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2019

08/22 Cannabinoids & Chronic Pain: Pushing Away from Opioids?
08/14 Psychomotor Agitation: What & Why You Need to Know
08/07 Anxiety: It Can Be Different in Men
07/31 Stigma! Yep, Even in the Doctor’s Office: A Personal Guest Post
07/24 How many times have you asked, “Is it the meds…or me?”
07/17 Kratom: What & Why You Need to Know
07/10 Anxiety! 4 Gargantuan Intervention Points
07/03 Anxiety! What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
06/26 Intermittent Fasting: Food for Thought for Brain Health. Yes, No?
06/19 BDNF: What It Is and Why It’s Crucial to Know
06/12 Sensory Processing Disorders: Why They Matter to a Mood or Anxiety Disorder Sufferer
06/05 Fragmented Sleep: What It Is and Why You Want It to Stop
05/30 Antidepressants & Sleep: Not Always the Best of Friends. What Now?
05/23 Artificial Intelligence: Changing the Mental Health Landscape
05/15 “In a Perfect World”: What Would Yours Tell You About…You?
05/09 You just found out your life is ending in a year. Yikes, what now?
05/01 “They tell me I have bipolar 2. So, antidepressants…yes, no?”
04/25 Our Lives Are “Profiles in Courage.” Just Ask This Guy.
04/17 “I just want to be happy. Is that really asking for too much?”
04/10 Fantasy: Learn About It, Use and Enjoy It (heck, it’s free)
04/01 The Solar Plexus: Learning About the Third Chakra
03/26 “SSRIs seem to work for everyone else. So why not me?” Enlightening New Research…
03/20 Augmenting Traditional Psychiatry with Asian Medicine: Even Docs Are In
03/13 Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression: Would You Do It?
03/06 “OMG! My coping props aren’t working. Now what am I going to do?!”
02/27 “ADHD, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder. Okay, which is it?”
02/19 The Freeze Response (and the temperature could be a sizzling 90 degrees)
02/08 Hope for Anxiety: An Important Update on Drugs in Development
01/31 Hope for Depression: An Important Update on Drugs in Development
01/25 And Now He’s Gone: 10 Vital Takeaways
01/11 LvB: A Symphony of Genius, Beauty…and Torment

2018

12/29 Another New Year and My Mind Is Hummin’ Along
12/19 The Four Pillars: A Holiday Greeting
12/13 OCD: A New Study Says It Isn’t Your Fault. So Quit Hiding (and get help)!
12/06 Finding a Little Meaning in Life Goes a Loooong Way…
11/29 Saving People From Suicide: An Occasional Letter? Really?
11/21 Thankful: A Simple & Poetic Message
11/14 Chips Off the Old Block: You’ll Love These Yummy Research Morsels
11/08 Benjamin Rush, MD: The Father of American Psychiatry
11/01 Benzodiazepines: Time to Say Good-Bye? Here’s Help…
10/24 The OPIOID CRISIS: Plenty of Treatment Need-to-Knows
10/18 The POWER of the BASICS: TOUCH (with poetry)
10/10 Depression Meds: Where We Are & Where We’re (Maybe) Going
10/03 Insomnia & dCBT: Well Beyond Pills and Way More Than Just Sleep
09/26 Sleep Apnea & Depression: Not So Strange Bedfellows
09/18 Hang in There, People. Will Be Hummin’ Very Soon…
08/29 Early-Life STRESS to Later-Life DEPRESSION: A Biological Explanation
08/22 The POWER of the BASICS: LAUGHTER (the best medicine?)
08/15 “But what if my ‘season of life’ doesn’t change? I mean, what then?”
08/08 THYROID HORMONE as a Treatment for BIPOLAR DEPRESSION? Sure, Why Not?
08/01 Anxiety & Bipolarity: With GOOFY FRIENDS Like That, Who Needs ENEMIES?
07/25 Looking for LASTING RELIEF? Always Consider the POWER of the Basics. Like This…
07/17 If You Don’t BREATHE You Die. If You Don’t BREATHE CORRECTLY You’ll Feel Like It.
07/10 The Meds-Therapy Chat: A Psychiatrist’s Perspective
07/04 It Ain’t Goin’ Anywhere Soon. So Isn’t It Time to TELL the KIDS?
06/20 21 Grounding Techniques That Can Get You Back in the Moment
06/12 Chips Off the Old Block: Yikes! This Edition Even Includes a Free Trial ($$$)
06/06 Derealization & Depersonalization: What Is This Horror? Can It Go Away?
05/30 Our Reward System & Dopamine: Incredible, Life-Sustaining (a Trap)
05/23 Our Teens & School Mass Shootings: Where Have We Gone Wrong?
05/16 A Carb-Pounding Frenzy: “Yikes, What’s Goin’ on Here?”
05/09 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: What & Why You Need to Know
05/01 NEUROTICISM: Be Good to Yourself and SURRENDER
04/24 Why This SELF-MONITORING Model Makes for the Easiest Drive
04/17 How to LOOSEN-UP When You’re RIGID as STEEL (with script)
04/10 As Much as We May Hate It, It’s Stunning: 15 Cool Facts About the Brain…
04/03 Just Another Chronic Illness (that isn’t going away)
03/27 Chips off the Old Block: “So Much on My Mind Lately.”
03/20 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: What You Need to Know
03/13 Be It Ever So Humble, There’s No Place Like Home
03/06 The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: Stunningly Hopeful Work
02/27 “I felt GOOD. You know…good INSIDE. For no reason. That, my friends, is PROGRESS.”
02/20 Trichotillomania: What You NEED to KNOW, One Strand at a Time
02/13 My Life Is HELL and You Want GRATITUDE? Really?
02/06 12 Signs You’re OVERSTIMULATED (and likely feeling awful)
01/30 6 COPING with an ILLNESS Tips If You Struggle with a Mood or Anxiety Disorder
01/23 “WHO AM I?” Not the Cure, but the Answer(s) Can Sure Make Life Easier
01/16 “WHO AM I?” And Why EVERYTHING Is Riding on It
01/09 Eric Clapton: You Really NEED to Know His Story
01/02 10 BIGGIES You Need to THINK About as 2018 Begins

