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Merely Me

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I am a published writer who suffers from depression and MS

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posted 11/21/2009, comments (3)

National Survivors of Suicide Day is Today (November 21, 2009)

Today marks the 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Day. This day was created in 1999 through the initiative of Senator Harry Reid of Nevada who had lost his father to suicide. The purpose of this day is for the survivors of suicide to connect as a community for healing, support, information and to help empower... Read more Chevron

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David Shern, Ph.D., is president and CEO of Mental Health America

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posted 11/20/2009, comments (0)

After Fort Hood

After Fort Hood By David Shern, Ph.D., president and CEO, Mental Health America The tragedy at Fort Hood is focusing greater attention on the military mental health system and the stresses experienced by troops, their families and professionals. A major study conducted last year found that nearly 20 percent of military service... Read more Chevron

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Deborah Gray

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posted 11/20/2009, comment (1)

Social Anxiety During the Holidays

We spent Halloween at my sister's house this year. Every year, most of the houses on the block she lives on decorate their garages as one of the locations in the Harry Potter books. The crowd that comes is by now completely insane. You can barely move through the street (which is blocked off). Whenever we go there for Halloween, we help to pass... Read more Chevron

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Jerry Kennard

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posted 11/17/2009, comments (2)

Why Antidepressants Don’t Treat the Cause of Depression

Every year well over 200 million prescriptions are handed out for antidepressants in the United States. Of the people who take antidepressant medications some will feel a certain level of relief and some won't benefit at all. So, if depression is simply due to an imbalance in neurotransmitters, why are some people ‘treatment resistant' when... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/16/2009, comments (10)

Why Depressed Men Don't Talk

We hear it so often, I think everyone takes it for granted. Women talk about feelings. Men don’t. Women are relational and talk things through with the people they trust. Men do their feeling in private behind a brick wall. Or they don’t do feeling. They explain. Here’s the cause, here’s the effect, here’s what you do... Read more Chevron

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