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Announcements
Guest speaker, Wednesday, March 10, 2021: Humanizing Bipolar Disorder.
We are pleased to announce that Nicole Meade, Ph.D., will be our guest speaker at our online meeting on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm). Ms. Meade is the Senior Medical Science Liaison with the Neuroscience Field Medical Affairs division of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. For information on how...
Westchester County Office for Women.
March is Women’s History Month. We’re posting the following notice from the Robi Schlaff, the director of the Westchester County Office for Women, which is the coordinating agency for domestic violence, sexual assault and gender violence in Westchester County. Please note that DBSA Westchester NY is not affiliated with the Office for Women or...
Participate in a study on the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The national DBSA organization has announced a new study by the University of Wisconsin on the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information and a link to participate in the study, see their announcement....
New book on the author’s experience with bipolar disorder.
Paul Loverme wrote to let us know about his new book, “Welcome to the World of Burnt Toast: One Man’s Bout With Bipolar Disorder“, available on Amazon. Paul wrote “It’s about a three year bipolar episode I went through, includes celebrity voices (auditory hallucinations) and strings attached to me (tactile hallucinations); and the road...
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...