2017

12/29 Happy NEW Year!? It’s About TIME.
12/23 Holiday Note
12/19 DEPRESSION & ANXIETY RELIEF: Why a BATH May Be Just the Ticket
12/12 The MOTION of EMOTION: Leonardo Knew It Well
12/05 PSYCHOTIC BREAK? NERVOUS BREAKDOWN? What You NEED to Know
11/28 Our TIME WARPED Minds: Know Your UNCONSCIOUS, Know Yourself
11/21 10 Things for Which I’m THANKFUL: How ‘Bout YOU?
11/14 5 LIFESTYLE Changes for BATTLING DEPRESSION: Maybe It’s Time for a TUNE-UP?
11/07 OCD: Once UNTREATABLE, Now There’s HOPE for Even the TOUGHEST Cases
10/31 10 Ways to MANAGE GUILT & SHAME: What to do when you THINK it’s YOU
10/24 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DEPRESSION: The Relationship Just Might SURPRISE You
10/17 Takin’ a Time-Out This Week
10/10 CANNABIDIOL: What Is It? Why Should a MOOD or ANXIETY DISORDER Sufferer Care?
10/03 OCD Need-to-Know ALERT! The Crucial ACTION & CONFIDENCE Connection
09/26 The UNIQUENESS & LIKABILITY of YOU (If you dare observe)
09/19 Antidepressants SMACKED Again: Readers STUNNED, Defiant
09/12 The CAUSE of DEPRESSION: What If It Really Is THIS?
09/05 The Mood and Anxiety Disorder MEDS PIPELINE: What’s REALLY Going On?
08/29 Is Your Mind DUPING You into Believing Your ANTIDEPRESSANT Is WORKING (but it really isn’t)?
08/25 “I’m Sorry.”
08/15 FEAR of DEATH, FEAR in LIFE: The PARADOX of THANATOPHOBIA
08/08 KETAMINE & DEPRESSION Treatment Update: Paradise or Another Cruel Joke
08/01 TEMPERAMENT: Onboard and READY to ROLL. Why It Matters NOW.
07/18 Cognitive DISSONANCE: For a good shot at FEELING BETTER, read this.
07/11 Why Are We SUFFERING? Were We Just ACCIDENTS Waiting to Happen?
07/04 The NEUROGENESIS Theory of DEPRESSION: Have We Reached the Promised Land?
06/27 Mood STABILIZERS: Treating the SWINGS of the MOOD SPECTRUM
06/20 LONELINESS: With All of the PAIN, Wouldn’t You Like to Know WHY?
06/13 3 Ways to Make the Most of a Major Life Transition
06/06 Juvenile Bipolar Disorder: Controversy & Reliable Info
05/30 EXPECTATION: A Builder & DESTROYER of SOULS
05/26 “I HATE Three-Day Weekends!” (Got an offer for ya’)
05/23 LIFE in the Key of…YOU
05/16 “No Matter Who I See or What I Take, I Still Feel Like Crap.” A Guest Post
05/09 Questions, Questions, So MANY QUESTIONS. But This One Can Be the Most TROUBLING…
05/02 Real World PTSD: “Hey, Tommy’s door is open. Let’s pop-in for a visit.”
04/24 I Will Help You: A HEARTFELT Initiative to SAVE LIVES
04/18 Thank You, Healthline. Thank You, READERS!
04/11 It’s STORY Time on Chipur: “You Don’t Have to Live Like That Anymore.”
04/03 How to SIT with DIFFICULT EMOTIONS: Danielle Shares Her PERSONAL Story
03/28 A Thought Is But a THOUGHT: REALITY and RESPONSE Are Up to Us
03/21 Donald J. Trump: Why Does He UPSET Us So?
03/13 BIPOLAR DISORDER Doesn’t Get Its Due. And I Think It’s Time to PUT UP OUR DUKES!
02/28 The TRUTH About the TRUTH: We Can RUN but We Can’t HIDE
02/21 The TOP 9 Supplements for Your OPTIMAL Mental HEALTH
02/13 “BOTTOM of the Morning to Ya’!” Whatcha’ Need to Know About MORNING DEPRESSION
02/01 Avoiding the CHANGE Trap: Shrewd COUNSEL from Psychologist Angus Munro (and Sydney)
01/27 Elusive PERFECTION in the Chase for EXCELLENCE: A Very Hard LESSON
01/17 Social Anxiety Disorder: A Med Student’s SAD Tale (with a HOPEFUL Ending)
01/08 We need YOU! Will you write a GUEST POST for Chipur?

2016

12/31 A PERSONAL Message for the New Year. And a THANK YOU!
12/24
12/22 DEPRESSION in MEN: Our guest post writer says, “Yeah, it’s DIFFERENT.”
12/12 12 Things to Contemplate When MEDS Are Lookin’ (Awfully) GOOD
11/30 10 Things to Think About When CHANGE Is Knocking at the Door
11/23 How to SURVIVE the HOLIDAYS: Must I spell it out for you? (You know I will anyway)
11/15 Bare-Knuckled and Bloody, but It’s Gonna’ Be ALRIGHT | Could It Be Time to HEAL?
11/02 13 Things to IMMEDIATELY Consider When You’re SPIRALING DOWNWARD (and scared)
10/25 And you thought they were just for counting: What our FINGERS tell us about who we are
10/11 The Wonder of Brian Wilson | An Inspiring Story of Beauty, Near-Death, and Recovery
09/28 Chips Off the Old Block | Even More Informative Yummies from the Inbox
09/19 The Truth About Tic Disorders | “Whoa! What causes these, anyway? And how do I show them the door?”
09/07 The Truth About Tic Disorders | The Chummy and Tricky Coexistence of OCD and Tics/Tourette Syndrome
08/30 The Truth About Tic Disorders | Challenging Stigma, Restoring Lives
08/09 Why We Suffer | Diggin’ Deep in the Psyche with Psychotherapist Peter Michaelson
07/25 Chips Off the Old Block | More Informative Yummies from the Inbox
07/12 Regression | Growing Ourselves Back Up (and dumping buckets of mood and anxiety misery)
06/28 Regression | Understanding What Could Be the Fix for Your Mood and Anxiety Misery
06/13 Chips Off the Old Block | Informative Yummies from the Inbox
06/01 The Disappointment of Antidepressants: You Really Need to Read This Study
05/19 The Mother Teresa You May Not Know: Her Spiritual Health, Her Depression
05/08 We all thought it was a cool tattoo. Who knew it was your second brain?
05/02 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: How to Break the Grip and Move-On with Your Life
04/18 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 300.02 Was on My Receipt. Does It Belong on Yours?
04/05 Your Beaker, My Beaker: Why It’s Crucial to Understand They’re Different
03/22 “It Is Well with My Soul”: A Tale of Family Tragedy, Courage, and Victory
03/08 The Thing Isn’t Really the Thing. The Thing is Actually the Reaction to the Thing. (Huh?)
02/23 Cognitive Restructuring: Do Not Make This Disastrous Mistake (Crash, Boom!)
02/08 Ketamine for Depression: 10 Essential “Infusion-Confusion” Busters
01/26 Must-Read Bipolarity Information: Mixed Mood States and Rapid Cycling
01/12 Locus of Control: Is Yours an “Innie” or an “Outie?” (And why it matters)

