Clik here to view.
New analysis of international suicide data repeats 10 year old finding; 85%...
Almost startling in its consistency, a new peer-reviewed study published in PLOS ONE (April 2, 2014) , a full decade after the often-cited McGill University metastudy on the relationship between mental...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Becoming a Digital Media Sensation, While Struggling with Depression — a wise...
“I’ve carved out a beautiful life and love what I do, but sometimes, especially lately, I feel the old tug of depression, that magnet of sadness which is buried somewhere next to the grief of losing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Psychiatrist Diagnoses “House of Cards”— Is Claire Underwood a Narcissist?
I’m sharing the latest blog post from Stanford psychiatrist Shaili Jain, who uses House of Cards husband and wife team, Frank and Claire Underwood (aka Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright) to teach us about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Americans Understand Mental Illness; Climate Change, Vaccines or the Big...
I think my regular readers will find this new poll as interesting as I do! In the table below check out the results of a recent AP survey looking into the confidence Americans have in various concepts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report: Proper SSRI Antidepressant Starting Dose Minimizes Suicide Risk In...
I’m re-posting this highly informed interpretative report about an important new finding concerning the risk of suicide for young people taking SSRI antidepressants. It should be a great reassurance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pot may be legal for adults but it’s still dangerous for adolescents
Anyone who’s read my book A Lethal Inheritance knows I’ve consistently and strongly warned against teenagers smoking pot, because their brains have not finished growing, and research clearly shows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“If you talk to God you pray, but if God is talking to you it’s schizophrenia.”
This email from “Emmanuel” is without a doubt the most poignant message I’ve ever received from a reader. With her permission, I share Emmanuel’s email with readers of this blog, including many (like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Which Websites Can Reduce Anxiety and Depression? Evidence and...
Readers: Here is Hilda Bastian’s terrific new post assessing which websites provide scientifically sound psychological help online. In addition to blogging for PLOS on Absolutely Maybe, Hilda’s day job...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mental Health Advocacy: Empowering Lived Experience with Evidence — My...
Hello readers, and I especially welcome the wonderful parent and professional mental health advocates I met last Friday at the PPAL annual meeting in Marlborough MA — all 400+ of you! I thoroughly...
View ArticleI’m Back…
I’m an author, working independently in the SF Bay Area. My memoir, A Lethal Inheritance, A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness, published by Prometheus Books in...
View Article
