Is Marijuana the Cure for Loneliness?
Loneliness presents a huge risk factor for both our physical and mental health. But is marijuana the answer?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Winch, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Happiness Health Neuroscience alone Emotional First Aid emotional isolation emotional pain failure guilt loneliness lonely marijuana marriage medical marijuana motivation pot rejection rumination social iso Source Type: news
Selling Robin Williams Short
The World is Open for Playread more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Scott G. Eberle, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Depression Media Resilience actors. play clinical depression comedy drug addiction Hollywood robin williams Source Type: news
What Will Your Verse Be?
I remember with fondness Robin Williams. He made me laugh and he made me cry.
As the unorthodox professor in The Dead Poet's Society, Keating (played by Robin Williams) reminds the students of the elite Welton Academy that our time on this earth is precious and short, invoking the spirit of Walt Whitman's, "What will your verse be?"read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Neil Farber, M.D, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Happiness Health Philosophy building a legacy Dead Poets Society robin williams walt whitman William Shakespeare Source Type: news
The Importance of Zest & Enthusiasm to Your Well-Being
How do you feel each morning? Do you wake up feeling tired and depleted, or are you full of energy, ready to take on the day? That ability to feel engaged and activated, ready to start the day is not the caffeine in your morning Starbucks calling – it’s something deeper called zest.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paula Davis-Laack, J.D., M.A.P.P. Tags: Depression Happiness Health Self-Help Stress burnout character strengths chris peterson enthusiasm exercise feeling alive heart Martin Seligman rejuvenation starbucks Teamwork vital vitality zest Source Type: news
Dark Material: Reflections on a Suicide Conference
This is a guest blog by Dr Tom Stockmann.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Neel Burton, M.D. Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Three Dead Girls, Nearly Forgotten
The "Babes in the Woods" tale from 80 years ago speaks to a time of despair and starvation in America.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Law and Crime Spirituality Stress american history Babes in the Woods familicide murder murder-suicide Source Type: news
9 Tips for Making Your Relationship a Priority
It's easy for relationships to fall to the back-burner. As a couple it's helpful to think of your relationship as a baby that you both want to tend to and help grow. Some tips for making your relationship a priority.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Taibbi, L.C.S.W. Tags: Depression Happiness Relationships Self-Help anger communication interpersonal and communication skills parallel lives patterns proactive approach Source Type: news
Happy Artists
New research shows that people in arts careers are happier, more resilient, and more well-adjusted than the average person.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Keith Sawyer, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Depression Happiness Resilience curb center mad genius steven tepper van gogh Source Type: news
5 Steps for Getting Through Any Difficult Situation
You're made of heartier stock than you've ever imagined; you just need to tap into that strength -- that power -- and begin the process of building a new life, one where you are the wholly responsible for what happens to you. I've compiled five vital points for you to remember and use as you sift through the rubble of your own "lifequake" and begin the next chapter of liferead more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Howard C. Samuels, Psy.D. Tags: Addiction Depression Happiness Self-Help Spirituality coping mechanisms coping with adversity dealing with adversity difficult situations overcoming adversity recovery from alcoholism spiritual principles traumatic experience Source Type: news
Shrink Rap
Concerned about "the dark side" of current psychiatric practices, Glover adopts an approach to personality disorders at the intersection between "the mind-body problem and the problem of free will" that includes the subjective values of autonomy, responsibility, and identity that constitute a good life.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Glenn C. Altschuler, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Depression Personality Psychiatry Source Type: news
Can this Marriage be Saved?
A willingness to address a potentially relationship-busting condition doesn't guarantee that the marriage will be saved, only that there is at least a chance that it might be. When destructive patterns are repeatedly played out without a committed effort on both partners' parts to address them, the prognosis becomes very poor.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda and Charlie Bloom, Tags: Depression Happiness Relationships Self-Help addictions Avoid compromising damage deal breaker desire differences divorce giving up health marriage Neglect partner preserve rejuvanation repair risk sex trust w Source Type: news
Happiness With Others 10: Leave A Trail Of Happiness
What goes around comes around. The more we leave a trail of happiness for others to follow, the more happiness we find as well. Learn the five powerful strategies that, through bringing happiness to others, returns it to us in kind. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 31, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Russell Grieger, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Depression Happiness Parenting Personality Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Stress Therapy Work create trust enhancing happiness generosity goodwill kindness magnify happiness opt Source Type: news
Diagnosing Depression In The Wake Of Robin Williams’ Suicide
Lives can be saved; symptoms can be legitimized; shame can can be lifted. But is there a dark side of diagnosing and labeling depression? Read about the pros and cons of diagnosing here. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Bedrick, J.D., Dipl. PW Tags: Depression Happiness Resilience Therapy Anti-Depressants depression treatment diagnosis Source Type: news
What Robin Williams Can Teach Us
We don’t have to feel the same things that people with depression do, or even understand them. But by trusting in the existence of that dark and murky reality, and leaning in to those who see it, perhaps we can offer a life-line, a connection, a glimpse of another way that life can feel, that even temporarily those who suffer may just be able to grab hold of.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tamar Chansky, Ph.D Tags: Depression Happiness Relationships Resilience Self-Help emotional intelligence emotional support robin williams stress suicide Source Type: news
Depression
Weltanschauung & Folie à Plusieursread more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leon Pomeroy, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Depression Ethics and Morality Philosophy America anthropology asymmetric evolution axiological psychology economics Ellis enabling depression germany hartman Hartman circle Hartman Institute modernity natural sci Source Type: news
