Mental Health

Despite my mood stabilizer to help chill me out, my mind still runs pretty fast, and rarely gets a break from constant thoughts zooming in and out. So, as a result, meditation has always been a struggle for me. It wasn’t until recently that I found a way to calming my mind during mediation so thought I’d share what I’ve learned. I was raised Catholic. I was one of those kids that went to church during Lent on my recess break which one could say laid the groundwork for meditating. Due to the ambiance of church, I was more or less forced to sit in the pew and be quiet. I found prayer to be helpful in calming my mind despite the ongoing rapid thoughts. Sometimes I would walk around the church and do stations of the cross and pray that my mind would become calm. I didn’t know I was hypomanic and didn’t know any of the symptoms so just thought if I tried hard enough the ruthless intense anxiety and rapid thoughts would cease with prayer. After grammar school, I attended...

In a new study, researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project demonstrate that people with the highest genetic propensity are over two and a half times as likely to be treated in a psychiatric hospital for depression compared to people with the lowest propensity. This knowledge could be utilised to strengthen preventative efforts for those who are at risk. In Denmark, 15.5 per cent of woman and nine per cent of men receive treatment for depression at a psychiatric hospital at some stage of their lives. Depression is a common but very serious condition which is very costly for both the individual and society as a whole. Researchers have now completed a study in which they followed 34,500 Danes for up to 20 years and measured their genetic risk for developing depression. "The study showed that the risk of being treated for depression at a psychiatric hospital was more than two and a half times higher for people with a high polygenic risk score," explains professor at iPSYCH a...

To lift his mother’s spirits, a man creates a list of the world’s great things in “Every Brilliant Thing.” CATCO’s production of Duncan Macmillan’s play continues through Feb. 10 in the Riffe Center’s Studio Two Theatre. “It’s a play of hope and celebration about the joy of living,” said Artistic Director Steven C. Anderson, director of the production. “Even though the play touches upon mental illness, it has an incredible life force that’s very moving.” The 70-minute solo piece revolves around a son’s struggle with his mother’s depression while coping with his own manic depression from age 7 through adulthood. “He writes this list, of everything that could make a person happy, to save his mother but ultimately ends up saving himself,” Anderson said. Critic Ben Brantley, in his 2014 review for The New York Times, praised the “captivating” and “very funny” piece for its ability to deliver “sentimentality without shame.” Adapted from Macmillan’s story “Sleeve Notes” with British co...

Researchers discover a correlation between psychiatric disorders and events during the prenatal stage Particular genetic variants in the human genome that are important for the development of the brain early in the life of the foetus are frequently found in psychiatric disorders. This is shown by a study carried out by iPSYCH. Researchers studied a total of eight million genetic variants and in connection with this they found that a number of these variants occur particularly often in people who have one of more of the following psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, autism and ADHD. This background is provided by Professor Thomas Werge from the Mental Health Services & University of Copenhagen and the Lundbeck Foundation's Initiative for Integrated Psychiatric Research, commonly referred to as iPSYCH, which has received a total of DKK 361 million in funding from the Lundbeck Foundation. He explains: "When we take a closer look at these g...

Dear Mr Subramanian Swamy, I get it, you’re a political figure who needs to come up with "snappy" and “eye-grabbing” retorts against your competitors. However, when you do so at the expense of an entire community of people who are struggling with mental health issues, you are further propagating the stigma and discrimination of those who face such problems. So I have a request for you, and all others who hold similar positions of influence. If you aren’t going to aid the cause, then please stop adding to the existing stigma around mental health disorders. See, the problem is, though as a society we seem “liberated” and “woke,” there is still a lot of difficulty in understanding mental health. This may largely be due to the fact that people believe that mental health is related to a mindset and not an actual disorder which needs care and attention, just like any other medical issue. Regardless of the reason(s), it’s high time that people stop making statements about mental i...

Ted Bundy is one of the most well-known serial killers in the history of America. Known as much for his horrific crimes — he killed more than 30 people that investigators know of — as his allegedly charming demeanor, Bundy remains an oft-examined figure in the world of true crime. During the '60s and ‘70s, Bundy stalked the streets and killed dozens of women across the country, all while leading a double life as a perfectly ordinary, upstanding man. In the years since his execution, experts have continued to ask: What was the driving force behind Bundy’s crimes? Some have theorized that Bundy was a narcissist. Others have labeled him a psychopath. But what was Bundy actually diagnosed with, if anything at all? In Netflix’s recently released docu-series, “Conversations with A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” those intimately involved with Bundy’s trials and who were with him during the last years of his life, recounted the discussions that were had about Bundy’s mental health...

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PLATTSBURGH — Family to Family is a lifesaver for those with a loved one with a mental illness. The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Champlain Valley presents the 12-week program starting Wednesday, Feb. 6. “This is something we try to do on a semi-regular basis, but we need to have a certain number of people in order to make the class worthwhile,” said Theresa Bennett, a trained facilitator. “It’s for any loved one of a person with a major mental illness. That can be a friend. That can be a parent. It doesn’t need to be a caregiver.” KNOWLEDGE IS POWER The program is not for people who have a mental illness. “This is an educational opportunity for people who live with someone or have a loved one in their life and would like to learn more about what it feels like for the person to have a major mental illness,” she said. “It’s geared toward people who are loved ones because they’re the ones who need to have the most knowledge.” Family to Family offers many coping skills, ...

