Relationships, Research, and Resources
Welcome to the June 5, 2007 edition of carnival of depression, bipolar disorder, and mental health journeys.
In the depression category, Angela presents an important topic for women who are pregnant or have just delivered. For more information about this subject, please read my comprehensive review of the book, A Deeper Shade of Blue.
Jeff gives an honest and reflective look at the question, “am I depressed, and is this the kind that requires medication?” I find some of us migrate toward extremes - either denying there is any problem and refusing to seek help - or immediately labeling ourselves with multiple illnesses and begging for pills. We can save ourselves a lot of grief (not to mention risks of side effects) by spending some time asking ourselves some tough questions. Read more
Blog Carnival Edition for January 23, 2007
Welcome to this blog carnival edition. I’ve already posted one entry that I expanded upon in my post, “I’m Here to Remind You that You Are Not Your Illness.” I thank you who have sent in your entries for this edition, and for upholding my disclaimer that I select entries based on immediate relevance to personal stories about depression, bipolar disorder, and mental health. Read more
Blog Carnival Edition for December 12, 2006
I want to thank everyone for your overwhelming response to this edition of our carnival. I personally visit each and every entry submission, and where warranted, comment on the entry. Thus unlike other carnivals where your entries simply get listed, you know your submissions are being read (at the very least, by me!). However, this also means my carnival posts tend to run long. We’ve received almost 20 entries in this edition! Unfortunately I had to eliminate entries that are not directly related to mental health, which is unrelated to the quality of the post.
This edition will be particularly lengthy. If you need to find a particular topic, you can hit the [Ctrl] + [F] keys to “find” the word you are looking for without scrolling down paragraphs of text. Read more