2015

12/31 10 Life-Changing Truths for Those Enduring a Mood or Anxiety Disorder | Happy 2016!
12/15 Top 3 Ways to Silence Your Inner Demons this Holiday Season (and Beyond!)
12/03 10 Reasons Why Suffering Is Good for Us (Still, it ain’t much fun.)
11/24 “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” | A Holiday Season Primer
11/11 Bipolar Disorder: The ‘Exciting’ and ‘Comforting’ Brain Neuron Connection
10/27 The Benzodiazepine Dilemma: Man, I thought long and hard about posting this.
10/13 Self-Harm and Substance Use Disorders: Need-to-Know Connections and Facts
09/29 Socratic Questioning: Demand, and Use, It to Annihilate Your Depression and Anxiety
09/17 Raquel & Lee: A Heartening Story of a Cover Blown and How to Lend a Helping Hand
09/02 Teen Depression in America: The Very Hard Facts (and Hope)
08/20 The Precious Jewel Within: Each of Us Has at Least One (Oh yes we do!)
08/07 “Forty-three years ago,” I kept saying to myself: A valuable lesson on living life
07/21 PTSD & Benzos: New Information You Really Need to Know
07/07 ‘Life in Bite-Sized Morsels: Learning to Live Life on Life’s Terms’ | A Book Recommendation
06/23 Oh What Our Thoughts Can Do to Us (and how to undo) | Wisdom from a Chipur Friend
06/09 Our Teens Are Hurting and Dying | They Deserve a Lot More EMPATHY
06/02 The Walsh Protocol: A Guest Post on Depression Treatment Alternatives
05/27 The Antidepressant Black Box Warning: Is It Necessary? Did It Backfire?
05/12 Depression According to Michael | He Said You Can Come In
05/05 Antidepressant Alternatives | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Relapse
04/21 It’s All in How We Say It | The Between-the-Lines of Stigma
04/07 A. S.A.N.E. M.I.N.D. | To the Letter
03/26 Tattoo You!
03/23 The Ruminating Dilemma | Understanding and Solutions (Yanking the Velcro)
03/10 Frozen in Symptoms? Ya’ Gotta’ Roll the Bones!
03/03 Chipur Update | Anorexia, Eating Disorders, and a Smokin’ CBT
02/24 “Low-serotonin doesn’t cause depression? You’re kiddin’ me, right?!”
02/17 10 Ways to Keep Our World Intact When All Hell Breaks Loose
02/10 Our Stress and Relaxation Responses | How to Call Upon and Nurture Your Relaxation Response
02/03 Our Stress and Relaxation Responses | Understanding Them and Working Toward Calm
01/27 The Heartache and Healing of Substance Use Disorder | The Scoop on Cathy’s Inspirational Ebook
01/20 Benzodiazepines | The Gifts That Keep on Giving
01/13 I tell myself, ‘I must go on.’ But why?
01/10 Chipur Reader Patricia Featured in The Washington Post
01/06 When Parted Parents Refuse to Get It Right There’s Only One True Loser

2014

12/31 May 2015 Be a Special Year of Renewal and Growth
12/23 A Little Time off with Some Folks I Know
12/16 Seasonal Affective Disorder | SADly Misunderstood (You mean it can occur in the summer and include mania?)
12/09 Panic Attack Contributors (Yikes!) | Lest We Forget Hyperventilation and That Danged Suffocation Alarm
12/02 Probiotics in That Gut of Yours | Soothing the Mood and Anxiety Disordered Beast?
11/27 I’m Thankful for You, Chipur Reader | Wishing You the Best on This Thanksgiving Day
11/25 ‘Tis(n’t) the Season to Be Jolly? | 10 Holiday Season Challenge Points with a Side of Psychobabble
11/18 The Anger Opportunity | 12 Points of Perspective and Growth
11/16 Chipur Named to Psych Central’s Best of the Web 2014
11/11 Lost and Clueless? 22 Signs That Hidden Anger May Be a Problem
11/04 Back Page Mood & Anxiety Symptoms Merit Front Page Coverage
10/28 “Lotta’ Good That’ll Do.” 15 Reasons to Keep an Open Mind About Counseling
10/21 Resistance | The Invisible Barrier to Healing (That Begs to Be Seen)
10/14 Acceptance: The Missing Piece to the Healing Puzzle
10/06 “ISIS, Ebola, the News. Oh My!” | 10 Thoughts to Soothe Your Frightened Mind
09/29 Yesterday Lingers, and Hurts | A Heartfelt Guest Post from Nancy
09/23 A Blood Test to Diagnose Depression | The Wait Is Over!
09/16 17 Ways to Get ‘Er Rollin’ When the Wheels Come Flyin’ Off
09/08 The Silence of Stigma (“Shhh!”) | Jessica’s Powerful Tale
09/01 Escaping Your Personal Prison | How to Access Your Inner Self and Inner Peace
08/26 Escaping Your Personal Prison | Finding Your Inner Self (and Inner Peace)
08/12 The Impact of Existence | Why is the End So Troubling?
07/29 “S.A.I.L.” | A Powerful in the Moment Anxiety-Busting Technique
07/22 Major Depressive Disorder & Ketamine | Fanning the Flame of Hope
07/15 They May Follow in Your Footsteps. Got the Guilts?
07/08 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | So Much More Than a Case of the Tireds
07/01 The Cost of Not Caring | Stigma and Discrimination Hit Hard and Cold
06/24 A Chipur Reader’s Review | The Linden Method
06/17 Cutting Edge Science in a Blanket of Kindness | Beyond Addiction
06/10 The Vagus Nerve | Depression? Anxiety? Super (Self) Stimulating Subject Matter
06/03 A Badge of Honor to Each and Every One of Us!
05/26 Mobile “Home” | Comfort & Safety Wherev’, Whenev’
05/13 Lyme Disease | Have You Been Fooled by the Great Imitator?
05/06 Mental Health Awareness Month | 14 Pop-Up Thoughts from One of Us (that would be me)
04/29 Back Where It All Began | A Quick Journey to a Shattered Past
04/22 The Pain of the “Should” Trap (But what would you “expect?”)
04/08 Stories of Courage and Hope | Patricia is “Brave Beyond Words”
04/05 Update on Sue’s Epiphany…
03/31 Stories of Courage and Hope | I Want Your Mission (Im)Possible Tale
03/25 The Journey to a Good Place | Sue’s Epiphany: With Important Updates!!!
03/16 Self-Loathing | How’s ‘Bout Some Warmth, Light, and Hope?
03/09 Self-Loathing | Thoughts on a Dark “Living” Hell
03/04 According to You It’s Pretty Much Over. But I’ll Toss You 10 “Yes You Can’s.” Catch!
02/24 The Ambivalence Mire | Get Out of the Mud with Motivational Interviewing
02/18 And the Rest is History (It’s Time for a Comeback)
02/10 Breaking News! Freedom of the Mind | A Client’s Discovery Can Be Yours
02/03 Anger! “Yikes!” How to Understand & Defuse It (You got this.)
01/27 Desperation & Crisis | 10 Do-It-Now’s
01/20 Hope Is on the Horizon | Three Gold Research Nuggets
01/14 Stop Depression & Anxiety: 15 Styles of Distorted Thinking
01/06 15 Self-Defeating Behaviors That’ll Knock You to the Canvas

