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Announcements
New DBSA support group for those with a mood disorder and a substance use disorder.
The following was excerpted from an announcement from the national DBSA office. Are you or is someone you love living with both a mood disorder and a substance use disorder? On November 10th, 2020, DBSA launched a new support group specifically for those living with a dual diagnosis (a mood disorder and a substance...
Share your experience with major depressive disorder to improve treatments, services, and assessments.
The following announcement is from the national DBSA office. The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance works to ensure that people living with mood disorders not only have a voice in public policy and in the services they receive, but also in the research process to better understand what people experiencing health problems need and...
Join a peer family council to provide feedback on medical research and product development.
The following announcement is from the national DBSA office. Their goal with this initiative is to assist COMPASS Pathways in understanding peer family concerns and how to better educate other peer families on the use of psilocybin therapy and to better engage with peers in research. Putting wellness within every individual’s reach is at...
Pandemic Ponderings – a short “zine” on mental health during the pandemic, August, 2020.
We have posted a short “zine” by artist Marilyn Mitchell titled Pandemic Ponderings on cognitive distortions that can make it more difficult to deal with fear and anxiety, especially in the time of external stressors such as the 2020 pandemic. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can help one learn how...
An opportunity to participate in a New York Times Magazine and book project by author Daniel Bergner.
Daniel Bergner, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and the author of five books of nonfiction and a novel, is working on a project about how our society conceptualizes and treats mental illness. Mr. Bergner is looking for people willing to be interviewed about their experiences living with mental illness. Please...