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This has never happened to me before, and since it is Martin Luther King Jr. national Holiday today in the states, I’d thought I’d share what happened to me. Last week a friend dragged me out of my “cave” as he calls it, cause I haven’t been all that social recently and he thought I needed a night out. So we go out to this place called Clifton’s in Downtown LA, and when we got there and it was salsa night. I mean these folks knew now to dance, and we sat and watched the scene. It was people of all ages and races and everyone was having good old fashion fun. So I got up to use the restroom and when I got there there was a line. I got in line and a pack of young Latina women walk in and cut in the line. I looked at some of the women already waiting and no one was going to say anything so I said, “Excuse me, there is a line.” Immediately I got a rude look from the girls but I didn’t care. A line’s a line. Show some respect. So, when I went into my stall I heard them snickering and makin...

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In the 2005 documentary The Devil And Daniel Johnston , Jeff Tartakov — who founded Stress Records in order to help Johnston mass-release his tapes — stated that he set up his publishing company because “I felt like for him to actually make a living, he would be better off if other, more well-known artists were to cover his material.” That’s a kind way of saying that he considered Johnston to be a better songwriter than performer. And for a long stretch of Johnston’s time coming up in Austin, Texas in the ’80s, his amateurish performances on guitar and his anxious stage presence lent him this sense of strangeness that a lot of scenesters let get in the way of what he actually wrote. A lot of his early acquaintances in Austin keep referring to him in the documentary as “weird” or “strange” or just flat-out “crazy” — which, considering Johnston’s very real and often-debilitating struggles with manic depression and schizophrenia, seem like inconsiderate ways of foisting outsider cred up...

I have always thought that the Sex Pistols’ “Don’t know what I want / but I know how to get it” was not so much a “futile, inexplicable gesture” ( John Harris , 21 January) as a deliberate inversion of Jimi Hendrix’s line in Manic Depression, and hence more of a two-fingered salute to the established pop culture of the time. Jim Grozier Brighton, East Sussex • Ian Grieve ( Letters , 21 January) asks what he might do on 29 March? I suggest he carries on writing witty letters to the Guardian, and continues his water-based adventures on the beautiful Llangollen and Shropshire Union canals. I doubt either will be affected if we leave the EU. Graham Russell Market Drayton, Shropshire • On 29 March, Ian Grieve and his wife should point the Gordon Bennett at the nearest creek on the Llangollen canal. There should then follow a ceremonial chucking overboard of their paddle. Jonathan Taylor Fowey, Cornwall • It is excellent that plastic is being replaced by potato starch in the wra...

When it comes to dealing with borderline personality disorders, you are either in or you are out. And once you become out, you can find yourself dealing with regret, personal resentment toward yourself, guilt, and sometimes an ounce of shame. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Why am I carrying all the dirty emotional baggage that should really rest on the other persons arms. Well, unfortunately someone with that type of illness takes no accountability so transfers all the tormented emotions onto its victim. Somehow they are free from all that weight. So how to I free myself of what should weigh heavy on the other persons shoulders? I’ve struggled with how things ended with my sociopathic ex-boyfriend cause it didn’t end well. I ended up being labeled the villain, and I’ve been dealing with regret and some disappointment in myself for how things ended. But when I break it down I realize that is the only way things could have gone down. Once I took a step bac...

When I was 18-years-old, and it was time to go see a gynecologist, I remember asking a few friends if they thought it was better to have a male or female gynecologist. Some said they felt more comfortable with a female, while others said men tend to be more sensitive to female anatomy. I was on the fence, but decided to try a woman, and when I went to the appointment, and expressed that I wanted to start the pill, I remember her making me feel bad or guilty that I had lost my virginity, and was now sexually active with my boyfriend. I left feeling down on myself, and was upset. So, I dropped that gynecologist, and went to Planned Parenthood where they support safe sex without any shame or judgement. So I more or less went there to get the pill, and figured moving forward I’d find another permanent gynecologist. Then one of my close friends recommended her gynecologist. He was a male that practiced in Beverly Hills, and al...

Office politics are never easy, and recently I was faced with yet another political challenge.  An email went out about a co-workers baby shower and at the end it said, “Participation is voluntary.” Now THAT is always a lie. Everyone knows that most people are frowned upon if they skip the Holiday party or some potluck. I don’t want to eat someone’s beef stew that they brought from home, sorry, but not sorry. Even not joining the water club which is also supposed to be “voluntary” puts me at odds with people and I’m tired of it. So last week after receiving the baby shower invitation I was somewhat relieved to discover the person having the baby doesn’t really like me all that much. She gives me dirty looks on a constant basis, and can be rude so I was like YES! I for sure don’t need to go to this event, and am actually doing her a favor by declining. But noooooooo. So here I am thinking I am happy to be free till the next thing I know, I walk by the conference room, and a bunch...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Who announce Moving On! tour, new album in the works    Los Angeles Times The Who's 2019 North American MOVING ON! tour dates have been announced. Meanwhile, Who leader Pete Townshend is dealing with his manic depression. https://lat.ms/2RrUcD2