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Depression

Attending My 30th High School Reunion as a Diagnosed Psychotic

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 06.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Robert David Jaffee

Mental illness, like Hamlet, who may or may not be the only sane person in the play, is mysterious and paradoxical. And psychosis works the way nightmares do, by metaphor and symbolism. Delusions often stand in for something else.

What Goes Around Comes Around

William B. Bradshaw | Posted 06.14.2013 | Good News
William B. Bradshaw

Last Saturday as I came out of a restaurant and was walking to my car, another man was walking toward the restaurant on the same sidewalk. As we met,...

How to Eat (VIDEO)

Lillian Medville | Posted 06.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Lillian Medville

I cannot tell you (or anyone) how to eat, outside from suggesting the basics: that whole, nutrient rich real foods are best, chose organic if you can afford it (Not a lot of people can. Which is a huge problem in and of itself), fake foods aren't food, and therefore should not be eaten.

Author Platform: Use the News to Boost Your Book & Platform

Jennifer S. Wilkov | Posted 06.13.2013 | Books
Jennifer S. Wilkov

Using the news can help boost the visibility of your book, your platform and you! Themes run through your platform and book, whether it is fiction or...

The People We Tend To Ignore Post-Divorce

Vicki Larson | Posted 06.13.2013 | Divorce
Vicki Larson

Like many men of his generation, my father wasn't a very hands-on dad and so for many children of my generation, our fathers were somewhat of a mystery. Even now, we don't focus as much on dads as we do on moms.

Brought to You by the Mentally Ill

Melody Moezzi | Posted 06.12.2013 | Media
Melody Moezzi

As one of the roughly 60 million Americans living with a mental illness, I was happy to hear President Obama highlight the issue at last week's National Conference on Mental Health. But that's not what many of my colleagues in the media picked up on.

What Mental Health Looks Like for an Uninsured

Jeremy Johnson | Posted 06.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Jeremy Johnson

It was three weeks or more before I called. Each day I would wake up and think, "It's too late to call -- they're probably booked already -- I'll call tomorrow." During finals week I finally got an appointment for the first counseling session.

How I Overcame Depression And Became The Happy Nomad

Adam Pervez | Posted 06.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Adam Pervez

Cars and planes are amazing feats of ingenuity, but both require maintenance and sometimes break, then requiring repair. For me, that is depression -- the mind breaking in some way (or getting sick) and requiring repair. There is no shame in that.

Failure to Lunch

Ira Israel | Posted 05.31.2013 | Healthy Living
Ira Israel

Recent studies regarding happiness show that people who have jobs -- something one does for money -- are not very happy; similarly, I've found that those are the type of people who often eat lunch at their desks.

Shining a Light of Hope on Depression

Kathryn Goetzke | Posted 05.30.2013 | Impact
Kathryn Goetzke

Depression is treatable, yet less than half of those with depression worldwide are receiving treatment, due in part to the stigma associated with the disease. This misunderstanding about depression is what prevented my father from getting treatment.

Grief and the DSM: A Brief Q&A

Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. | Posted 05.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D.

In academic and clinical circles, there has long been a concern with differentiating between grief -- seen as a normal transitional experience -- and more complicated reactions to loss.

Teen Suicide and Contagion

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Barbara Greenberg

The idea of a teen committing suicide and of a young life being abbreviated is almost too painful to think about. A new study suggests that the phenomenom of "suicide contagion" is sadly alive and well among teens.

Caring for Those Heroes With Invisible Wounds

Sherri Snelling | Posted 05.28.2013 | Fifty
Sherri Snelling

What isn't reported is the collateral damage of PTSD, TBI and depression is the caregivers helping loved ones cope as best they can in a society which has little understanding of brain-related illnesses and injuries.

Teens, You're Not as Alone as You Think

Maggie Lamond Simone | Posted 05.28.2013 | Parents
Maggie Lamond Simone

I know this may come as a shock to you, but I was once a teenager. Don't roll your eyes. I was. And I survived. It was a time of profound and sustained unhappiness for me, although I never truly understood why.

Anti-Bully? Sure -- But What About Pro-Friend?

Carlin Flora | Posted 05.28.2013 | Parents
Carlin Flora

It only takes one. Just one friend, that is, to reduce a child's chances of being bullied, and, if he is bullied, of developing depression as a result.

More Than A Platitude, Praying For Others Promotes Hope, Optimism

David Briggs | Posted 05.27.2013 | Religion
David Briggs

My prayers are with you. From Pope Francis attempting to console the survivors of the Oklahoma tornadoes to neighbors trying to comfort a friend with cancer, it is a familiar sentiment uttered whenever misfortune strikes. But what do those prayers mean?

Overwhelmed Parents: A National Crisis

Linda Bloom LCSW and Charlie Bloom MSW | Posted 05.25.2013 | Parents
Linda Bloom LCSW and Charlie Bloom MSW

Our culture's failure to prioritize the needs of the family over the values of "free enterprise" is a primary factor in the disintegration of the American family.

Loneliness vs. Solitude: Why Its Important To Remember The Difference

Arzu Kaya Uranli | Posted 05.25.2013 | Healthy Living
Arzu Kaya Uranli

We should remember that loneliness is the pain of being alone, yet solitude is the splendor of being alone, and that to have long-lasting happiness we should remember the difference in between.

Goodbye Darkness, My Old Friend

Robin Bobbé | Posted 05.25.2013 | TED Weekends
Robin Bobbé

2013-01-18-TEDplayvideo.jpgShe encouraged me to try different things. It wasn't easy. When you are depressed that is the hardest thing to do. It's like walking in quicksand. Slowly, I did start trying new things. I found talents that I never knew existed.

Numb -- Spiritually Dead -- Nation

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
Marian Wright Edelman

America has a spiritual problem when it protects guns rather than children. Why are we not all calling our legislators and expressing outrage? How can we let the voices of gun dealers and manufacturers drown out the cries of children?

Learning to Admit Our Brokenness

Peter Rollins | Posted 05.22.2013 | Religion
Peter Rollins

It is in saying "amen" to the highs and lows of life that we are able to live fully in both worldly sorrow and joy, touching what Johannes de Silentio called "the sublime in the pedestrian."

Grief Differs From Depression: Our Mental Health Guidelines Should Clarify, Not Distort

Jeanne Dennis | Posted 05.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Jeanne Dennis

By removing the "bereavement exclusion" from what had been considered the bible of the mental health world, the DSM's editors risk undermining bereavement as a universal, normal, if profoundly painful, experience.

Ending the Silence on Mental Illness

Lynn R. Goldman | Posted 05.20.2013 | Healthy Living
Lynn R. Goldman

The truth is that from the college campus to the workplace, we are all members of a national and increasingly global community. We must all learn the signs of depression and other mental disorders and reach out to someone in trouble.

The Happiness Secret Of Elite Athletes

Sheenie Ambardar, M.D. | Posted 05.20.2013 | Healthy Living
Sheenie Ambardar, M.D.

Since May is "Exercise is Medicine" month, as designated by the American College of Sports Medicine, now would be the perfect time for us to reopen a dialogue on the subject and increase national awareness.

6 Brain-Boosting Ways To Reduce Stress

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 05.20.2013 | Healthy Living
Alvaro Fernandez

Learning to effectively cope with stress can not only help you feel better on a daily basis, but also protect your brain from the damaging effects of stress to preserve and maintain cognitive function throughout life. Here's how.