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An Open Letter to the Suicidal and the Disease of Depression (R.I.P. Robin Williams)
Robin Williams's comedy was part of my recovery. I watched until I could recite his jokes by heart. His death is especially hurtful because it was his comedy I often returned to for relief
Read More »The Truth About Hugs, Oxytocin, and Mental Illness
Mental illness cannot be scared off or hugged away.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Gin Baby’ by Sarah Shaefer
This indulgent glance into alcoholism, depression and all-around self-hatred is a sad story, but a familiar one.
Read More »Treating Anxiety and Depression: What’s Faith Got to Do With It?
The documented power of the placebo aligns with the fact that many are finding a spiritual approach holds hope for treating depression and other forms of mental illness.
Read More »Interview with Dr. Deborah Serani, Author of ‘Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers’
"I have a unique perspective of knowing what depression is like both personally and professionally."
Read More »The Real Reason for Underfunding Suicide Prevention
The reality that a dead person doesn't cost anything drives opinions and decisions.
Read More »The Woman I Am Who Waited for the Woman I Was
I needed to know who I was more than I needed to avoid the possibility of finding out I was no one at all.
Read More »Book Review: Quest, Inc.: Can You Buy a New Life? by Justin Cohen
Is the Self-Help Industry really about getting better, or just a fancier form of snake oil?
Read More »Book Review: Asylum: Hollywood Tales from My Great Depression: Brain Dis-Ease, Recovery, and Being My Mother’s Son by Joe Pantoliano
is a brave, honest, and often amusing memoir about acting and suffering from clinical depression by Joe Pantoliano,
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