This Week’s Links (weekly)
Societal Taboo on Female Abuse tags: CA Stigma, Mental Illness and Shame tags: CA Help for Depression: Learn to Cope with Depression tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Successful People with Bipolar Disorder
Sometimes, in the midst of depression or in our struggles with other mental illnesses, it’s easy to think that we will never be able to overcome it. In the hopes that seeing some examples of others who have struggled with similar issues, and overcome them, the Masters in Healthcare site sent me a link to…
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Suicide in the News
With all of the celebrity suicides in the news recently, John Grohol took advantage of the uptick in people looking for information about suicide and untreated depression to give a brief glimpse into the risk among young adults, and some of the warning signs to look for in this post today. I’m copying the important…
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Psychotherapy Works
Psychotherapy Works Is Still News to Many In the U.S., consumers are constantly bombarded with pharmaceutical advertising describing the many benefits of different psychiatric medications (Depression hurts. No duh!). But consumers get no marketing about the benefits of psychotherapy, and often still have old, stigmatizing misconceptions about how it works and how expensive it is….
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Beat Depression During the Winter
This is a pretty good list of things to do during these cold Winter months when parts of your depression fighting plan includes things like outdoor activities, and other things that you can’t do during the colder months. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/01/04/12-winter-depression-busters/ I’ve found a few of these to be good tools for myself, fighting off the lethargy…
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Book Review: The Enemy Between My Legs
In the interest of sharing book reviews when I couldn’t possibly read all the available books on the topics of child abuse and depression, I’m always on the lookout for other sites doing reviews, so that I can point folks to those reviews as well. Here’s a review of The Enemy Between My Legs by…