2013

12/30 Hope: The Living Reality for 2014
12/24 Christmastime: Holy, Family, Joyous, Horrible?
12/21 I Couldn’t Have Known, but I Sure as Heck Do Now: The Journey’s End, and Beginning
12/17 I Couldn’t Have Known, but I Sure as Heck Do Now: My Journey
12/10 An Anxious Brain Can Physically Heal! And Here’s Proof
12/02 “Another blasted holiday season. Well, damn!”
11/27 A Thanksgiving Thought
11/25 Insomnia and Depression: Stunning and Life-Changing News
11/18 Psychobiotics: “Whaaa?!” Yep, and ya’ gotta’ read this!
11/04 I am a rock. I am an island. (But, God, I don’t want to be either.)
10/28 Intrusive Thoughts? To the Intruder: “The Door’s Open, Come On In!”
10/21 Intrusive Thoughts | “My God, How Can I Be Thinking These Things?”
10/14 Fresh and Interesting Tidbits from the World of Research…
10/06 Did You Give Your All? Yes? So Opt for “Job Well Done!”
09/30 PANDAS | PITAND | PANS Awareness Day
09/23 I Believe in Happy Endings, and Love | A Confession and a Poem
09/15 D-cycloserine | Is an Antibiotic the Glue That Makes Therapy Stick?
09/02 Crippling Depression or Anxiety | Is It Time for Social Security Disability Bennies?
08/28 Interviewed by Dr. Herby Bell on Dual Diagnosis
08/26 Psychotherapy In a Tailspin | Who Slashed the Tank? And Should You Be Concerned?
08/19 PANDAS | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Child Anxiety (Not the Bears)
08/11 Depressed? Which Antidepressant Is Right For You? Enter Genetics!
08/06 Symptoms of Stress, Anxiety and Panic? Depressed? Let’s Chat Cognitive Restructuring
07/29 Living with Depression and Anxiety? Maybe You Misunderstood the Assignment
07/21 What to Do About Depression? “Control Those Thoughts!” But That Ain’t So Easy, Is It?
07/14 Stress and Anxiety? What to Do About Depression? Crank-Up a Sad Song!
07/04 Are You Depressed? Oppressive Fear and Anxiety? Happy Independence Day!
07/01 Breaking News! Brisdelle Approved for Hot Flashes. “What?” (Is It a Mini-Paxil?)
06/24 What to Do for Anxiety? “Benzodiazepines, of course.” Hold on There, Partner!
06/15 “I Feel Depressed! So, What’s in the Relief Pipeline?” Let’s Chat GLYX-13
05/26 Kava, the Anxiety Slayer? New Research Says Yes!
05/19 Acceptance: Seriously, Has Denial Really Worked?
03/29 The Inner Critic: 10 Ways to Peacefully Coexist
03/09 The Inner Critic|Killer of Souls
02/09 A Winter’s Moment of Warmth
01/27 Ah, Psychobabble! An “Existential” Client-Story
01/20 Understanding What Ails Us: The Flow of Neurotransmitters
01/13 Are You Depressed? Anxiety and Fear? It’s Time to Heal
01/06 What to Do About Depression? Provigil May Be an Option

2012

12/31 2013 | May It Be a Year of Renewal
12/24 Merry Christmas! With a Poem of Inspiration
12/23 What Is the Meaning of Life? I’m Living with Depression and Anxiety!
12/17 The Horror of Derealization and Depersonalization | A Reader’s Perspective
12/13 The Future of Overcoming Depression | GLYX-13?
12/09 How to Prevent Depression? Strike at the Source!
12/03 Depression Facts | What is Dysthymic Disorder? Let’s Chat Treatment
11/30 Depression Facts|What is Dysthymic Disorder?
11/25 No Passion for Life? Self-Sabotage? Could Be an Upper Limit Problem: Fixes
11/23 No Passion for Life? Self-Sabotage? Could Be an Upper Limit Problem
11/21 A Thanksgiving Message and Poem
11/19 How Do I Overcome Depression and Overcome Anxiety? Hope for Hope
11/14 Depression Relief and Anxiety Control That Lasts Through Meditation?
11/09 Self-Esteem Help: Give Self-Affirmation a Go
10/29 Living with Depression? Coping with Anxiety? A Poem of Hope
10/25 Facebook Depression | The Over 30 Crowd?
10/21 Facebook Depression: The Kids Are Alright!
10/18 Facebook Depression: Much Ado About Something?
10/11 Treatments for Bipolar Disorder: A Non-Med Angle
10/06 Herbal Remedies for Depression: Rhodiola rosea
09/29 Feeling Depressed? ALKS 5461: The Fix of the Future?
09/23 Home Is Where the Heart Is
09/16 Feelings: The Journey Through Darkness
09/11 Understanding Bipolar Disorder: A Dynamite Report
09/04 The Depression & Anxiety Bout: “Answer the Bell!”
08/29 Restless Legs Syndrome: Relief In Motion
08/27 Restless Legs Syndrome: Motion Misery
08/19 Loneliness: That Ache So Deep in the Gut
04/29 Foods for Depression? Ya’ Gotta’ Skip the “Junk!”
04/19 Panic with Agoraphobia: The Spatial Orientation Factor
04/15 Living with Depression and Anxiety? Hope in Reassurance
04/10 Catastrophizing: 8 Ways to Fight P.E.A.C.E.
04/04 Living with Depression? Hmmm, Unipolar or Bipolar?
03/28 From Worst to Better: 10 Chipur Tipurs
03/22 Depression and Diet? Big-Time Relationship
03/18 What to Do About Depression: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation?
03/13 What Is a Panic Attack? Insight from a Guest
03/10 Depression in Women: What is PMS?
03/03 Living with Depression? Care from Afar!
02/28 Research About Depression: A Matter of Connections
02/23 Antidepressants & Suicide (and a black box warning)
02/18 Choices, Like Tushies: We All Got ‘Em!
02/16 What Is EMDR Therapy? Let’s Eyeball It
02/14 Love Is the Answer (…always has been)
02/11 Exercise for Depression: It Works!
02/09 Your Smartphone: Your Therapist?
02/07 What Is It You’re Looking For?
02/04 Welcome to Hope!
02/02 The Mental War: Are You Willing to Fight?
01/31 We Want You!
01/28 That Darned Amygdala: Just When You Thought You Knew It
01/26 Your Brain on Stress: New Shtuff!
01/24 Rest (Assured)!
01/21 Weekend Musings & Poetry: Home
01/18 Gratitude (…amidst the rubble)
01/15 The Lesson of Abraham Lincoln’s Pear-Tree
01/12 Alcohol Dependence: The Endorphin Factor
01/10 “Questions”: An Early-Week Poem for You
01/07 Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression: Hopeful New Info
01/04 Darkness & Isolation: Formidable Foes
01/02 Runners Take Your Marks, Set (then you’re supposed to go)

