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Managing Emotions Effectively (Part 1)

March 21, 2014Chato Stewart Blog

Managing emotions is challenging! Especially negative ones that potentially can harm us like anger. Anger and its causes are complex. The media bombards us with vivid-daily-real and imaginary examples of an angry world. Examples teach us. We are surrounded by examples everywhere we look. James P. Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media, says: “A generation that’s […]

Moving From A Victim Of “Mental Illness” to Mental Health “Hero” and “Champion”

March 20, 2014Chato Stewart Blog

We want to move from being a victim of mental illness, away from the “why me?” mentality. It takes time. We are healing the mind, body, and the spirit. All three seem broken at times when you’re dealing with the storms of crisis after crisis to the point of psychosis. Sometimes you experience just total […]

Learning From Our History: Lobotomy to Over-Medicated to No Services

March 13, 2014Chato Stewart Blog Lobotomy Over-Medicated

In the last 50 years Mental Health Patients/Clients or as we are usually called today, consumers, have fought defiance of tyranny of state run hospitals/asylums/ psych wards.It is estimated over Ten Thousand patients had the Transorbital Lobotomies. With another 50,000 lobotomies using a drill in the procedure were performed until it was outlawed as a […]

Charlotte Sun’s Roundtable On Mental Illness Revolving Jail Door (Part 2)

March 10, 2014Chato Stewart Blog cbhc Charlotte Behavioral Health Care Charlotte Sun Roundtable Chato Stewart Florida state psychiatric hospital G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital Lobotomy

Can we not learn from history? I was saddened that it seemed like part two of Charlotte Sun Roundtable on Mental Illness was focusing mostly on G. Pierce Wood’s Memorial Hospital/Asylum. To me, as a mental health advocate, it felt like a wrong turn towards, a backwards idea being presented almost as a solution. As […]

Suicide Prevention-I Walked Away Alive (Part 2)

February 27, 2014Chato Stewart Blog Chato Stewart Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

My Suicide – My Life Yes, on 6/24/2004 in Sarasota I attempted to kill myself. I know the exact day because I branded and burned it into my arm. 1 week earlier I called to get 911 to get help, I was not in danger, or a danger and I was lucid enough to make […]

Charlotte Sun’s Roundtable On Mental Illness Revolving Jail Door

February 24, 2014Chato Stewart Blog behavioral Charlotte Behavioral Health Care mental health Mental Illness Port Charlotte

As I pick up my daily paper in my driveway, I notice the sub-title first “JAILS FACE BURDEN OF CARING FOR MENTALLY ILL INMATES“… I knew this would be one Sunday page to blog about! I took my meds (willing I may add) and started reading, and reading and reading the facts. The facts about […]

Suicide Prevention-I Walked Away Alive

February 21, 2014Chato Stewart Blog suicide pervention

Stigma surrounds the subject I want to talk about, I need to talk about; but it’s auspiciously-taboo. Many avoid it for the shear horror of the concept and the idea is incomprehensible! It’s unfathomable and beyond bizarre and illegal in every state. Why would any sane person ever want to kill themselves? That’s insane! Why […]

10 Things To Do To Improve Our Self Esteem? Part 2

February 6, 2014Charlotte Behavioral Blog

Part 2 of 10 things to improve your self esteem… 6. Volunteer in Your Community: In Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, there are a number of organizations that are always looking thankfully to community volunteers. This is by far one of the finest ways to build self-esteem. When you help others, you actually help yourself. 7. […]

10 Things To Do To Improve Our Self Esteem? Part 1

February 4, 2014Chato Stewart Blog behavioral Charlotte Behavioral Health Care detox recovery

Here’s a quick summary list and How I Personally Feel it can help Us Improve our Self-Esteem. Please, feel free to add “your” ideas and make this list your own: Positive Self-talk or Acknowledging Your strengths: You don’t have to talk to yourself out loud! However, studies show that you remember more when you hear yourself “thinking” […]

How Can We ‘Like’ Ourselves and Improve Our Self Esteem?

January 28, 2014Chato Stewart Blog behavioral Charlotte Behavioral Health Care Chato Stewart How Can We Like mental health Self Esteem

Remember the hair commercial of the 80’s, “‘I’m Sy Sperling, President of the Hair Club For Men. I’m not only the Hair Club president, but I’m also a client.’” It’s the beginning 0f generational cross-over…Sy Sperling was doing it with his hair club, RUN DMC and rap music was crossing over into mainstream pop music. […]

The Illicit Synthetic Drug and Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance Ban: Cause & Effect Part 2

January 27, 2014Charlotte Behavioral Blog

The Illicit Synthetic Drug and Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance Ban: Effect As mentioned on November 26, 2013, the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners adopted by unanimous vote Ordinance No. 2013 – 033. We talked about the “cause”, or as the line 35-37 of the ORDINANCE says: 35 WHEREAS,new herbal and/or chemical mixtures are being marketed […]

The Illicit Synthetic Drug and Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance Ban: Cause & Effect Part 1

January 24, 2014Chato Stewart Blog

In November, the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopted by unanimous vote Ordinance No. 2013 – 033. a.k.a: Illicit Synthetic Drug and Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance. Up until now, Charlotte County lawmakers did not have any law or ordinance to control the growing “Bath Salts” and “Herbal Incense” abuse of Synthetic Legal Intoxicating Drugs […]

Mapping Out Our Depression

January 17, 2014Chato Stewart Blog

“One in 20 adults have depression at any given time. When depression hangs on for a long time and goes beyond just having a low mood, it is called a disorder or disease.” Depression is devastating! It can make the most vibrant person a vacant void. Living through depression myself, I know firsthand the effects […]

Recovery Center: Where Lives Are Saved, Families Are Healed And Hope Is Found

January 8, 2014Chato Stewart Blog Charlotte Behavioral Health Care Recovery Center

Have you ever felt hopeless , no where to turn, feeling alone because substance abuse is destroying your love one or family? You know time is running out, you’re at the end of the rope and you’re not sure what else you can possibly do… Today, you’ll find the courage to call the Recovery Center […]

The Fog: Temperatures To Drop – Homeless Peers Concerned

January 6, 2014Chato Stewart Blog Charlotte Behavioral Health Care Charlotte Sun Herald Combining mental illness homelessness Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Wayne Sallade

Charlotte Behavioral Health Care has provided services for10,269 individuals over 2013*. With (82%)* reporting an annual salary of less than $15K per year, with the poverty level for 2012 set at $23,050 (total yearly income) for a family of four with mental illness one of the leading causes of homelessness: we have larger numbers of […]

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