Bipolar

The Fear of Relapse: 5 Cognitive Tools

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

A reader recently wrote to me about her overwhelming fear of relapse. She said, "I'm struggling now with it, obsessing over it, and I'm ...

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Top Ten Bipolar Blogs 2009

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Every year the entrants for the Best of the Web awards multiply. In 2009, veterans stood tough as new kids dazzled. It was difficult to narrow the list to just ten (and some more faves ...

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Patient Stabs Doctor, Shot Dead at Bipolar Clinic

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

A patient being seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital's Bipolar Clinic and Research Program attacked his physician today, stabbing her with a knife during a treatment session according to Boston Police. The incident occurred in ...

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Optimism: Great Technology That Can Help You

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Ever since I was discharged from the inpatient psychiatric program at Johns Hopkins, I have kept a mood journal where I daily ...

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Glenn Close Tackles Mental Illness

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

"Mental illness is just part of the human condition," Glenn Close said Oct. 21 on "Good Morning America." Halleluia! A Hollywood response to all ...

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Bounce: 6 Steps to Become More Resilient

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Resilience. That's what I'm after. To be able to find my balance after hitting a pot hole. To wake up with hope after enduring a series of frustrations. To look ...

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Use Caution With Positive Thinking

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Back in July, John Cloud wrote a piece for "Time" Magazine called "Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking." In the article, Cloud ...

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5 Reasons to Track Your Mood: James Bishop

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my first Internet buddies, James Bishop, who runs the site FindingOptimism.com and writes the Finding Optimism blog ...

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8 Tools for Happiness: Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project Toolbox

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

As someone who suffers from manic-depression, I have a box of tools that I use to help me stay on the path of recovery and ...

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When Suicidal Ideations Take Over

Monday, July 27th, 2009

I have been thinking about this question ever since I read it on a discussion thread in Group Beyond Blue. Meg writes: So, my husband has shown interest in ...

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Depression: There’s a Person Underneath the Illness

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

I think one of the most consoling things a fellow manic depressive ever told me was that I (the person known as Therese) never disappeared during my severe depression. It felt like I did, of ...

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Breakthrough for Schizophrenia and Bipolar

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Earlier today, we reported that NIMH-funded researchers at three different genetic research institutes from around the world collaborated and published three new studies yesterday in the journal, ...

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