2011

12/30 2012: A Fresh New Morning
12/27 A Poem of Hope and Inspiration
12/24 Light & Warmth
12/22 Christmas Fun Facts: 15 of ‘Em
12/20 Scrooge’d About the Holidays? American’s Top 10
12/17 “Would Somebody Turn On the Lights?!”
12/15 Isn’t It Time To Give Yourself a Break (and some love)?
12/13 Desperate Times? 10 Ways to Keep It Together
12/11 Is It Your Thyroid? New Developments
12/09 Life Can Be Dark: Glimmers of Hope
12/06 The Why’s of Pounding Carbs
12/04 PTSD: The Need-to-Know Series (Treatment)
12/02 PTSD: The Need-to-Know Series (Cause)
11/30 PTSD: The Need-to-Know Series
11/28 Neurogenesis: A Miraculous Phenomenon
11/25 Holiday Check-In: The Day After Thanksgiving
11/23 All the Best for Thanksgiving!
11/22 Research: A Lifeline to Hope
11/20 The Impact of Thought on Depression (Again): New Research
11/18 Adult ADHD Meds: Women Now Rule
11/16 Managing Bipolar Disorder with Yoga and Meditation
11/14 Giving Up (Isn’t an Option)
11/11 Takin’ a Short Break…
11/08 Beaker Full? 19 Tips for Management
11/06 Overcoming Your Challenges: Let’s Work Together!
11/04 Albert Einstein: Illumination Beyond Equations
11/02 Suicide Prevention: Guidance for Family & Friends
10/31 Specific Phobias: Specific Terror (“Open Those Eyes!”)
10/29 Specific Phobias: Specific Terror (“Why’s?”)
10/27 Specific Phobias: Specific Terror (“Yikes!”)
10/25 Future-Directed Therapy: Gotta’ Wear Shades?
10/22 When the Answers Fade Away…
10/20 Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder? Yeah, for Real!
10/18 “Soft” Bipolar Disorder: The Meds Factor
10/16 Bipolar Treatment: Hope Comes Hard
10/14 Soft? Bipolar Disorder? It’s Possible!
10/11 Long & Starry Nights: A SAD State of Affairs
10/09 What Side of the Fence Are Ya’ Feedin’ From?
10/07 “Now that’s just silly!” (10 ways to keep it crankin’)
10/05 Tardive Dyskinesia: What You Need to Know
10/03 Recovery: It Ain’t About Perfection
10/01 At Wit’s End? To the Wall With You!
09/29 Atypical Antipsychotics: The “Off-Label” Dilemma
09/27 True Freedom? It’s In Letting Go
09/25 Sleep Paralysis: Maddening (But Harmless)
09/23 Laughter & Endorphins: The Knee-Slapping Facts
09/21 Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Defeating Depression
09/19 Long-Term Goals: Going With Your Gut
09/16 Transference & Countertransference: The Humanness of Therapy
09/14 Transcendental Meditation: For Your Depression & Anxiety?
09/12 And the Sun Came Shining Through
09/09 9.11.01: In Memoriam
09/07 Tear-Jerker Flicks & Depression Relapse
09/05 Self-Sabotage: No More Foot Shooting
09/03 Self-Sabotage: 12 “Are You the Perps?”
09/01 The Forest, Not the Trees: 8 Foundational Principles
08/30 Brian Wilson: My Hero “‘Til I Die”
08/28 How to Exercise for Depression & Anxiety Relief
08/26 How to Quit Smoking If You’re Enduring Depression or Anxiety
08/24 Depression Relief: Time for a second AD? Not so fast!
08/22 Are Depression & Anxiety Biological Life Sentences? Uh, No
08/20 Panic Attacks: Receive the Warning & Beat ‘Em
08/18 A Story: If He Can Do It, So Can You
08/17 How to Change Your Thinking: Overgeneralizations
08/15 Social Insecurity: Quit shooting yourself in the foot
08/14 Rebound Effect: And you thought it was bad the first time around
08/12 Breathing: How to do it correctly and claim a sense of calm
08/11 Depression & Rumination: Facts & Fixes
08/09 Self-Massage: Depression & Anxiety Relief
08/08 It’s Monday! Today, and the week, are yours
08/06 Wanna’ get better? I’ll teach you! Cognitive restructuring
08/05 Wanna’ get better? I’ll teach you! Cognitive distortions
08/03 Weathered By Time, Inspired by Hope
08/01 Catastrophizing: Finding a Sense of P.E.A.C.E.
07/31 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Series (Treatment)
07/30 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Series (Cause)
07/29 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Series
07/27 The Norway Tragedy: Lessons in trauma-healing
07/25 Mission Possible
07/24 Insomnia: Facts and Fixes (Part 2)
07/23 Insomnia: Facts and Fixes
07/21 The Fisher Wallace Stimulator: A review
07/19 Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: A sure antidepressant
07/17 Stress & Alcohol: Strange bedfellows
07/15 EB-1010: The even-next generation antidepressant gets a name
07/13 Antidepressant Regimens: Who can you trust?
07/09 Beating Anxiety: The diagnosis, and the future
07/08 Beating Anxiety: The other event on the path to freedom
07/07 Beating Anxiety: The event that turned my life around
07/05 Mental Health Stigma: It’s alive, and it hurts
07/03 Wanna’ can the alerts? Ditch the self-monitor!
07/01 “Anti-inflammatories for depression? Yeah, okay.”
06/29 Overcoming Depression & Anxiety: Simply, connecting-the-dots
06/28 Bipolar? Predicting and managing mood swings
06/25 Depression & Anxiety Relief: Let’s kick back and chat…
06/24 Panic Attacks: A window of opportunity
06/22 Viibryd: An updated user’s journal
06/21 Antipsychotics & Children: What are we doing?
06/18 5-HT1A receptor agonists relieve depression and anxiety. Great! What are they?
06/16 Depression Research: A triple reuptake inhibitor
06/15 Fatigue and Depression: Is It Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
06/15 Viibryd: A new antidepressant has arrived
06/13 The most effective diet? Just imagine
06/11 Atypical Antipsychotics: The Need-to-Know Series (“Should you?”)
06/10 Atypical Antipsychotics: The Need-to-Know Series
06/08 A test for bipolar disorder? Not exactly (but it helps).
06/07 chipur Update: Viibryd is coming when???
06/06 Relax! A guided imagery script just for you…
06/05 The freedom to die: “My life, my death!”
06/04 Update: The Google +1 Button
06/03 Benzodiazepines: The Need-to-Know Series (Withdrawal (“Ouch!”))
06/02 Benzodiazepines: The Need-to-Know Series (“Addicted?!”)
06/01 Benzodiazepines: The Need-to-Know Series
05/30 Yikes & The Wise One: A Panic Self-Talk Exercise
05/29 The Anxiety “Cure”: Nope! But 10 Things You’d Better Be Doing!
05/27 Breaking a Nasty Habit: 10 Observations
05/25 Earworms: The Music Never Ends
05/23 Caregivers for the Emotionally & Mentally Ill: 10 Stress-Busters
05/22 Caregivers for the Emotionally & Mentally Ill: “Thank You!”
05/20 Agomelatine for Depression: A Breakthrough!?
05/19 L-methylfolate & Depression: More Good News
05/19 Anti-AgingGames.com Discount
05/17 Burnout Isn’t Stressed Out Isn’t Depressed (and some tips)
05/16 Jilt the Guilt with Physical Pain!?
05/15 1. SSRI Sexual Side Effects 2. Cortisol
05/14 The Wonder of Grandparents
05/12 The Dance: The Family & Substance Abuse
05/11 Is Your Workout Regimen a No-Brainer?
05/10 Antidepressants & Sex: 10 Tips for Bliss
05/09 Antidepressants & Sex: “Got a Minute?”
05/07 Omega-3s & Depression: “Not so fast!”
05/06 Bipolar Disorder: Stress, Cortisol, Prevention
05/05 Cortisol: What You Need to Know. And Why!
05/04 Update: Viibryd, NSAIDs + SSRIs = Trouble
05/03 “Is chipur for me?” 10 maybes
05/02 She Grew Up Too Fast (but she had to)
04/29 Advil, Aleve Squash the Effects of Antidepressants!
04/27 Music: Soothing the Savage “Beast”
04/25 Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Dialogue & Truth
04/22 Dietary Supplements: The Joke’s on You?
04/20 Future Directed Therapy: Creating Your Tomorrows
04/18 “Hey doc! It’s time for an attitude adjustment.”
04/16 Energy Drinks + Alcohol = ???
04/14 “I Can’t Take It Anymore!” (10 “Yes you can’s”)
04/13 R.E.L.I.E.F.: Take It, It’s Yours!
04/12 The Hope of Neuroplasticity
04/09 Harnessing the Power of Thought
04/07 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What Works?!
04/05 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Biology
04/03 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Driven by Intrusion
04/01 12 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting What You Want
03/30 Managing Uncertainty: 6 Places to Start
03/28 #2: The Suicide Chromosome?
03/27 The Expectation Dilemma: 10 Ways to Beat It
03/25 Cannabis: The Fix for Mood & Anxiety Probs?
03/24 Cannabis: Weeding-Out the Facts
03/22 Do You Have Adult ADHD? How to Find Relief
03/21 Do You Have Adult ADHD? Take the Quiz!
03/19 The Power of Symptoms: 7 Charting Resources
03/17 Future Mood & Anxiety Meds: Good News? (Please?)
03/16 Future Psych Meds: The TRIs
03/14 Thought Field Therapy (TFT): “Tapping” Out Mood & Anxiety Woes?
03/12 Emotional Trauma: 10 Keystones of Survival
03/10 The Dream Series: Convenient Truths?
03/09 The Dream Series (literally)
03/07 Sugar: A Sweet Addiction
03/06 Charlie Sheen: The Yucks Stop Here
03/05 Carlos Irwin Estevez aka Charlie Sheen
03/03 “Maybe I Need Meds!?” 15 Think-It-Overs
03/01 Viibryd: A new antidepressant, but anything exciting?
02/27 ECT: “It’s My Life. Butt-Out!”
02/26 ECT: The Procedure (with video)
02/25 Electroconvulsive Therapy: Gotta’ Knows
02/23 Catastrophizing: 8 Ways to Fight P.E.A.C.E.
02/21 Crohn’s: Definitely the Moans!
02/19 10 Gems in the Treasure Chest of Hope
02/17 How Do I Stop My Antidepressant? The Zaps & More
02/16 How Do I Stop My Antidepressant?
02/14 14 Ponders in the Midst of Letting It Go
02/12 L-methylfolate for Depression? “Never heard of it!”
02/09 Charlotte’s Web: Real Person, Real Pain, Very Real Hope (Part 3)
02/08 Charlotte’s Web: Real Person, Real Pain, Real Hope (Part 2)
02/07 Charlotte’s Web: Real Person, Real Pain, Real Hope
02/05 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series (Part 4: A Must-Read!)
02/04 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series (Part 3: The SSRIs, SNRIs, NDRI)
02/03 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series (Part 2)
02/02 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series
01/31 Omega-3 Fatty Acids: More Than Just Fish Burps
01/29 Rest: Whats Whys & 10 Hows
01/27 20 Ways to Peak the Altitude of Our Attitude
01/25 Are You Leaving Money & Care on the Table?
01/24 Melatonin: Sleep & More? Let’s see…
01/23 The Amygdala: Work It & Be Panic Free!
01/22 The Amygdala: Destroy Panic & Anxiety!
01/20 Our Patterns of NFTBs: Print this and fix ’em!
01/19 Our Patterns of NFTBs (Curious?)
01/17 Fibromyalgia: It Hurts & Puzzles
01/16 In a Rut? The 10 Best Things To Do
01/14 “Teach me to be gentle with myself.”
01/12 Art Therapy: 100 Exercises for Mind, Body, and Soul
01/11 Panicyl: Relief From Anxiety & Panic Attacks?
01/10 12 Depression Busters for Seniors from Therese J. Borchard
01/09 The Arizona Shooting: Guns, Stigma, Politics, and Meanness
01/08 Body Image: The Inside Story
01/06 Vulnerability: 10 Keys to Management
01/04 Tai chi: Grace & Wellness (with video)
01/02 2011: 10 Suggestions While Inchin’ Forward

