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Signs of Suicide from Kathryn Goetzke

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Kathryn Goetzke is a depression survivor that began a non-profit organization for depression called iFred (the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression) dedicated to encouraging research on depression and reducing the stigma associated ...

Surviving the Suicide of Someone You Love

Saturday, November 21st, 2009
My brother's childhood best friend committed suicide. I was 16 years old at the time, Mark (not his real name) was 21. Mark's parents were close friends of my parents; we played together as little ...

Woman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits for Depression Thanks to Facebook Pics

Friday, November 20th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_6838" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Quebec woman Nathalie Blanchard poses on the beach in a Facebook photograph that convinced her insurance company that she was no longer depressed."]...

Holiday Blues, With Some Shades of Grey

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Meagan really wanted this Christmas to be "extra special" -- not like last year, when ...

2009 Army Suicides: Highest Ever

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
While most of us will be spending Thanksgiving with our loved ones next week, there are already 140 Army families who will not be spending this year celebrating their time together. Instead, those families will ...

Am I Depressed or Just Deep?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
I spent my adolescence and teenage years obsessing about this question: Am I depressed or just deep? When I was nine, I figured that I was a ...

How Do You Treat Empty-Nest Depression?

Friday, November 6th, 2009
Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of "empty-nest depression" -- moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to ...

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 ...

Depression, Lifestyle and Processed Food

Monday, November 2nd, 2009
We know that people who are depressed don't eat as well as people who don't have depression. So not ...

5 Ways to Tackle Perfectionism

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
This week I have the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Russell, who writes the fantastic blog, "Practice Makes Imperfect." Since we talk about perfectionism a lot on Beyond ...

Video: Depression Is Like a Pumpkin

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
This is one of my earliest videos but one of my favorites. It is my version of the Zoloft commercial, where the egg chases the butterfly, until he (the egg) poops out. Then, after he takes his meds, he's back catching butterflies again. Except that I don't have Pfizer's budget, and I'm somewhat technologically challenged. And no, I don't think meds are the cure all. So, in the spirit of October, I present to you (maybe Pfizer will pay me millions to write their next commercial?) ... Depression Is Like a Pumpkin. Click through to view the video...

Behavioral Economics: This Is Your Brain On Money

Monday, October 26th, 2009
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that with recession-related anxiety saturating the very air we breathe, we might be a bit slow to trust our financial decisions. For ...

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