Category Archives: News & updates

A woman on ProjectBeyondBlue.com, my depression community, recently asked me this: “You exercise daily and eat the right things. You research and write this stuff for a living. But what about those of us who can’t get out of bed … Continue reading →

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta Millions of Americans have the mood disorder, yet it is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Indiscriminate. Wild. Exhausting. That’s how Brad Shreve describes bipolar disorder, a mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in mood and energy. Millions … Continue reading →

  HI ALL I am trying to devote more time to the support group there I do send out articles weekly two to four or every day like I do here. IT also has a full discussion board as I … Continue reading →

You are welcome to sign up for this e-course any time before the last day, October 28. After you do, you will find in your account an archive of the sessions covered so far, and you can read them online … Continue reading →

American fashion designer Kenneth Cole recently posted a billboard prominently over Manhattan’s West Side Highway that reads, “Over 40M Americans suffer from mental illness. Some can access care … All can access guns.” The hashtags #GunReform and #AreYouPuttingUsOn were also … Continue reading →

I haven’t read many paragraphs that articulate depression as accurately as this one, in Martha Rhodes’s riveting memoir, 3000 Pulses Later: At that moment, my pain felt equal to — if not even more than — what I imagined any … Continue reading →

“How do you know what your limits should be?” The woman in my depression community wanted to know whether she should scale back to part-time work or continue to slog through her full-time job. I hear this question a lot … Continue reading →

None of us ever set out to live a life with chronic pain and illness, but it happens. There comes that moment when you are sitting in yet another doctor’s office going over your symptoms for the third time that … Continue reading →

Halloween is a time when we have fun with the feeling of being afraid, so I thought I’d write about our fears, phobias, anxieties — things that shorten our breath, quicken our heartbeats, and sometimes outright disable us. Some of us shut … Continue reading →

For many people, the beginning of autumn triggers anxiety with its shorter days, reduced sunlight, changes in schedules, and allergies. Fortunately there are many foods and spices during this season that can help us to stay emotionally resilient and boost … Continue reading →