DBSA President Sue Bergeson's Mental Health Blog

Last month, I got a call from the Associated Press (AP) asking for comments about a study on SSRIs that had just been released in the New England Journal of Medicine. In short, the study focused on clinical trials involving more than 12,000 consumers and 12 different SSRIs. The study showed that ...

Earlier this year, the DBSA staff was lucky enough to spend some serious time with Dr. John Rush, the primary investigator for the STAR*D research. If you need a refresher on what STAR*D is all about, there's a reasonable overview on the NIMH website. And one of the best sources of conversati...

Do you have a mental heath hero? I have a couple of them.   Pat Deegan, PhD, is one of my heroes. Check out her thought-provoking recovery journal on her website, at www.patdeegan.com. And read her story about the sea rose-it is so gorgeous, it just about makes me weep.   Another o...

There are so many things that I love about the Facing Us Clubhouse website, but one of my favorites is the section devoted to wellness tips-especially the window of wellness tips on every page. For example, I was just watching one of the videos on the site when I noticed the tip in the "wind...