2010

12/31 Chronic Pain Syndrome: Tryin’ To Feel Better
12/30 Chronic Pain Syndrome: Beyond the Treshold
12/28 Sometimes Ya’ Just Need Your Mom (with lyrics by David Gates)
12/26 New Year’s Resolutions (“Argh!”): 10 grins 4 ’11
12/23 Homelessness: Much More Than a “Christmas Thing”
12/21 L-tryptophan and 5-HTP: Some Detective Work
12/17 The Man and a Lesson. Will it be learned?
12/15 Feelings Straight From the Heart
12/13 Narcissism: The spelling is the easy part. (Final)
12/12 Mark Madoff’s Suicide: The Sins of the Father?
12/11 Narcissism: The spelling is the easy part. (Part 2)
12/10 Narcissism: The spelling is the easy part.
12/09 Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: A Great Maintenance Antidepressant!
12/07 Getting Into a Zone (Part 2): A Fine Bit of Visualization
12/06 Getting Into a Zone: Let’s Do It!
12/04 The Mind & Body Connection (I wasn’t aware of a separation???)
12/02 Mother Teresa: A Wonderful Video Interview
11/30 Conversion Disorder: Let’s Learn!
11/28 Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (not “pseudoseizures”)
11/23 Happy Thanksgiving! (…unconventionally)
11/21 Alzheimer’s Disease: The Battle Begins!
11/19 Opening-Up & Trust: It’s Time!
11/17 Desperate Times? 10 “Un-Desperate” Measures
11/16 SAD and the Fat Sand Rat (I’m not kidding!)
11/13 All the Lonely People (Where do they all belong)
11/11 “I’m just flaming angry!” (10 things we can do about it)
11/10 “I’m just flaming angry!” (But why?)
11/07 Personal Growth: Beyond Victimization
11/05 Cleansing (The Sequel): 10 Powerful Scrubs
11/04 Cleansing: Not Just for Hands and Colons
11/02 Acceptance: There’s Power in the Moment
10/31 The Chickens Always Come Home to Roost! (3/3)
10/30 The Chickens Always Come Home to Roost! (part 2)
10/29 The Chickens Always Come Home to Roost!
10/27 A Peaceful Autumn Evening…
10/22 Bipolar Disorder: Catching It Early (It isn’t ADHD…)
10/20 Security: 12 Lasting Foundations
10/14 Defining Self: Not all in a day’s work…
10/11 S.P.A.: A Bulldozer Buster
10/09 Is It Time To Cash In Your Chips? (Sometimes we just gotta’)
10/07 If Tears Could Build A Stairway
10/05 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Bio & Quotations
10/03 Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions: A day in the life
10/02 Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions: Let’s hit the unit.
10/01 Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions: Forget the Cuckoo’s Nest!
09/28 Seeing The Forest, As Well As The Trees
09/26 10 Things We Can Do To Improve Our Judgment and Decision-Making
09/25 “…we’ll look back at this and have a good laugh!” Think so?
09/24 A Wish And A Prayer…
09/20 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Bipolar Research & A Med
09/19 Depression & Career: A guest post from Dee Ann
09/17 When The Problem Isn’t The Problem (2nd of 2)
09/16 When The Problem Isn’t The Problem (“What?”)
09/14 The 11 Powerful Benchmarks of Character
09/12 The Full Trauma of Traumatic Brain Injury
09/10 Let’s Take a Train Ride!
09/08 Thinking of having your PCP treat your anxiety? Hmmm…
09/07 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Avoiding a Heart Attack – By a Hair
09/05 The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow (but be patient about the shining part)
09/04 The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow (are we ready?)
09/03 The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow
08/31 Delivered bad news? 10 things NOT to do after hurting somone
08/30 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Our Reward Circuit
08/29 What Does Tomorrow Look Like?
08/28 H.O.P.E. So much more than just one word.
08/26 L-theanine for derealization and depersonalization? Hmmm…
08/25 Opportunity Is Knocking. Just ask Albert Einstein…
08/23 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Definitely wine for thought…
08/22 The Rod’s and Rob’s of Family Dynamics
08/20 Child & Teenage Suicide: Statistics & What-To-Do’s
08/18 Who’s That Man? (hint: famous depressed/OCD human)
08/16 “I’m over 30! Can I really expect to change?” (2/2)
08/15 “I’m over 30! Can I really expect to change?”
08/13 Thomas Eagleton: A Heartbeat Away From a Bipolar President?
08/11 Kay Redfield Jamison: A different take-away
08/10 Unemployed? 10 Things To Hold Onto
08/09 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
08/08 Somatic Experiencing: The Chase For Trauma Healing (part 2)
08/07 Somatic Experiencing: The Chase for Trauma Healing
08/06 The Experiment of You: 8 Easy Steps
08/05 Grounding & Healing Meditations: Relevant & Meaningful
08/02 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: An update on supplements
08/01 Desperation: 10 things to keep the cougar off your back
07/30 Perspectives on Suffering (and life itself)
07/28 My Son’s Future – My past…
07/27 Nightmares? Get some sleep – here’s an exciting technique!
07/26 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Your future lies in your past…
07/25 The Solar Plexus | True Center of Our Emotions (and Healing)?
07/23 The Relationship Jinx : Why? And other questions to ask…
07/22 Derealization and Depersonalization: Perceived Madness (3rd of 3)
07/21 Derealization and Depersonalization: Perceived Madness (Part 2)
07/20 Derealization and Depersonalization: Perceived Madness
07/19 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: “Childhood depression? Come on now!?!?”
07/19 Overwhelmed by a zillion issues? Stow-’em! A cool visualization…
07/18 King James? Come on, people…
07/16 Mood, Anxiety & Weight Gain: “Meds for bipolar? I’ll stick with mood swings.”
07/15 Mood, Anxiety & Weight Gain: “Damn antidepressants!”
07/14 Mood, Anxiety, and Weight Gain: “Why is this happening to me?”
07/13 “Bipolar disorder diagnosed by fMRI? Yeah, okay!”
07/12 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Fear? Let’s opt for logic and the odds.
07/11 Screen Buzz: “Yikes, I think I’m an addict! What now?”
07/10 Screen Buzz: A social transitioning?
07/09 Screen Buzz: Let’s play 25 questions…
