I loved this post on male depression by Psych Central’s new blogger Christine Stapleton. To get to her post click here. Here are some excerpts. Symptoms of depression in men often include violent or abusive behavior; inappropriate rage; escapist behavior, such as overwork or excessive sports; risky behavior, such as reckless driving; promiscuity; alcohol or…

Group Beyond Blue Co-Chair, Melzoom, has started a thread about mental-health toolboxes and W.R.A.P.s (acronym for Wellness Action Recovery Plan, what she describes as a PIN number for an ATM). Join this important discussion to hear about what kinds of recovery plans other Beyond Blue members have, and how they work. Mel begins the discussion…

Thank you to a reader on the combox of my post, “You Really Hate Me?” who wrote: It might be worth considering that there are sensitive, hard working sincere, prone to depression, physicians who look to your blog for encouragement and have felt somewhat assaulted lately by your generalizations about the medical profession. You made…

Beliefnet’s Alana Kornfeld has written an interesting article for Time Magazine on a burgeoning field called “yoga therapy.” To read the full article, click here. She writes: Talk. Share. Cry. Stretch? Psychotherapy has historically been an exercise of the mind, but in the offices of more and more modern-day mental-health providers, emotional healing is taking…

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