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Friends in Your Life - The Bipolar Question of the Week

We know how important it is to have friends. Then it occurred to me. What is a friend? Rather than try to figure this out by myself, I thought I would ask you. But first this little story:   Over a period of two decades, the great operatic composer Giacomo Puccini collaborated on many projects with the conductor Arturo Toscanini. These... Read moreChevron
posted 04/29/2013, comment (1)|
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folks forget I'm ill too & often do not believe

Seriously... I must be so f**$$g good at faking it to make it.  Folks seemingly forget I TOO am mentally ill.   My older sis, for whom years ago was to have me committed and ECT treatments ordered to be rendered upon my brain.. while social services removed my only child from my husband's care, because she (daughter) was unsafe to be... Read moreChevron
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The Problem of Identity

If you have bipolar friends on Facebook, you may have noticed multiple postings of an article in yesterday’s New York Times Magazine by Linda Logan, The Problem with How We Treat Bipolar Disorder.   Linda was a married mother of three, in her mid-thirties, with a promising career in academia. Then, in 1989, after years of swimming... Read moreChevron
posted 04/27/2013, comments (3)|
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Creativity and Flow - The Bipolar Question of the Week

A few days ago, I finished the first draft of a novel I probably won’t make a dime on. That’s the way it is with things we love. We do it because we do it. Really, that’s all there is to it.   We have discussed the creative process numerous times here at HealthCentral. Creativity is a natural part of our adaptation process.... Read moreChevron
posted 04/23/2013, comment (1)|
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The DSM-5 and You

As most of you know, the DSM-5 - psychiatry’s diagnostic bible - is due out next month. This latest edition will supersede the current DSM-IV that has governed our modern conception of mental illness since 1994 and arguably (through the DSM-III) since 1980. You can now pre-order the DSM-5 on Amazon, which will be available for shipping on... Read moreChevron
posted 04/22/2013, comments (0)|
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