“This week, mental health professionals are marking National Suicide Prevention Week, offering advice on how to respond to someone who may be on the verge of killing himself or herself.“You can make a difference, especially if you can get somebody to talk about it,” said Elsa Ronningstam, a psychoanalyst, McLean Hospital psychologist, and board member…
“The problem with the “you were molested and that’s why you’re gay” line of thinking – besides that it isn’t true – is that it dismisses people and their experiences. It neatly wraps up a version of people, labels them, and puts them in a category. There they can be filed away and forgotten. Otherwise,…
“In this magnificent digital age there are so many avenues to be a peer mentor or a healthcare product reviewer that don’t begin and end with Yelp or Amazon. You want to make a difference and help change the world but don’t know how? Share your experience by starting a blog, sharing a post on…
Oh look, more lies about depression, this time specifically about men and depression. I know many of you are not surprised by the truth, but we have to keep spreading these out as far and wide as we can. There are still too many people struggling with depression who believe these things, and too many…
I was offered the chance to review this book a long, long time ago. I kept picking it up and putting it back down, then picking it back up again a couple of moths later, and putting it down again. Part of that is just my busy lifestyle, with the work and the traveling. Part…
Would you add anything to this list? 26 Truths People Living With Depression Wish Others Understood