07/08 The Ups & Downs of (Mis)Interpretation & (Over)Reaction (2nd of 2)
07/07 The Ups & Downs of (Mis)Interpretation & (Over)Reaction
07/05 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Bipolar Disorder? “Ehh – keep your LifeShirt on!”
07/04 Emotional Rain
07/03 Misdiagnosis or Missed Diagnosis: Antidepressants + Bipolar Disorder (could) = Mania
07/02 Misdiagnosis or Missed Diagnosis: Nasty Business (Part 1)
06/30 S.A.I.L Your Way To Freedom! (part 2)
06/29 “S.A.I.L.” Your Way To Freedom
06/28 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Psychotropics & Pregnancy? Uh, no!
06/26 Neurogenesis: How To Make It Work For You!
06/25 The Gulf Oil Spill: Emotional and Mental Devastation
06/24 Tim Howard: A Goalkeeper Well Beyond Soccer
06/21 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The Baby Blues & Postpartum Depression
06/20 It’s a word…It’s a concept…It’s Home!
06/18 Peanut Butter & Jelly, Barbie & Ken, Bipolar Disorder & Anxiety
06/16 “My God, I can’t be thinking these things!” Relax, they’re intrusive thoughts.
06/14 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The Insular Cortex
06/13 “What a pain in the neck!” Lots of helpful chipur tipurs…
06/11 The We Do It Intentionally Paradox: 10 reasons why we may not want to get better – REFUTED
06/10 The We Do It Intentionally Paradox: 10 reasons why we may not want to get better
06/07 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Lithium – “But it’s in batteries!?!?”
06/05 John Robert Wooden: A Simple Man, A Lasting Example
06/02 It Ain’t Over ‘Til You Say It’s Over. 10 things NOT to do in the midst of hell…
05/31 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Rufinamide – Another Profit Producing Pipedream?
05/31 They’re About To Knock. Will You Let Them In?
05/28 A Warped Sense of Dishumor…
05/26 A Guest Post from Lisa Frederiksen: Loving/Living With an Alcoholic
05/24 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mood, and Anxiety
05/24 Happy 15th, Sweet…
05/22 The Black Dog. “Yikes! (again)”
05/21 The Black Dog. “Yikes!”
05/19 Prenatal Psychology? Perinatal Psychology? “Yeah, okay?!?!”
05/17 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Is Worry a Good Thing?
05/16 The Rhythm Section (of life (in-tune))
05/15 The Rythym Section (of life (gone flat))
05/14 The Rhythm Section (of life)
05/12 Like ice cream…sharing is cool.
05/11 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The HPA Axis
05/08 “Bill, help me! I can’t stop devouring junk-food.”
05/07 A Proposal For Depressive Subtypes: “Whatcha think?”
05/04 A guest post from Diana: A Journey of 1000 miles begins with ONE STEP
05/03 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Epigenetics…very hot stuff!
05/02 Damn! It was a curve…
05/01 It’s a Matter of Substance (or lack thereof)
04/28 It’s Just One of Those Days! “But I’ll prevail!”
04/26 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Borderline Personality Disorder
04/25 MIF, Neurogenesis, Relief: Some very hopeful research
04/23 Just Who Are You, Anyway? Make a list based upon mine…
04/21 The Sum Is More Powerful Than Its Individual Parts: 8 foundational concepts…
04/19 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The Superior Colliculus (“What?!”)
04/16 One of the Secrets of Relief: Don’t Lose The Forest For The Trees!
04/15 Sufferer Beware!!! (the heck with “Buyer”)
04/12 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Brain Physiology (dry, but amazing)
04/09 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Planning! 19 Ideas…
04/06 “Dammit, I’m So Frustrated!” (Ah, but open your eyes…)
04/05 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: “So what is ego strength?”
04/02 Adrenal Fatigue: Is It a Hoax? (and if it isn’t, what can we do about it?)
04/02 Adrenal Fatigue: Is It a Hoax?
03/30 Restocking an Empty Cupboard: 5 Nightly Questions & A Poem
03/29 Will We Be Lonely? Yes. Will We Sellout??? Hmmm…
03/26 BDD: It isn’t just Jacko!
03/25 Psychiatrists On the Take? No way!(?)
03/21 Stop That Runaway Train (“Oh no!”)
03/19 “Rally, Bill, Rally!” A Good Self-Talking-To
03/17 Does “normal” keep us from acceptance?
03/16 Domestic Emotional Violence: Straight-Talk!
03/15 chipur learning: The Personality Disorders
03/12 Gonna’ Stop Your Antidepressant? Plan! (or else)
03/12 The Face of Antidepressant Withdrawal
03/11 Antidepressant Withdrawal. “I mean, ADS.”
03/09 Unipolar or Bipolar Depression? Heads or Tails? No Way!
03/08 Depression relief within days, even hours? Hmmm.
03/05 12 Ways To Nurture Your Teenager (The Kids Are Alright!?)
03/03 chipur blogs with integrity
03/02 Teenage Wasteland
03/01 Solving the Puzzle With SIA
02/26 Positive Self-Regard: 12 things you can do to own it.
02/25 Negative Self-Image. “Am I pathetic, or what?”
02/23 A brand-spankin’-new mental health and substance use treatment law. Whatcha’ think?
02/22 Exciting Depression News From Our Aussie Friends…
02/22 Cluster Headaches
02/20 Migraines! (what more needs to be said?)
02/19 Happy Birthday, Son!
02/18 Headaches. “The tension mounts!”
02/16 Panic Attacks & Fear: A Clanging of Cymbals? (part dos)
02/16 Panic Attacks & Fear: A Clanging of Symbols? (part uno)
02/13 M. Scott Peck, M.D. “One wise hombre…”
02/06 Visualization: part 2 “Who’s zoomin’ who (and how)?”
02/05 Visualization: “Who’s zoomin’ who?”
02/05 Procrastination “JUST…GET…BUSY!”
02/04 Always Put Off ‘Til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today (part 1)
02/03 And He Wrote…and Wrote Some More
01/31 I Love January and February. “Yeah, okay…”
01/30 Separation Anxiety: As a child or an adult, it’s just plain SAD.
01/21 Two Peas in a Pod…Emotional Expression and Cognitive Reappraisal
01/19 “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna’ take it anymore!”
01/12 Multi-axial diagnosis (this isn’t about car trouble)
01/09 Alcohol, Anxiety, and Mood. Yikes! Resources from one of our friends.
01/08 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (are you sure that isn’t a dentist’s chair?)
01/05 Anxiety is depression is anxiety. Lessons from a mighty email…

