Carrie Fisher Finishes Our Sentences About Family, Work And That Bikini

October 25th, 2009

More info…Carrie Fisher’s show Wishful Drinking covers a lot of territory, including some of the Hollywood people she’s known. ( Joan Marcus ) by Michael Portantiere Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking , her one-woman show based on her book of the same title, is a wry, hilarious, insightful, and occasionally touching theatrical memoir of the woman [...]

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The Sylvia Plath Effect: A Warm, Tortured Soul

October 18th, 2009

More info…Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say Ive a call. -Sylvia Plath Lady Lazarus Not only are they all artists of their own kind, not only are they extremely [...]

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Psychotic Symptoms Of Bipolar Disorder And Depression

October 15th, 2009

More info…by Sheila Wilson Psychotic symptoms are hallucinations or delusions. A hallucination or delusion is a cognitive misperception of reality. Most people think of hallucinations as being visual, but hallucinations can be auditory, olfactory, or tactile. A person may hear, smell, or feel things that are not present in the environment. Delusions are thoughts that [...]

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What is Clinical Depression?

October 7th, 2009

More info…by Colin Jones Depression is a mental disorder that is quite often characterized by prolonged periods of sadness and melancholy, experts from the field of psychiatry say. But just because a person is moping around and generally hating the world around him or her, doesnt mean that he/she is suffering from depression, but if [...]

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Beyond Meds and Therapy: Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Mood Disorders, talk given by Greg Simon, MD

September 24th, 2009

More info…Dr. Simon began by summarizing what he means by conventional treatment. Conventional treatment includes: Medications: Mood stabilizer medications, antidepressant medications, newer or atypical antipsychotic medications. Psychotherapy: Cognitive and behavioral therapies, interpersonal therapy, family therapy, psycho-education. If you use other treatments instead of conventional treatments, theyre considered alternative treatments. If you use them alongside conventional [...]

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