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This month Guideposts magazine published my story about the morning I met Dr. Smith at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. It read a little bit like a fairy tale … as soon as I met the right psychiatrist, I was fixed for good! And I never, ever cried again.   I didn’t have room…

My “12 Depression Busters” post inspired one Beyond Blue reader to come up with her own. Here they are. I don’t think I’ve really gotten to the point where I should give others advice on how to “bust depression” since it seems to haunt me at most turns, but since I am a person deep…

A Beyond Blue reader who is also a cancer survivor has a wonderful blog called, “Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer.” I was inspired by her writing, even though I’ve never had to endure chemotherapy. This woman is one of the most courageous people I’ve met. She has gone through black, black holes only to emerge as…

Gender expert Susan Shapiro Barash on her new book, "Toxic Friends."

Why Haiti? Why suffering? We’ve gone here many times on Beyond Blue. But whenever a friend asks me, “How can you believe in a good God when horrendous tragedies like Haiti happen all the time?” I open my mouth, but no words come out. So I go and open the notes from a course I…

On Saturday, my son received his First Reconciliation. I was one of the readers, and I found the passage that I read for the program so beautiful and comforting. It is Psalm 139:   (This is the children’s edition … to which I relate better!) You have looked deep into my heart, LORD, and you…

Fellow blogger and friend Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. penned an informative blog post on Psychcentral that illuminates 13 of the prevailing myths surrounding schizophrenia. I know I haven’t covered that illness much on Beyond Blue. But I’m starting now! Because I know so many people affected by this complicated mood disorder. To get to Margarita’s insightful…

Photo by Will Vinet. I just found a TIME interview with Elyn Saks, author of “The Center Cannot Hold,” and found it fascinating. It begins: “My mind has been both my best friend and my worst enemy,” says Elyn Saks, the author of The Center Cannot Hold (Hyperion). It’s hard to argue with that. While…

Don't let self-help programs be a therapist or psychiatrist.

A self-help expert weighs on the advantages and dangers of positive thinking.
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