April 2018 – DBSA San Gabriel Valley

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“A Beautiful Blinding Darkness”

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I saw you smile, I heard you laugh for the first time today. Your radiance, ravishing, a hurricane enraged with joy, always raging, estranged from me, and your laughter and your grinning and your […]

Helping a Friend or Family Member

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Helping a Friend or Family Member with Depression or Bipolar Disorder Mood disorders such as bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depression) and depression affect millions of people. Their family members and friends are affected too. […]

PTSD

October 22, 2013 Comments Off

PTSD & Parkinson’s Disease: Longer Version

How cortisol can affect the hippocampus, amyglada,damage neurons, synapses and dendrites, etc. The link between emotional trauma and Parkinson’s. […]

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale/Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)

January 16, 2014 Comments Off

The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) is a psychological questionnaire used by clinicians to rate the severity of a patient’s anxiety. Anxiety can refer to things such as “a mental state…a drive…a response to a particular situation…a personality trait…and a psychiatric disorder.” […]

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20 May

Many people think nostalgia is about fondness and longing for the past. New research suggests it’s actually a signal about what’s missing right now in the present.

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20 May

Psychologist Bibb Latané argued that social influence works a lot like gravity: The closer, stronger, and more numerous the people around us are, the more power they have to shape what we think, feel, and do. This is why.

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20 May

When we feel as if we're performing our daily life, instead of living comfortably within it, the result can be exhaustion, alienation, or hypervigilance. Here are three keys to changing all that.

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20 May

We may not rely on animals to grow our food or provide transportation as we once did, but they are no less important for our well-being. This is why.

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DBSA San Gabriel Valley

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Month: April 2018

“A Beautiful Blinding Darkness”