Mental Health Camp » depression http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org Erasing Stigma and Exploring Possibilities with Social Media - Second Annnual Mental Health Camp (July 10, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How it all started – again http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/how-it-all-started-again/ http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/how-it-all-started-again/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:33:01 +0000 moritherapy http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/?p=150 Wondering how we came up with the idea of MentalHealthCamp? Here is the original post. And now I came across a video of the panel Coping Digitally at Northern Voice 2009 that was the beginning of it all. Interested? Here it is

]]> http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/how-it-all-started-again/feed/ 1 Alcohol and art, depression undertreated and sacred clowns http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/alcohol-and-art-depression-undertreated-and-sacred-clowns/ http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/alcohol-and-art-depression-undertreated-and-sacred-clowns/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:40:59 +0000 moritherapy http://www.mentalhealthcamp.org/?p=139 A few links for your reading pleasure and edification:

Depression is often undertreated – an article in The Wall Street Jounral (Studies: Mental Ills Are Often Overtreated, Undertreated) – a study by Hector Gonzalez et al, published by the Archives of General Psychiatry. Gonzalez is an assistant professor of family medicine, public health and gerontology at Wayne State University in Detroit.

The Path of the Sacred Clown. Often people diagnosed with mental illness have pronounced spiritual experiences. Perhaps some of this article will resonate.

Finally, here is a candid discussion about alcohol and art.

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