Sue Bergeson became President of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), formerly the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, in March of 2006, after serving as Vice President since August of 2000. The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder. DBSA has more than 1,000 peer-run support groups across the country and responds...
Read moreLast week, I discussed the value of depression and bipolar support groups and my involvement as a facilitator at a DBSA support group in... Read more »
Today kicks off Mental Illness Awareness Week. To be truthful, I’m no big fan of these campaigns. My friend and fellow blogger here on... Read more »
"I'd overcome a problem with drinking long ago-I hadn't touched alcohol in 18 years-but the pain was so unrelenting, I found myself... Read more »
Is the term crazy really stigmatic? You may recall that Apple TV ad with short clips of Albert Einstein, Bob? Dylan, Martin Luther King,... Read more »
The gall of some people. I’m sure something like this has happened to you: I’m on the board of a local nonprofit group. Let’s call... Read more »
You have finally owned up to the fact that you have a mental illness. Now what?In many respects, the worst is behind you. You are out of denial. You... Read more »
The other day, I took an online stress test. This one, devised by Richard Rahe MD of the University of Washington, asks interested parties to check... Read more »
First rule of managing stress: Learn to manage your life around it. Second rule of managing stress: Don't expect any medication or recovery tool to... Read more »