I have long wanted to write about depression and the stigma felt in the African-American community. In both my inpatient and outpatient treatments, black women and men talked about the need to keep their mood disorder private. Newsweek magazine recently covered the suicide of 19-year-old Abraham Biggs as a chat room watched him via his…

Golly, I never thought my singing video, “The 12 (Bipolar) Days of Christmas” would have competition. But apparently, it’s the “American Idol” of bipolar bloggers! I thought this video was a pretty funny response to mine. But just you wait, I’ll be back with an even better one!

On Fridays I will address a question related to depression and find the answer from an expert. If you have a question you want answered, please ask it on the combox of this post, and I’ll try my best to do some research and feature it in an upcoming Friday post. On the combox of…

Quite a few readers commented on the stories I posted Wednesday on Borderline Personality Disorder. John McManamy has a very informative, accessible article that you may want to check out if you or a loved one is diagnosed with BPD. His article, “Borderline Personality Disorder” can be found by clicking here. He writes: My initial…

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