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The Two Faces of Suicide

By Barrett Swanson — 2019

A new book stresses the biological causes of self-destruction. But what about the social ones?

Read on www.newyorker.com

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Psychedelics Are Fueling a Mental Health Revolution

Once deemed dangerous and illegal, psychedelic compounds have been rediscovered by the scientific, medical and psychiatric communities as research reveals their capacity to help patients with a range of maladies.

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2020
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Why Dr. Phil Says ‘Everything Starts with Authenticity’

Dr. Phil interviews singer and actress Demi Lovato backstage at a CASTonTOUR event, then addresses her audience as a guest speaker.

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2018
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Unf*ck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

A no-nonsense and helpful guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hellbent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwide.

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Faith Harper
2017
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The Dark Night: Psychological Experience and Spiritual Reality

Reading St. John of the Cross’s Dark Night can be daunting; living the dark experience of purification it describes can be much more so. The description of the dark nights (yes, there is more than one!) which St.

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Marc Foley
2019
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The Dark Night of the Soul (Losing Who We Thought We Were)

According to St. John of the Cross and Teresa of Ávila, humans have an inborn longing for completion. This completion cannot be achieved by worldly pleasures. So, instead, we must go within, to reach the inner core of our soul in which ‘the divine’ lies hidden.

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2020
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Why You Should Take a Break: Prioritizing Mental Health in Schools | Hailey Hardcastle | TEDxSalem

Hailey Hardcastle is a freshman at the University of Oregon and a student mental health advocate. This year she was named one of Teen Vogues 21 under 21 most influential young people for her work on passing House Bill 2191, which allows students to take mental health days off from school.

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2020
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We Asked 100 People If They’ve Ever Considered Suicide | Keep It 100 | Cut

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2020
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This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression

Daphne Merkin has been hospitalized three times: first, in grade school, for childhood depression; years later, after her daughter was born, for severe postpartum depression; and later still, after her mother died, for obsessive suicidal thinking.

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Daphne Merkin
2018
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The Valedictorian of Being Dead: My Struggle with Suicidal Depression

For years, Heather B. Armstrong has alluded to her struggle with depression on her website, dooce. It’s scattered throughout her archive, where it weaves its way through posts about pop culture, music, and motherhood.

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Heather Armstrong
2020
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Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

Depression is a havoc-wreaking illness that masquerades as personal failing and hijacks your life.

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Anna Mehler Paperny
2020
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