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Dr. Ron Pies has a blog of his own on the Psychiatric Times website. It’s called “The Couch in Crisis.” I took a peak today and really enjoyed his posts, especially the one titled “The McDonaldization of Psychiatry: Psychiatric Knowledge Is Not the Equivalent of Fast Food.” I loved it. He writes: The 4 primary…

Katherine Stone at Postpartum Progress has written an interesting article about Kirstie Alley’s statements on Twitter: “The goal is to pre-screen pregnant mothers for depression. If they fit the bill, it is mandated treatment which is drugs. And for her baby.” Read Katherine’s blog by clicking here.

I’m reposting this piece on recession anxiety since I will be discussing it on ABC News Radio with Host/Correspondent Richard H. Davies. The show is called “Hey! It’s Your Money!” “It’s Gone!” Just kidding. (The last sentence.) Like most dinner conversations last night, ours was about Wall Street, the economic recession, and our course of…

I always get a little irritated with articles like the one just published in Time magazine: “Why Antidepressants Don’t Live Up to the Hype” by John Cloud. Why? Because I know that somewhere out there is a person who is desperately in need of treatment for severe depression, but an article like that could be…

I read with curiosity Beliefnet’s new blog called “One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone,” in particularly the post titled “To What Extent Can Buddhism Help With Depression?” because was sort of waiting for the anti-med talk. But Denise Abatemarco presents a much more intelligent and nuanced perspective. She writes: After reading Daphne Merkin’s A…

On Mindful Monday, my readers and I practice the art of pausing, TRYING to be still, or considering, ever so briefly, the big picture. We’re hoping this soul time will provide enough peace of mind to get us through the week! In her international bestseller, “Angels in My Hair,” Irish mystic Lorna Byrne writes:  As…

Awhile back Mark Brown of Brownblog asked me to write two blog posts: one about how you grow your faith as a person with a mental illness, which he published awhile back, and one about what churches can do to help those who suffer from mental illness. This second article has been much more challenging…

Mark Brown of Brownblog posted a fascinating piece on how the digital revolution might affect the Church. He writes: What do we need to do to ready ourselves for the digital revolution?  First up, we need to recognize the utter importance of powerful, transformational preaching. And we need to create systems by which those with…

Group Beyond Blue member Belleo started a wonderful discussion thread called “Church + Mental Illness.” Weigh in with your thoughts on how the church could do a better job of reaching out to those who suffer from mental illnesses.

Many thanks to Mark Brown of Brownblog.com who is taking the topic of mental illness very seriously in his ministry to help the church be the anchor so many people need. He linked to my “8 Ways Faith Can Heal” recently, and his introduction was very intriguing. He writes: After completing my theology degree I…
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