DBSA President Sue Bergeson's Mental Health Blog

Recently, I attended a very large conference held by a very large and important public health agency. Since DBSA is painfully aware of how big an issue mental health is within the country, I was interested in joining the public health conversation. Depression is the leading cause of disability in...

I was writing this around Martin Luther King Day. (I write these pieces, and somehow they magically get placed on the Web site. I never know how or when. So bear with me if occasionally the timing seems a bit off, like perhaps now).   At any rate, I have been thinking a lot about civil rig...

My little dog Cassie would strenuously object to being called a recovery tool. She is after all a diva, a princess, the most wonderful little dog in the entire world. Any of those titles would do just fine. But a recovery tool? Way too mundane for my little piece of doggie wondrousness. But...

One of my habits at the end of every year is to try and list of the things I've learned or relearned during the year. It's one of the ways I try to find the gift in everything that has happened in my life. Let's face it, life isn't always easy, so reframing my struggles and failures into learni...

I am always of two minds when it comes to the approach of winter. On the one hand, I love the cooler air and the wild colors of fall. On the other, I fear the shortening sunlight and, in my part of the world, an increase in rain and gloom.I have read the research on seasonal affective disorder (S...