DBSA President Sue Bergeson's Mental Health Blog

So I am writing this blog as we move toward the end of the year. It's less busy in our office now, at least for me, since a lot of what I do involves meeting with other organizations and individuals. No one plans meetings for this time of year. (Yippee!) So I took the time today to go through...

This is the time of year when a lot of us reflect and take stock of the past 12 months. As I look back at 2007 from an organizational perspective, I see several national mental health trends that have emerged, such as the:Growing recognition of the effectiveness and importance of peer supportCruc...

Recently, I had the privilege of being a trainer for a veterans' peer specialist training event in Madison, Wisconsin. The training was led by three folks: Ike Powell, the master trainer and developer of the peer specialist curriculum; Dona, a gifted trainer and consumer leader from the Nort...

I don't know about you, but I'm always bothered by the many stories this time of year talking about the holiday blues. At DBSA, it seems to be the season for a lot of media calls. It's like, all of a sudden, depression and bipolar disorder are popular and acceptable topics. And it alw...