Creating awareness & helping to reduce stigma about mental illness, bullying and suicide in children and teenagers.
Tracey Maxfield is a retired nurse with over 36 years’ experience in gerontology, mental health, and dementia care. She is a regular guest on well-known author and radio host Peter Rosenberger’s show Hope For the Caregiver on Sirius radio. Tracey has written multiple articles on dementia care, medical research and mental illness/bullying in teenagers. She is the Purple Angel Dementia Ambassador for the Okanagan. B.C. and NAASCA Ambassador for B.C., Canada.
Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my journey through depression is Tracey’s first book and has received international rave reviews. Since the release of her book, Tracey has become a staunch advocate for Mental Illness and Mental Health Awareness and Bullying and completed the course, Bringing Mental Health to Schools.
Did you know that 1 in 5 children and teenagers have a mental illness and that 50% of all lifetime mental illnesses show signs by age 14 and 75% by age 24? If left untreated, there is a very high likelihood of high school dropout, being bullied, engaging in risky behaviours/substance abuse, joining a gang, committing a crime, becoming a bully, unemployment, suicide and death.
What Is Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder? (choosingtherapy.com) Reprinted with kind permission of Choosing Therapy. August 05, 2021
So honored and humbled that my story is featured. We are pleased to share that your mental health story is now a part of the
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Self-harm or Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) is a deliberate, self-inflicted injury to body tissue resulting in damage, but without any suicidal intent. The injury
OCTOBER 2, 2018 MSWWRITES Escaping the Rabbit Hole Book Review Escaping the Rabbit Hole by Tracey Maxfield I was not sure what to expect when this
Louise H Reid to Episode 22 with Tracey Maxfield, Her Journey Through Depression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Keyv_pPMIc&t=0s&index=2&list=PLw78Se1D9XxgwqHiZBLSJ3ABqRbg4O57k
5.0 out of 5 stars – A raw and candid account of battle with depression of a brilliant woman A captivating personal memoir of a brilliant
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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_svb14fgSXQ[/embedyt] We know that mental illness/disorders do not discriminate based on race, colour, age, socioeconomic status, gender or identity. Anyone can experience a mental
