Podcast: The Warning Signs of Bipolar and Schizophrenia
In general, people with mental illness aren’t perfectly fine one day and suddenly symptomatic the next. It often feels that way to people with bipolar, depression, and schizophrenia, but many of us in recovery realize that the warning signs were there all along.
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“If you think there might be something wrong – that is a red flag.”
– Gabe Howard
Highlights From ‘Warning Bipolar Schizophrenia’’ Episode
[1:00] March 30th is World Bipolar Day!
[2:30] What are some of the warning signs of mental illness?
[5:00] Will supplements and exercise fix everything?
[7...
Source: World of Psychology - March 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Disorders Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
What It Means to Be a Mental Health Advocate —And How to Become One
Over the years, the stigma surrounding mental illness has significantly decreased. One of the biggest reasons?
Mental health advocates.
These are the individuals who tirelessly share their stories in all sorts of ways. They remind us that we’re not alone in our struggles—and there is real, tangible hope and healing. They shatter stereotypes and myths about mental illness, helping the public see that people with mental illness are just people.
As Jennifer Marshall said, “By showing the world that we’re your neighbor, your family members, your friends, and we are not only surviving with these conditions, but t...
Source: World of Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Disorders General Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Peer Support Policy and Advocacy Psychology Psychotherapy Self-Help Stigma Suicide Treatment Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What Do We Really Mean by “Moral Character”?
We’ve all heard the term “moral character” at some point in our lives, but what do we really mean by it? Are morals and character two different things? Is this something that exists only in the abstract, philosophical sense, or something that can be shown in everyday life? Our guest approaches these questions and more in this week’s episode.
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Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He is the Philosophy Director of the Beacon Project and is Past Director of the Character Project....
Source: World of Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Brain and Behavior Ethics & Morality General The Psych Central Show Gabe Howard moral character Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
When Your Recovery Is Frustratingly Slow
It seems like you’ve been ill forever. For weeks, maybe months, it has felt like a major effort to do life. On a good day, you might muddle through. On not so good days, it’s hard to get out of bed, much less shower or get to work.
Major mental illness has knocked you down and out. Worse, it seems like you aren’t getting any better.
Hold onto the fact that long term studies have shown that most people diagnosed with even the most severe forms of mental illness at least get relief from symptoms. The NIMH Collaborative Depression Study of people diagnosed with major depression found that the recovery rate after two y...
Source: World of Psychology - March 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. Tags: Medications Mental Health and Wellness Recovery Sleep Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Support Groups for Mental Illness – What are They?
Most people understand how doctors and therapists work, but many people can’t quite wrap their minds around support groups – especially peer-led ones. In this episode, our hosts dissect different types of support groups to make them better understood and more accessible. Listen Now!
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“[Mental Illness] Support groups are like a buffet — take what you want and leave the rest.”
– Gabe Howard
Highlights From ‘Mental Illness Support Groups’ Episode
[1:00] Lets talk about support groups.
[3:00] Fountain House in NYC is awesome!
[6:00] Why it’s great to be...
Source: World of Psychology - March 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Depression Friends Peer Support Schizophrenia Treatment Source Type: blogs
Does Calling Depression an Illness Worsen Stigma?
I plead guilty to expounding on the biochemical vulnerabilities and abnormalities in neural wiring of depression to make the case that it is a legitimate illness alongside lupus, breast cancer, or psoriatic arthritis. I thought I was doing a good thing by quoting experts like Peter Kramer, M.D, who believes that because depression can be associated with the loss of volume in parts of the brain, it is the “most devastating disease known to mankind.”
My intention, like so many other mental health advocates I know, was to use science as a tool to lessen stigma. But is that really effective?
Proof of the Madness
I am relie...
Source: World of Psychology - March 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Psychiatry Psychology Research Self-Help Treatment biogenetic theory Depressive Episode Mental Illness Mood Disorder Stereotypes Stigma Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Break Habits – And Keep Them Broken
We all have habits we’d rather not have, whether it’s smoking, emotional eating, or any of a hundred other things. And it’s likely that we’ve all, at one point or another, tried to break one or more of them, only to have the break be only temporary. What’s the secret to permanent habit change? Listen to this episode and find out!
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Judson Brewer, MD, PhD is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientif...
