Jun 19, 2012 | Mental Health
Erin L Hawkes is the author of When Quietness Came: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey with Schizophrenia. An excerpt from her book appeared in the National Post. Although she wrote about involuntary commitment and the right to deny medication, she is actually...
Jun 9, 2012 | Mental Health
Charlie Rose, whose website is posted on Suggested Links, has a new programme on depression. The participants include Peter Whybrow, Frederick Goodwin, Helen Mayberg and Eric Kandel. They talk about the use of brain imaging in treatment of depression as well as brain...
Jun 9, 2012 | Mental Health
Mike Wallace, the well known 60 Minutes correspondent died over the weekend of Saturday June 9,2012. He was 93. He retired only a few years ago. Mike Wallace dealt with mental illness. He had three major depressions. He thought of suicide. Mental illness never defined...
Jun 9, 2012 | Mental Health
I had to learn to let go of my depression. As odd as that sounds, mental illness has been my companion for a long time and over time I became attached to the dark side of my life. It is a place I know well. I was afraid to let go of that part of me which was half of...
Jun 9, 2012 | Mental Health
I was doing well with medication and talk therapy. I had bouts of depression, but I felt well and felt in control of my life-my moods and feelings. But, I shamefully admit that I became a victim of Tom Cruisification. Tom Cruise, the famous actor, the one who jumped...
Jun 9, 2012 | Mental Health
I had terrible trouble with my memory after I had undergone four surgeries in six months. I was sent to a neurologist after I found myself at the side of the road wondering where I was and where I was going. My brain scan was clear. I talked to the doctor for a while...
