The title of today’s blog is “Should You Be taking Psychiatric Medication? This is a question that every single one of client and group members asks. Read more.

The title of today’s video is What is Prozac Poop-Out and What Can You Do About It? Now, before you accuse me of making up a silly term, I want to let you know that this is a clinically known and accepted term that is used by the psychiatric profession. (Read more).

Often time clients ask me to list the most important things they should do if they become depressed. Here are my top five recommendations.

The first is what I call set the intention to heal. This means making the decision that you want to get well, even if you don’t know how. (read more)

In this blog, I want to talk about an important principle of depression recovery–forgive yourself for your mistakes. We who suffer from depression can be overly hard on ourselves. With our self-esteem in the pits, we can be overly self-critical and self-judgmental. And when we make a mistake or misstep, our inner critic can go wild. (Read more).

The title of today’s blog is, “Does Exercise Really Heal Depression. In my experience the answer is a definite “yes.” Over the past fifteen years of facilitating depression support groups, I have had dozens and dozens clients tell me over and over that physical activity raises their mood, whether it is taking a walk in the […]

One of the questions I am most often asked by my group members and clients is, “Douglas, is there a time to stop taking my medications? I have felt better since being on medication(s). Now can I stop them?” (Read more)

In January of 2016, I spent twenty five days as an inpatient in a locked psychiatric ward of local mental hospital. The cause of my hospitalization was that my psyche and my life were disintegrating, and my partner wanted to get me into a safe place. (Read more)

Have you ever heard of the term ruminating? It is something that a cow does when it chews is foods over and over again. Even though we depressives are not cows, we tend to do the same thing with our thoughts and chew on them. (read more).

In this blog, I would like to explore four myths or misperceptions about mental illness that I have encountered. (Read more).

The purpose of this blog is to provide an account of what it means to be hospitalized in a psychiatric ward through sharing my stay in a mental hospital. (Read more)