Sir John Kirwan: ‘Hope gives people life’
SPONSORED: Sir John Kirwan reveals how kindness from a stranger gave him perspective http://t.co/In7PwwjyzW pic.twitter.com/Dv5fnJk2kT — Stuff Life & Style (@StuffLifeStyle) June 25, 2015 Sir John, who also fronts the National Depression Initiative (NDI), was shopping for groceries when a woman approached him and asked if she could give him a hug. “She said, ‘you…
Strong Relationships When You Live With Depression
6 Ways to Build a Strong Relationship When You Live With Depression – http://t.co/Sxf03pzyyN pic.twitter.com/2zkUmvQIyF — The Good Men Project (@GoodMenProject) June 15, 2015
The Black Dog
Here's our #ThoughtForTheDay: Learn more about the #BlackDogCampaign & how to get involved: http://t.co/XVmYIwolZm pic.twitter.com/hZVN7Q6C2q — SANE (@CharitySANE) June 9, 2015
Gray starts mental health awareness campaign
“Lotto presenter Sonia Gray has started a mental health awareness campaign for young adult women” http://t.co/lp7pyX8NL7 — Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) November 4, 2014 Women aged 18 to 30 have the highest rate of depression of any age group except women aged 80 and over. Ms Gray, who counts her monthly book group night with friends…
Professor Philip Mitchell – A longitudinal study of offspring with bipolar disorder
Professor Philip Mitchell presents at the First National Symposium on Translational Psychiatry, 4 -5 April 2011, at The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University. Philip Mitchell is Professor and Head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales; Convenor of Brain Sciences UNSW; Chair of the NSW…
Depression and Sadness Are not the Same
Why Depression and Sadness Are not the Same | World of Psychology http://t.co/SAZGMiwz7n – Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) October 19, 2014 In order to be diagnosed with clinical depression, an individual must experience at least five out of nine specific symptoms, Ducharme said. (Again, this is for at least two weeks.) Individuals may feel hopeless, helpless,…
Gut bacteria ensure a healthy brain
How gut bacteria ensures a healthy brain – and could play a role in treating depression http://t.co/X0q4xUbuXF #mostread — The Conversation (@ConversationUK) October 19, 2014 The microbiome-immune system link is established early on. Over the first year of life, bacteria populate the gut, which is largely sterile at birth, and the developing immune system learns…
Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share
“The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment.” In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression. That led him to an eye-opening…
Mental health is saying slow down
A lot to be said for Positive Psychology. John Kirwan: Society is saying go fast & mental health is saying slow down http://t.co/lRdWQIg9Tp — Jackie Sperling (@SperlingJackie) September 26, 2014 Having anxiety and depression was the worst thing that ever happened to me, and at the time I didn’t see how things could ever get…