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Depression’s ultimate victims: Suicide survivors

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Today is National Suicide Survivors Day. Survivors are the loved ones who live with anguished - and sometimes angry - hearts. Their lives are consumed with unimaginable sorrow and unanswered questions: What could I have ...

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The questions Robert Enke has helped us ask…

Monday, November 16th, 2009

I was a panelist last Friday on the BBC radio program called World Have Your Say. The title of the program was Should You Make Your Mental Illness Public? Debates like this are being ...

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Stigma - not depression - killed Robert Enke

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Stigma kills. Robert Enke, the beloved goalkeeper for the German national soccer team, stepped in front of a train ...

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Suicide: What can I say?

Monday, October 26th, 2009

I emceed the annual Out of the Darkness walk last Saturday for our local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This group is very special to me - not just because ...

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You know you are getting better when you want to be you

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

I was having a discussion with some friends a while ago and someone asked this question: If you could be anyone, who would you be? Angelina Jolie popped into my head because, come on, those lips are ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Does he or doesn’t he take antidepressants?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was the target of the media's latest attempt to discredit a politician with an alleged mental illness. Seems some blogger heard someone at a party who said that the PM ...

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House and Dexter: How recovery works and won’t work

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

In the last 24 hours I have watched two television programs depict recovery. I am pretty sensitive to portrayals of mental illness on television - from Quiznos commercials to the emmy award winning program Intervention. I ...

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Stigma sells: “The toaster isn’t real, Brian”

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Too bad I don't eat subs because I'd really like to boycott Quiznos. I am being stalked by the imaginary talking toaster commercial. Every channel I turn to I am assaulted by that inane ...

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Mental Health Month: In good company

Friday, May 1st, 2009

May is Mental Health Month. So let's start the month by looking at the company we keep: Art Buchwald, Sigmund Freud, Marilyn Monroe, Ted Turner, Greg Louganis, Alanis Morissette, Lionel Aldridge (three-time Super Bowl winner and ...

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