Valentine's Day, 2006

While we have many items in common as people, as mental health clients, patients, victims, family, practitioners, we are all different in our experience with madness.  If we share a diagnosis, simple show up at support groups or comparing notes, despite the DSMIV classification, while there may be similarities, we also have unique experiences, issues, pertinent to our own singular perspectives in living it out.  As such, if this site isn't posting a lot of new messages from me or other members, it has been frequented by a lot of visitors since 2003 who do check out our links, which were entered with the idea of providing a number of perspectives, options, treatment strategies, rights issues, side effects, challenging us to take  a look for ourselves at stuff, that if what we're doing isn't working for us, something else might strike us in living with this.  So, for new visitors and old, likely as much as the documents section or presentation of events and issues in the various sections, to gain other insights, contacts and resources, use the links listings to hook up with other resource sites.  Just Diana's contribution of the Compuserve search on Depression, lists 10,000 sites to research, and similar sites from weblinks to the Consumer movement and client network, lead to similar well connected and informative subject on as full a range of issues, topics and information dealing with madness, mental health, illness and policy.  Thanks for reading or joining notes from Jim, I hope you find this helpful

Jim Christiansen

January 2006 - Jim has been off emails and notes from Jim since a bit of a manic break over the summer, but has come in to check the site. 

Apologies to any and all but, the links within, and the other members worth visiting, and I hope that some of the information on site worth the review. 

Recovery, not always smooth.  - jim

SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC SITE, IF YOU GET A MEMBERS ONLY AREA, LET ME KNOW. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS WHOLE AREA. OR, JOIN MSN, AS PRICE WE PAY FOR COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD. - NOTE FROM JIM.

Welcome to James Christiansen "Notes from Jim Site" on mental illness and mental health issues in Stanislaus County. Jim is a member of the California Network of Mental Health Clients, DBSA, and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Stanislaus County. Please post information on site as you think applies. 

 I appreciate your checking out the site. Members get update notices posted at choices of immediate, once a week or monthly per your selection. It comes with links to pages changed. We update and add to links, and add your own as it is public. For more on Jim, go to www.geocities.com/jdc104

For more on mental health look up these links

www.geocities.com/scmhc2004  Stanislaus Chapter of Mental Health Consumers

www.geocities.com/dbsa55  DBSA Stanislaus

www.geocities.com/namistanislaus  NAMI Stanislaus

Mental Health Services Act input, Stanislaus, www.StanislausMHSA.com   Give your input to Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery services on what services needed.

 Jim