Robin Williams: Genius and Depression from the Same Well?
Robin Williams’s suicide was no surprise. Both the source of his genius and the source of his depression have been on display to the world all along.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan Shedler, PhD Tags: Depression bipolar creativity robin williams suicide Source Type: news
Robin Williams's Suicide was No Surprise
Robin Williams’s suicide is a tragedy but not a surprise. Both the source of his genius and the source of his depression have been on display to the world all along.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan Shedler, PhD Tags: Depression robin williams suicide Source Type: news
Strength in Grieving, Naturally
Natural medicines can help strengthen people through the grieving process, allowing them to process their feelings without numbing them. These medicines are safe (no side effects, not habit forming), regulated as over-the-counter meds by the FDA.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Burke Lennihan, R.N., C.C.H. Tags: Depression Integrative Medicine Resilience Self-Help grief holistic mourning natural healing Source Type: news
A Cure for Mental Illness.
Imagine we had a cure for mental illness? Right now. Today. Not much would change...read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stephen Seager, M.D. Tags: Depression Health Neuroscience Psychiatry mental illness cure psychology Source Type: news
Tough Truths You Should Know About Addiction, Depression
With each bout of depression, the sufferer may feel hopelessness, anxiety, preoccupation, dread, fear, and/or self-loathing. In Robin Williams’ case, we are again reminded of the strength of this foe. Treatment, therapy and medication for depression can help most and save many. But sometimes, despite mighty efforts, there is no Hollywood ending.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Sack, M.D. Tags: Addiction Depression Happiness Media Resilience addiction recovery addiction treatment mental health Parkinson ' s disease relapse relapse prevention suicide triggers Source Type: news
Ready! Fire! Aim!
Knowing your goals before you start helps your brain recognize successread more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D. Tags: Depression Happiness Resilience Stress defeating negativity goal-setting Source Type: news
The Phrase We Should Never Say Again
A call for an end to the common phrase that keeps us all hating our bodies.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Diet Eating Disorders Health Body image weight loss Source Type: news
Is Suicide Contagious?
Someone else’s suicide feels dangerously intimate.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Why We Lost a Lovable Genius: The Hidden Enemy in Suicide
People who attempt or die by suicide are NOT on their own side or in their own point of view in the moment they try to take their own life. They are listening to a vicious internal enemy or "anti-self," which berates them and lures them into their ultimate destruction. We can all help fight this enemy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Therapy anti-self critical inner voice loss robin williams save a life suicide suicide prevention Source Type: news
Why We Lost a Lovable Genius:The Hidden Enemy in Suicide
People who attempt or die by suicide are NOT on their own side or in their own point of view in the moment they try to take their own life. They are listening to a vicious internal enemy or "anti-self," which berates them and lures them into their ultimate destruction. We can all help fight this enemy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Therapy anti-self critical inner voice loss robin williams save a life suicide suicide prevention Source Type: news
Not "Depression": Manic-Depression and Robin Williams
Robin Williams' suicide wasn't about "depression."read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.P.H. Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Not "depression": Manic-depression and Robin Williams
Robin Williams' suicide wasn't about "depression".read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.P.H. Tags: Depression Source Type: news
He Stood Alone
We recognized, consciously or not, that Robin Williams was a man who stood apart, who didn’t quite fit in, but who had ingenious ways to make us laugh at the systemic madness we’ve created.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zachary Shore, D.Phil Tags: Cognition Creativity Depression Media Resilience Source Type: news
The Challenges of Mental illness, Addiction, and Celebrity
As we process our reactions to the upsetting news about Robin Williams' suicide, we have an opportunity to learn something about ourselves, our brothers and sisters, and the challenges of mental illness, addiction, and celebrity.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Kunst, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Media Source Type: news
Robin Williams: Why Did He Do It?
How do you deal with the pain?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jane Greer, Ph.D. Tags: Depression celebrity news celebrity suicide celebs robin williams Source Type: news
