Psychotherapy with Meds
Elyn Saks, Eric Kandel, and Kay Jamison Discuss the Importance of Psychodynamic Therapy Clip from a panel discussion at the FPR-UCLA 2010 (Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorder –...
View ArticleKids with Bipolar or Temper Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria
Controversies Surrounding the Pediatric Bipolar Diagnosis & Treatment (Bioethics Briefs) A research scholar at a bioethics center describes issues and controversies with children diagnosed with...
View ArticleWhat Creates an Addicted Brain
Brain Development & Addiction with Gabor Mate A Vancouver, BC doctor specializing in treating chronic substance use disorders talks about the early childhood neurodevelopment and environmental...
View ArticleRescued Horses Rescuing People
Horses are used for Therapy Rescued/retired show horses live on a ranch “rescuing” people with mental health issues through equine assisted psychotherapy and equine assisted learning, at Horse Sense...
View ArticleDialectic Behavioural Therapy for Suicidality
BPD Expert Dr. Marsha Linehan at the National Institute of Mental Health The pioneer of Dialectic Behavioural Therapy, a variation of CBT designed for suicidal people with Borderline Personality...
View ArticleDBS Device for Tourette’s
Jeff Matovic A person with severe tics from Tourette’s Syndrome receives a DBS implant and has dramatic, near-immediate relief of symptoms. Matovic was the first US patient to receive a deep brain...
View ArticlePeer-run Crisis Respite Centers
Introduction to Peer-Run Crisis Respites Two peer advocates describe the process they underwent to get peer-run crisis respite centers supported by funders in Massachusetts. A detailed and practical...
View ArticleExercise for Dementia
Exercise as a Preventive or Disease-Modifying Treatment of Dementia A neurologist reports on the newly published article “Physical Exercise as a Preventive or Disease-Modifying Treatment of Dementia...
View ArticleWhat’s a Peer Support Group?
Inspiration Through Empathy: Peer Support A short documentary by a student filmmaker about a peer support group in Kelowna, BC, Canada. A group of mental health consumers meets weekly, views a...
View ArticleRecreation for Youth with Anxiety
“Pandemonium” is a video from Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Burnaby about their recreation program of the same name for youth aged 13-17 who have anxiety. Referred from Hamber House, an...
View ArticleHealing PTSD with Pets for Vets
“Healing Power of Pets: Veteran with PTSD finds new life with dog” is a video profiling a United States Marine Corps veteran who served in the Iraq war and like many returning veterans, suffers from...
View ArticleBiomarker Brain Scans for Treatment Types
In a small study from Helen Mayberg and colleagues at Emory University, depressed participants were randomized to either a medication or CBT, and underwent PET scans before treatment. Then the scans...
View Article3 Steps to Change a Habit
Change Habits: Breaking Bad Behaviours by Owen Fitzpatrick is a brief and interesting animated video explaining the crux of the process. Beginning with research about our brain processes habits, then...
View ArticleTaming the Black Dog of Depression
Illustrator and speaker Matthew Johnstone created the short animated video “I Had a Black Dog” for the World Health Organization, for the occasion of World Mental Health Day 2012. Recently it’s gone...
View ArticleHeadspace: Mental, Physical, and Social Health for Youth
Since 2006, Australia’s Headspace program for youth mental health has opened service centres across the country offering physical, mental, social, and addiction care. They’ve achieved a 93%...
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Eating Disorders Advice For Family, Friends
Helpful information for family and friends supporting people with eating disorders in recovery. Useful tips, like not saying “just eat,” are practical and important to share. This short but very...
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