How to Talk to Crazy People Many different types of people, for many different reasons, read memoirs about mental illness. Some may be suffering from an illness themselves and are looking for guidance or inspiration. Some may have questions as a ...
Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir “You cannot distract yourself from grief. You cannot dispel it. You cannot conquer it. You can only live through it.”
When Paul Gruchow first started putting Letters to a Young Madman together, he wondered how his disjointed ...
Is Liking Your Therapist Enough? When my son Dan’s self-diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was confirmed by his longtime pediatrician, the doctor suggested ...
Pre-Dementia Linked to Ill Health A large new study is highlighting a link between mild cognitive impairment, physical disability and psychological symptoms such ...
Maximum Brainpower: Challenging the Brain for Health and Wisdom Increasing brainpower is about "changing the inherent way we perceive and respond to the world," Shlomo Breznitz and Collins Hemingway write. Their recent book, Maximum Brainpower: Challenging the Brain for Health and Wisdom, is an in-depth look at ...
Movers, Dreamers, and Risk-Takers: Unlocking the Power of ADHD When you have a disability, the world by and large tends to magnify and focus on what is “wrong” with you. Friends of mine who were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in school were constantly ...
Reboot: A Novel of Bipolar Disorder After my girlfriend, whom we will call Elle, had her first full-blown manic episode, I began to read several books on bipolar disorder. These included books on medications and the use of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), which Elle received ...
Recovery from Codependency Codependency is often thought of as a relationship problem and considered by many to be a disease. In the past, it was applied to ...
Recovery Using the 12 Steps Most therapists do not realize that the 12 Steps are not merely an antidote for addiction, but are guidelines for nothing ...
9 Tips to Cope with Holiday Depression The stress of the holidays triggers sadness and depression for many people. This time of year is especially difficult ...
Occupational Therapy and Mental Health The mental health treatment journey requires a collaborative effort by many people -- the individual, his or her caregivers, support providers, doctors, ...
Good Therapy for OCD With the help of the Internet, my son Dan correctly diagnosed himself with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at the age of 17. After his ...
When You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy You know you’re in trouble. Maybe you’ve been depressed for what seems like ages. You can’t get motivated to do things. You ...