2009

12/31 The Detective Files: The Case of St. John and His Wort…
12/29 Can the Resolution Bit. Let’s Go With Targets.
12/26 “Marty Marty Christmas!” part 2 of 2
12/25 “Marty Marty Christmas!” part 1 of 2
12/23 A Bit of Healing From Our Friends in Asheville, NC (cool place)
12/21 Tired. A matter of acquiescence or despair.
12/19 I Need a Counselor! (part 4) “My God, I want to die!”
12/18 I Need a Counselor! (part 3) “Do I really have to go?”
12/16 I need a counselor! (part 2) “Aren’t tryouts for sports and plays?”
12/16 I need a counselor! (“Got any bright ideas?”)
12/13 Personality in a Pill!?!???
12/08 Life’s a Breeze. And I have some land for sale in The Bahamas.
12/05 Of Mice…and Suffocation Alarms???
12/03 Anxiety Generates Depression. And what is a Nittany Lion?
12/01 Is This Really All There Is? (I mean, really really?)
11/30 Beyond Blue: Therese Borchard
11/28 brain state conditioning. the buzz of your brain…
11/27 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Depression Treatment
11/27 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Bipolarity Treatment
11/26 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Depression
11/25 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Bipolarity
11/24 This is your brain…on a pogo stick.
11/22 Anxiety & Depression. Badabing Badaboom.
11/20 Some Chat & Rhymes…
11/18 …that two-faced norepinephrine. final
11/17 …that two-faced norepinephrine. part 3
11/16 …that two-faced norepinephrine. part 2
11/16 …that two-faced norepinephrine. part 1
11/13 Neat E.R. Case. Cool Kid…
11/13 Why Fix It If We Won’t Own It?
11/10 Noses in the Dirt?
11/09 Give Up My Most Prized Possession? No way!
11/09 Has Your Thyroid Taken You Hostage?
11/05 REBT Grandfathered CBT. OMG! Part 2
11/04 REBT Grandfathered CBT. OMG! Part 1
11/03 Do You Play a Mean Game of Deception?
11/02 Patience Impatience…
10/30 Is It Uncool To Be Anxious?
10/27 10 Keystones of Recovery…
10/26 (Dis) Comfort Foods 2
10/24 (Dis)Comfort Foods 1
10/22 Anxiety and the Quest for Perfection: Fuhgedaboudit!
10/20 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 4
10/19 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 3
10/17 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 2
10/16 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 1
10/13 Neuroplasticity (…and I can make this happen?)
10/12 Teenage Suicide: Some Hopeful News
10/10 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and D-cycloserine: Thinking Outside of the Box
10/09 Lunch With a Friend and a Life Lesson
10/04 Understanding the Anxious Mind: A Recap of a Great Article
10/01 Your Children May Suffer From Panic and Anxiety. Got the Guilts?
09/29 Our Mental and Emotional Trash: Life Itself?
09/28 Agoraphobia, Panic Attacks, Spatial Orientation: Perception is Everything
09/27 HPA Axis and Panic/Anxiety…
09/20 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense (Part 3)
09/19 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense (Part 2)
09/18 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense (Part 1)
09/12 Panic Attacks & Interpretation: Powerful Hope
08/30 Panic Attacks, Guilt, and the Personality of Your Superego
08/22 Kindling: Building an Emotional & Mental Fire
08/21 My Mother Died Yesterday
08/20 Panic Attacks From a Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Perspective
08/18 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Uncertainty
07/28 Panic Attacks & the Limbic System: The Paradox of Protection

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