Insight What can we learn from Lincoln?
Understanding Our very lives depend on how well we manage stress.
Experience Learning to appreciate the positive.
Intelligent Choices What to do if your second antidepressant fails.
Knowledge is Necessity. Recovery starts with knowledge. I can't emphasize this enough,
In 2004, an editorial in the British Medical Journal cited two Stanford University studies that found that "expert patients" who took the trouble to learn about their illness and took active steps to manage it had much better outcomes than those who did not. "Long live [quite literally, one assumes] expert patients," concluded the editorial.
My name is John McManamy. I am an award-winning mental health journalist and author. I have dedicated the last nine years of my life to researching and writing on depression and bipolar disorder for people like yourself - patients and loved ones. I know where you are coming from. I am also a patient, as well as a loved one..
Here, you will find articles that will give you greater insight into your illness and behaviors and help you make your own choices in your treatment and recovery. Thanks for stopping by. Jump in wherever you like ...
Now that you're familiar with the DSM-IV, forget everything you've read.
A leading anthropologist explains the birds and the bees.
We're depressed way more than we are manic. Now if psychiatry only knew how to treat us.
Mindfulness - The Ultimate Mood Stabilizer
What is arguably the most effective recovery tool requires a highly disciplined mind.
Dopamine - Serotonin's Secret Weapon
A smart dopamine med may do wonders for your depression or bipolar or mental acuity. The problem is one doesn't exist.
No, it's not normal kid behavior.
An innovative researcher discovers that patients know best
John McManamy sings and hugs a gorilla.
Knowledge is Necessity
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Mood 25 articles on why we feel bad - or too good for our own good.
Behavior 11 articles on what is wrong with us - and right.
Treatment 24 articles on medical and complementary strategies.
Recovery 14 articles on means to achieve a satisfying life.
Science 14 articles what makes us tick - or tick in funny ways.
Issues 12 articles on things we can change - and accept.
Famous 20 articles on your favorites, from Van Gogh to - uh - Hitler.
Stories 16 articles from people like us, bearing witness.
Populations 13 articles on age, gender, family, ethnicity, work, school.
My Book
The perfect book for those of us living with mood disorders.
Sue Bergeson, president DBSA
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Stay Informed: McMan's Report
Mindfulness: The Ultimate Mood Stabilizer
The Buddha was on to something ...
Do people with bipolar cycle in and out of time? Call me bichronic.
Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
John McManamy discusses his book.
We tend to isolate. But isolation can bring on depression.
Depression and mania need not automatically follow when things start going wrong.
