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.
https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/cyber-bullying-statistics Reprinted with kind permission of James Miller of BroadBandsearch.net
“Grief is itself a medicine.” ~William Cowper Grief as defined by Merriam-Webster is: (a) a deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement
https://emeryleadershipgroup.com/getting-out-of-the-rabbit-hole-of-depression-with-tracey-maxfield-episode-121
Firefighters & EMTs alike have a physically, emotionally, and psychologically challenging occupation. As a consequence, a notable percentage of these professionals face the prospect of
https://anchor.fm/simonsaysgb/episodes/Interview-with-Tracey-Maxfield-Author-of-Escaping-the-Rabbit-Hole-e1csih/a-a37v02
ATPE News Magazine Winter 2019 | Volume 40 | Issue 2 Shifting Mindsets Over the past few years, a growing concern about mental health
crothfam67 5.0 out of 5 stars I now have a better understanding and insight into how badly this affects them 15 June 2018 Format: Paperback |Verified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppu_4sDAXuI Blog #40 COVID 19 – Stress and Social Isolation in Children and Teenagers Stress, a simple six letter word that immediately conjures up feelings
Dementia Aware: what people with dementia need to know to live well with dementia Dementia is not a life sentence; it is just another
When we hear the word PTSD, images of soldiers and veterans spring to mind. For decades, people associated post traumatic stress disorder with terrifying events
RADIO SCRIPT: Tracey, My pleasure to interview you. What a beautifully real message you are sharing with the world. I pray you’ll be blessed
