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Light up Purple for mental health awareness | Amanda Todd Legacy …

If local and national landmarks look purple tomorrow (Saturday) — including the Lafarge Lake fountain, and Port Moody and Port Coquitlam city halls — don't be surprised. And you can join in by . . . Source: Light up Purple for …

We need to talk about PTSD | openDemocracy

An injury can occur in the brain when we are unable to do something to protect either ourselves or another during a traumatic event: 'helpless' and 'hopeless' are the two components of both PTSD and suicide. We now know …

Hayden Panettiere Checks Into Rehab Center Citing Postpartum …

Hayden Panettiere—an actress currently portraying a character suffering from postpartum depression on the ABC show Nashville—has reportedly checked into a rehab center citing postpartum depression.

Schizophrenia May Be Group of Disorders Affecting Different Brain …

Advanced brain imaging shows that certain behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia are linked to abnormalities in specific parts of the brain. The findings, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, could be a …

Mothering with an Invisible Mental Illness | Mental Illness in the …

I know you couldn't see my mental illness when you were sitting next to me at “Back to School” night. You couldn't see the medication I swallow twice a day, or the fourteen years of therapy that have equipped me to behave so …