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Share Your Story about Psychiatric
Hospitalization
Submission
Guidelines
Submit Your Story via Email
Submit Your Story via This Web Site
Part of DBSA’s mission is to
eliminate the discrimination and stigma that unfortunately is attached
to mood disorders. One of the most effective ways to combat this is
for people to tell their experiences. By
sharing your story with us you will inspire others.
Whether you have personally experienced
psychiatric hospitalization or you’ve helped a loved one or friend, we would like to
hear from you. Please type your story in the enclosed box (it’s
subject to editing) and submit it. Select submissions will be posted
on our web site to share with others who will gain from reading them.
If you would be willing to share your
story with a news reporter, please give us your name, email address
and/or phone. Even if you indicate your willingness to be interviewed,
please know that absolutely no information about your identity will be
released without your prior consent.
Here are a few examples of
personal stories people would benefit from reading:
- How a person living with a mood
disorder came to realize that hospitalization might be the best
option for them to achieve a stable mood.
- How a family member helped their
loved one while they were hospitalized.
- Tips or wellness tools you learned
while in the hospital.
- What specific things did you really
like or dislike about your hospital experience?
Please do not limit your story to the
topics on this list. We hope you will share your experience,
improvement, pain, inspiration and any other aspect of living with a
mood disorder. It’s our hope that people who will gain comfort and
courage from your story.
Submission
Guidelines
- Stories must be no more than 2000
words.
- All submissions are subject to
editing.
- Edited versions of the story will not
be returned for approval prior to publishing. However, all
authors may request it be removed at any time.
- Stories may not contain names of real
individuals.
- DBSA reserves the right to not post
any story.
To
Submit Your Story Via Email
You may submit your email to bookstore@DBSAlliance.org
Email must contain authors name, mailing address, phone number and
email address.
To Submit Your Story Via This
Web Site use the form below.
All information provided
is held in strict confidence and at no time will be distributed to
other organizations.
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