Bipolar may be one of the worst illnesses on the planet, but I would not be writing this and you would not be reading this if we did not believe our condition were manageable to some degree. Throw alcohol or drug use into the mix, however, and all that changes.
I got a major insight into this late last year when I had dinner with a group of NAMI parents. This meant I could expect to hear a lot about schizophrenia, and sure enough in no time I was listening to stories about the heartbreak...
Following up on our conversation on the condition known as dual diagnosis and co-occurring disorder, Anonymous writes: I had my first... Read more »
Years back, my dad came out of the hospital with severe, irreversible dementia. True, he’d had brain surgery. The surgery was meant to... Read more »
If you're going to be alone during the holidays and you have clinical depression, you're looking at a double whammy that could do a number... Read more »
Question: surviver wrote... Although I have been where she is now, I find myself wondering what is the right thing to do or tell her... Read more »
In an earlier post, I described one of my first steps in recovery: writing out an inventory of each symptom of depression I experienced.... Read more »
Researchers have found that some seizure medications do not raise the risk of suicide for people who take them for epilepsy, but they more than... Read more »
Depression is a difficult condition for everyone, but experts say it may be particularly hard for men to manage. Society has different expectations... Read more »
People who suffer from depression may be more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Dutch researchers collected... Read more »
A new University College London study has found that people with a strong fear of crime are almost twice as likely to show symptoms of depression as... Read more »
Depression and some anxiety disorders may be more common among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients than the general population, Canadian... Read more »
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