Welcome

Like with most things in life, we start with very little. Larsted.com begins with three things: a tagline, a picture, and with something else, too.

Our tagline wants to believe that this is “a welcoming place for families struggling with mental health.”

Our picture shows not only a road, but also a journey of many parts. I’m never sure where we are in this scene, but I do know that it changes every day. Sometimes we make it a little way along; other days we lose some ground. Mostly, we spend a lot of time lost in the woods along the sides.

As the Wizard might say in the story of Oz, the third thing we have — that not everyone else has — is knowledge. We’ve learned a lot. Some of it works. Much of it doesn’t. This website is an place to share some of the things we have found helpful on our long road.

Join us in our journey.

Bob

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Acronyms

Here is a great list of acronyms.

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Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

The Syndrome of Nonverbal Leaning Disabilities: Clinical Description and Applied Aspects by Michael A. Roman

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Anxiety Disorders

NAMI has this brochure on several different Anxiety Disorders.

They include:
Panic Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Social Phobia
Specific Phobias
Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Schizophrenia

See what NAMI has to say about Schizophrenia.

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Schizoaffective Disorder

See what NAMI has to say about Schizoaffective Disorder.

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Bipolar Disorder

See what NAMI has to say about Bipolar Disorder.

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Depression

See what NAMI has to say about Depression.

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Psychiatry Grand Rounds – UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA

UMass Department of Psychiatry holds Grand Rounds most Thursdays from noon to 1 in the Lazare Auditorium on the first floor of the Medical School Building, 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA.

Here’s a link to their site. It’s open to the public. Just walk in like you are supposed to be there.

Here is a list of some great talks.

Many of them were videotaped. You can find them here. For those of us not part of the Umass computer system, there is a temporary username and password available at the desk of the Med School Library. That password works on their computers and on my computer at home. The password changes about once a month.

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Brooke Katz

Brook Katz is the author of I Think I Scared Her: Growing Up With Psychosis. My daughter Patricia’s psychiatrist recommended that I read her book because it reminded her of some of the things going on with Patricia.

Since then, I’ve seen her speak a couple of times. Her story is riveting. For me, the most compelling part was the fear in her eyes as she told us about the imagined faces in the window that tormented her.

She spoke at Psychiatry Grand Rounds at UMass Medical School on June 18, 2009. Her talk was entitled Beating the Odds: Surviving and Thriving with a Psychotic Disorder. It’s available online here. The problem is that it requires a password. For those of us not part of the Umass computer system, there is a temporary username and password available at the desk of the Med School Library. That password works on their computers and on my computer at home. The password changes about once a month.

She was interviewed by Channel 5 in Boston in October 2006. Here is the video.

Bob

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Teen Vogue Talks About Depression

Teen Vogue talks about why no one talks about depression.

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