Link – All tip, no iceberg: a new way to think about mental illness

Link – All tip, no iceberg: a new way to think about mental illness

This is an interesting idea: The network approach also has a strong message for all of us who care about mental health and illness. We should abandon the last vestiges of our belief that mental disorders are best seen as medical diseases. The symptoms of depression, PTSD, or social anxiety don’t point to an underlying…

Link – Why We Need to Care About the Psychological Toll of Entrepreneurship

Link – Why We Need to Care About the Psychological Toll of Entrepreneurship

New studies are now beginning to shed light on the psychological toll of entrepreneurship. Research shows nearly three-quarters of business owners have concerns about their mental health. Almost half have struggled with depression or anxiety before. Society tends to glorify success and achievement. We shy away from talking about mental health due to the fear…

Link – Colleges Get Proactive in Addressing Depression on Campus

Link – Colleges Get Proactive in Addressing Depression on Campus

First, good for colleges to recognize the problem and fund research into the best ways to help these young people get the help they need. With that said, I wonder about these paragraphs: “In the past, many of the students on campuses today “would have been weeded out before they got to college,” Dr. Moneta…

Link – How Emotional Abuse From My Upbringing Contributed to My Mental Health Struggles

Link – How Emotional Abuse From My Upbringing Contributed to My Mental Health Struggles

It’s not difficult to imagine how believing the things that you are told during an emotionally abusive childhood would create mental health struggles in adulthood. This is true for many of us: The words they spoke still linger in my mind to this day. The feelings of worthlessness, sadness, pain and shame are all still…

Link – Why the Secrecy and Skepticism Around Mental Health Is Dangerous

Link – Why the Secrecy and Skepticism Around Mental Health Is Dangerous

“But, in actuality, I knew a lot of people struggling — they had just kept it quiet.   It actually took for me to develop depression and anxiety in my mid-20s, to battle with it for some time and to finally come forward and be open about what I was going through, for people to…

Link – How Mental Illnesses Affects Everyone Differently

Link – How Mental Illnesses Affects Everyone Differently

I have often said that just because something worked for one person in overcoming a mental health issue, or healing from abuse, doesn’t mean it will work for you. I love reading about what has helped others because it shows that there is hope,  not because I expect things they did to always work for…