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4 Quick Mindfulness Techniques

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Image Microforum Italia This is Thanksgiving week ... the week some of us are very thankful that we don't live in the same city as our relatives. So I'm ...

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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 ...

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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."]...

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2009 Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy Recommendations

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Earlier this month, I was honored to attend the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy in Atlanta, Georgia. The focus of this symposium every year is to tackle a particular issue in ...

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12 Ways to Be Thankful

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

To get us in the mood for the Thanksgiving Holiday! Cicero said that "gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Reducing Marital Stress Through Communication

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

One heavily researched area within psychology is couples' and marital communication. How a couple chooses to communicate -- especially ...

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The Carter Center’s Mental Health Program

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Last week while attending the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting ...

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In Honor of Veterans, 2009

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

This Veterans Day, as we honor the sacrifices made by soldiers who've served and those who continue to do so, we mark ...

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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 ...

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