Month: January 2016

Bipolar Disorder and the Marriage-Go-Round | bpHope – bp …

(Mind you I was not diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the time). Then we got engaged. Life was wonderful! We got married in June 2010. I was 25 years old and it was the happiest day of my life. A few weeks later I got the …

My Dog Has Generalized Anxiety Disorder. And He's A Racist …

My dog has Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This is my day job and I have watched literally hundreds of human clients who have struggled with GAD so I feel qualified to diagnose my dog. Human persons with mental health …

John Cornyn: It's time to reform our mental health system …

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When Police Violence Encounters Mental Illness |NAMI San Mateo

NEARLY 20 years ago, I was a social worker in a county jail where I first began to understand just how frequently the police deal with people with mental illnesses. Run-ins with the police were a regular occurrence for many of my clients, with …

Hayden Panettiere talks postpartum depression on red carpet

Actress Hayden Panettiere made her first U.S. red carpet appearance at last night's Critics' Choice Awards since receiving treatment for postpartum depression in October. The 26-year-old Nashville star opened up about her …