEEP ISSUES:Insomnia
SLEEP ISSUES:Nightmares
SOCIAL ISSUES:Working while on Disability
SOCIAL ISSUES:Working while on Disability
SOCIAL SECURITY:Disability
SOCIAL SECURITY:Disability Evaluation with DES
SOCIAL SECURITY:SSDI Denial
SOCIAL SECURITY:Work Limitations while on Social Security
SOCIAL SECURITY:Working after first denial
SOCIETAL ISSUES:Prejudice about some Mental Illness
SOCIETAL ISSUES:Stigma
STRESS ISSUES:Handling Extreme Stress
STRESS ISSUES:Overcoming Stress
STRESS ISSUES:Staying Serene and Tranquil
STRESS ISSUES:Stress
STRESS ISSUES:Stress
SUGGESTIONS:For information on Meditations, Try U-Tube
SUGGESTIONS:Free Service Dog Training Power Paws (480) 970-1322
TREATMENT:CBT vs. DBT
TREATMENT:ECT
TREATMENT:Getting Treatment without Insurance
TREATMENT:Hospitalization and Aftercare
TREATMENT:How to Evaluate a Therapist
TREATMENT:Limitations of Cogitative Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
TREATMENT:Stale Therapy
TREATMENT:Stale Therapy
TREATMENT:Therapist for 3 months
TREATMENT:Therapy
TREATMENT:Therapy Dog
TREATMENTTherapies and Balance
TREATMENTTypes of Therapy
WORK ISSUES:Answering questions at Work
WORK ISSUES:Burnout at Work
WORK ISSUES:Concentrating at Work
WORK ISSUES:Depression and Job
WORK ISSUES:Depression and Unemployment
WORK ISSUES:Distractions at Work
WORK ISSUES:Finding Suitable Work
WORK ISSUES:Finding the right Career
WORK ISSUES:Garnishment
WORK ISSUES:How do you answer "What do you do?"
WORK ISSUES:I am looking for Work
WORK ISSUES:Is Seasonal Work taken into consideration for Disability?
WORK ISSUES:Laid Off followed by procrastination
WORK ISSUES:Looking for a Job
WORK ISSUES:School District Work
WORK ISSUES:Starting a Full-time Job
WORK ISSUES:Starting a Full-time Job
WORK ISSUES:Strategies for Success at Work
WORK ISSUES:Transition from Recovery to Work
WORK ISSUES:Unemployment
WORK ISSUES:Work Contacts
WORK ISSUES:Work with Family can be Positive
WORK ISSUES:Working
WORK ISSUES:Working
WORK ISSUES:Working
WORK ISSUES:Working Full Time
WORK ISSUES:Working in the Mental Health Field
WORK ISSUES:Working Relationships
WORK ISSUESSReturning to Work