DBSA President Sue Bergeson's Mental Health Blog

While I was tempted to use the title of this blog to talk about marijuana and mood disorders (Wasn't that the reason behind the title of Dr. Dre's classic 1992 album of the same name?), I actually have more to say about Kate Lorig's self-management-of-chronic-conditions model. (That s...

No, not that "Chronic." With all due respect to Dr. Dre, what I've been thinking about affects more of us than those who enjoyed his classic 1992 album. Depending on which numbers you go by, as many as 25 million of us in the U.S. live with the chronic conditions of depression or bi...

I am so fond of John McManamy, and reading his recent SharePost on his experience at the DBSA National Conference brought back those five days for me. (It was a three-day conference, but five for me because of a board meeting and leadership conference.)   One of the things I love, and som...

My father taught a government class in high school, but sadly, I've never been a political aficionado. I haven't been one to watch C-Span for hours, and if it's not about mental health, I don't track the intricacies of who is supporting who on what bill. But all of that may have c...

Recently, I was lucky enough to meet with some of the best and brightest researchers in depression treatment. In addition to university-based researchers, there were some pharmaceutical representatives and a key leader from the FDA at the meeting. The conference was titled "Advancing Signal ...