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GuestPost: Surviving a Major Bipolar Depressive Episode and Finding a Purpose in my Life by Becky Rowland

Bipolar Bandit

I had mental illness episodes of extreme anxiety, depression, mania, and psychosis at different times from 1983-1992. I was no longer allowed to take graduate courses at this university. In 2016, I started receiving disability benefits for bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.

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Current Pharmacotherapy

University of Connecticut

Kristin Waters, a clinical pharmacist in psychiatry and assistant clinical professor at the UConn School of Pharmacy will join us to examine current pharmacotherapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders and Alcohol Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder.

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Your Comprehensive Guide to Kids and Anxiety

Beautiful Voyager

Photo credit Early support and treatment really does make a difference Anxiety in children has been diagnosed an at increasingly higher rate in the past few years. Age and poverty level affected the likelihood of children receiving treatment for anxiety, depression, or behavior problems. This causes lots of anxiety.

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Why the DSM Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

For many people with SPD, their constant need to re-regulate their senses to adapt to the stimuli around them, creates symptoms of distractibility, irritability, anxiety, and depression. So where is SPD in the DSM 5?

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MBNB Song of the Month – You Are Enough

My Brains Not Broken

And this song makes it known and understood that this is a universal truth. This has become one of my most favorite and consistently played songs; it’s become a song I’ve leaned on during challenging times, and one I play when my anxiety gets the best of me and my brain is moving a million miles per hour.

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How Social Workers can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Today, a growing body of research confirms that reading and writing can be therapeutic, even reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. The author could not stop smiling and a feeling of pride and triumph overcame her feelings of helplessness and depression.” I think story is a word I use a lot, because it’s familiar.”

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A Lifeline for Primary Care Amid a Crisis in Youth Mental Health

Swhelper

Instead, young people with depression, anxiety and more turn to the same people they already go to for all kinds of other health issues: their pediatricians, family doctors, school-based clinics and other primary […].