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A New Model of Mental Health Recovery • Storied Mind

WebHere’s the definition. Mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation enabling a person with a mental health problem to live a meaningful life in a community …

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Mapping Recovery-1: The Big Picture of Depression Symptoms

Webdepressed mood much of the time or. lack of interest, enjoyment or feeling for anything. There are seven more, and the screening requires that you have at least five of them: …

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Health Central Posts on Recovery • Storied Mind

WebUnfortunately, most of the therapists I worked with focused not on long-term restoration of health but on short-term alleviation of symptoms. The new recovery model in the mental …

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Recovery from Depression: the Power of Expectation

WebRecovery from depression depends in part on what you believe is possible for the future. If you are to recover at all, you have to take action at some point. It could be a series of …

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Long-Term Antidepressant Treatment: A Strategy for Recovery or …

WebThe more I get into the research on antidepressants, the more questions I have. In the last post, I raised issues about the endless search for the right medication; the discouraging …

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Choices in Healing

WebThere are many forms of treatment to choose from, chief among them these days are medication and cognitive therapy. There are also other forms of psychotherapy, …

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Has Depression Become Part of Your Identity

Webby John Folk-Williams. I can pinpoint a moment when I came to believe that depression was not just an illness that struck from time to time but part of my identity as a person. I was …

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My Top 10 Depression Information Websites

WebWikipedia’s Major Depressive Disorder page was selected as of the top 10 highest quality sites in the Zermatten study. This is one of several well-researched articles on …

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Posts on Self-Esteem at Health Central • Storied Mind

WebHere are two posts about self-esteem ( here and here) I’ve recently published at Health Central. “Loss of self-esteem” has become the clinical term for one of depression’s key …

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At Health Central: Men and Depression • Storied Mind

WebJust a note to let you know that I’m starting a series about men and depression at Health Central’s depression site. I know it’s controversial to talk about differences in the way …

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Fighting Back to Recover from Depression

WebWhy Fighting Helps. Motivation can have a lot to do with depression. Martin Seligman, a founder of positive psychology, discovered a link between a sense of helplessness and …

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Depersonalized, Derealized, Dissociative and Disappearing

WebDepersonalized, Derealized, Dissociative and Disappearing. by John Folk-Williams. I had a comment on a post at Health Central that described an experience the writer called …

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Depression Gets Physical: Pain, Heart, Bone and Beyond

WebPhysical Symptoms. The most common physical complaints that depressed people bring to their primary care physicians are pain, gastrointestinal problems and sleep disorders. …

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Depression at Work-3: Should You Change Your Job or Your Life

Web1. Moving from Job to Job. Many people have learned to handle depression by shifting jobs frequently. Their experience tells them that if they try to stay with one job too long, the …

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6 Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being • Storied Mind

WebThe therapy tries to strengthen six closely interwoven dimensions of psychological well-being and a capable self: a sense of mastery of your environment, personal growth, …

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Depression Is a Free Fall in Slow Motion

WebDepression Is a Free Fall in Slow Motion. by John Folk-Williams. Once my kids pulled me with them up to a water slide. I don’t like sliding through winding tubes and hadn’t done it …

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A New Post at Health Central on Combat Trauma and PTSD

WebI’ve published a new post at Health Central, the second in a series on depression and related problems among veterans. This one looks at PTSD from the perspective of …

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Fighting Depression: Why Get Well

WebA Swiss psychologist (Adolph Guggenbuhl-Craig) wrote in Marriage Dead or Alive that happiness had nothing to do with this bond between two people. In his Jungian view, the …

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How Can You Communicate After Your Depressed Partner Leaves

WebIt’s the worst scenario of life with depressed partners. They leave, shutting out a lot of love and support because of the illness. If you’ve been abandoned in this way, the first thing …

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Helen: A Great Film on Depression • Storied Mind

WebThe film deserves to be better known, though two hours on suicidal depression won’t satisfy most people’s idea of movie entertainment. I think it should be seen widely in the mental …

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Recovery Stories • Storied Mind

WebRecovery Stories: Donna-1. Depression became my constant companion early, about age 8. I suppose I had as dysfunctional a family as most, although children are often not aware …

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