Mental Health @ Home by Ashley L. Peterson
Mental health begins at home – Your home base, your centre, your place of strength and support.
MH@H Books
My newest book, Managing the Depression Puzzle by Ashley L. Peterson, is available on Amazon and other online retailers, as well as the MH@H Store. It’s a holistic, everything up to and including the kitchen sink approach to dealing with depression.
Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Psych Meds Made Simple are the other titles from MH@H books, and they aim to cut through the stigma and misconceptions to provide accurate information about topics that affect people living with mental illness.
About the blog
This blog takes a no-holds-barred look at a variety of issues related to mental health. It draws on my dual perspectives as a mental health nurse (and former pharmacist) and person living with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.
The goal is to raise awareness about mental illness, educate around a wide variety of mental health issues, and create a community where people can feel comfortable speaking openly about mental health without fear of judgment.
Mental Health @ Home is one of Feedspot’s Top 75 Mental Health Blogs, Websites & Influencers in 2020.
It’s also on Blunt Therapy’s Best Mental Health Blogs list and the Psychreg Index of mental health blogs.
The COVID-19 coping toolkit has lots of ideas to help you manage and support your mental health during this difficult time.
Regular features
At the core of Mental Health @ Home is mental health and illness. While I personally live with depression, the blog covers a much broader range of topics.
Mental Health Book Reviews
The weekly mental health book reviews often feature books written by fellow bloggers.
What Is… Insights into Psychology Series
This series breaks down the meaning and background of terms from the fields of psychology and psychiatry.
Community features
The emerging blogger series features up-and-coming mental health bloggers, while the wounded healer interview series features people with mental health challenges who work in MH helping fields.
Stop Stigma
By calling out stigma when we see it, and more importantly, speaking out and sharing our mental illness stories, we can play an important role in the fight to stop stigma.
Blogging Resources
Blogging is a continual learning process, and sharing knowledge within the community keeps the whole thing running. Pop on over to the Blogging & Writing Tips page to find out more, or check out A New Blogger’s Guide to the WordPress Community.
The Science Corner: Debunking Pseudoscience
This sections calls out misinformation regarding public health and pseudoscientific health practices. It’s all written with the same pragmatic, cut-through-the-BS approach and a strong grounding in science.
Recent Posts
- What is… Personal Boundaries
- I Am Not Free to…
- Book Review: Be Kind
- Emerging Blogger Series: LaDonna (Perspective on Trauma)
- Some Surprising Mental Illness Statistics
- The Should Monster
The MH@H Store
Check out what’s available in the Mental Health @ Home Store! It’s got my ebooks, several mini-ebooks, and lots of free downloadable mental health and blogging resources.
I’m a strong believer in speaking up against stigma. Together, we’re a force to be reckoned with. Let’s Stop Stigma!
I’m exciting to have you join me on this journey!