Mental Health Topics/Stories in the News

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Maybe a thread to cite links to MH stories in the news? I've come across a few interesting ones lately.

Becoming Cary Grant (documentary)

Sounds interesting... based on his unpublished autobiography

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/arts ... wtime.html

“For many years, I have cautiously peered from behind the face of a man known as Cary Grant,” .......“The protection of that facade was both an advantage and a disadvantage. If I couldn’t see out, how could anybody see in?”

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"What Bipolar 2 Feels Like - Imagine if you didn’t fit in anywhere, not even in your own head..."

By Bassey Ikp

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/opin ... e=Homepage

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Instagram Therapists Are the New Instagram Poets

Mental health professionals are speaking to the “therapy generation” online, at no cost. And it’s bringing in business.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/styl ... pists.html

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Lots of the good ideas posted in one column.
Need to tattoo some of this stuff on my arm....

https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/how-to-be-happy

"Behavioral scientists have spent a lot of time studying what makes us happy (and what doesn’t). We know happiness can predict health and longevity, and happiness scales can be used to measure social progress and the success of public policies. But happiness isn’t something that just happens to you. Everyone has the power to make small changes in our behavior, our surroundings and our relationships that can help set us on course for a happier life."

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Brought on by Darkness, Disorder Needs Light
Richard A. Friedman, M.D.

"In a few days, the winter solstice will plunge us into the longest and darkest night of the year..... As daylight wanes, millions begin to feel depressed, sluggish and socially withdrawn...."

That's me. Cloudy overcast days too. A small lightbox helps..

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/health/18mind.html