Source: World of Psychology - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Habits Mindfulness The Psych Central Show breaking habits Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
OCD and Autism
I have written before about atypical presentations of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children, where I discuss how the symptoms of OCD are sometimes confused with autism, schizophrenia, and even Bipolar Disorder. I’ve also written about how diagnosing these various conditions can be difficult, as symptoms of each one often overlap. Sometimes it is easy to forget that we are talking about a whole person’s state of being, not just a specific diagnosis. No doubt people have manifested symptoms of these various illnesses long before the disorders were differentiated by names.
Still, a proper diagnosis is important to mo...
Source: World of Psychology - March 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Autism Children and Teens OCD Research anxiety Autism Spectrum Compulsions Obsessions Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Talking Suicide with a Bipolar and a Schizophrenic
Suicide is something that most people think they understand, but there are many misconceptions about it. We say it’s a serious problem, yet will mention it casually and insensitively in certain settings. In this episode, our hosts openly discuss suicide and their personal stories with trying to end their own lives.
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“I thought about suicide every day for as far back as I can remember.”
– Gabe Howard
Highlights From ‘Suicide’ Episode
[1:00] Frankly discussing suicide.
[3:00] Don’t belittle a person’s suicide attempt.
[7:00] Why did Michelle try to end her...
Source: World of Psychology - March 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Depression Schizophrenia Suicide Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Improve Your Mental Health with Super Powers
Life is tough. Life with mental illness is tougher. Life with mental illness on top of other conditions and life experiences can seem too tough. Today’s guest shares how she dealt with Tourette Syndrome, OCD, anxiety, depression, and many other things, by tapping into her own super powers. Perhaps you can, too.
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Everyone has challenges but some people have more than others. Brett Francis knows this from personal experience. Only now she turns those challenges—her own and other people’s—into assets. Her mantra is “no one is bro...
Source: World of Psychology - March 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General OCD Self-Help The Psych Central Show anxiety Gabe Howard Tics Tourette Syndrome Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What is Paranoia – Explained by a Bipolar and Schizophrenic.
We often use actual mental illnesses to describe behaviors that don’t actually qualify. For example, if a friend thinks they failed a test, we might jokingly say, “Stop being paranoid.” But what is real paranoia? What does it feel like? What can be done about it? In this episode, Michelle talks about her life with, and without, paranoia.
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“I’ve never had a clear mind where I didn’t think someone, somewhere was talking bad about me.”
– Michelle Hammer
Highlights From ‘Paranoia’ Episode
[1:00] Michelle discusses when her paranoia started.
...
Source: World of Psychology - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Anxiety and Panic Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 4th 2019
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - March 3, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Is Somatic Mosaicism in Brain Tissue an Important Contribution to Neurodegeneration?
Somatic mosicism is a description of the pattern of different collections of mutations throughout the cells of a tissue. The vast majority of any given tissue is made up of somatic cells. These cells are limited in the number of times they can divide; initially created with long telomeres, they lose a little of their telomere length with each cell division. With short enough telomeres, the Hayflick limit is reached and cells become senescent and destroy themselves, or are destroyed by the immune system. New somatic cells with long telomeres, to replace the losses, are provided by the activity of much smaller populations of...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 28, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Language Matters: You Are Not an Illness
A person should not be defined by an illness or condition.
Often in popular media or casual conversation, people speak about the subject of a news story or an acquaintance by saying, “he is bipolar”, “schizophrenic”, or “mentally ill.” No one says, “She is cancer,” “she is a heart condition,” or “she is lupus.” Aside from a few very select common physical illnesses, such as diabetes where people find community and comfort in sharing their diagnosis, we would never consider insulting a person by simply identifying them by the disease which they have endured o...
Source: World of Psychology - February 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Colleen Donnelly Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Stigma Crisis Counseling destigmatization discrimination Labels neurodivergent Stereotypes Validation Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Stay on Track to Make Lasting Change
When it comes to making big changes in our lives, most of us fail. Oh, the change might stick for a while, but eventually we go back to our unchanged selves. Why is that? Why can’t we maintain change for the long-term? In this episode, you’ll learn different reasons for this, but even better, how to make the long-term changes stick.
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Eric Zimmer is a dad, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, behavior coach, and author. He is endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally creat...
Source: World of Psychology - February 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Brain and Behavior General Habits The Psych Central Show change Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
