Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance 2006 Conference in San Mateo, California - September 9th
Can people living with depression and bipolar disorder make full recoveries? That's the central theme of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance's (DBSA) upcoming conference in San Mateo on Saturday, September 9, at the San Mateo Marriott. The conference is co-sponsored by DBSA California, the national organization's state chapter.
Hundreds of mental health consumers, family members and clinical experts are expected to attend the highly-anticipated conference, Living Well: Making Recovery Real.
DBSA is the leading national patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses -- depression and bipolar disorder. The organization's conferences provide an opportunity for consumers to connect with peers, family members and experts to explore new recovery skills, get the latest news on treatment options and rediscover hope.
Two of North America's most highly-regarded mental health advocates will provide the opening and closing keynote speeches at the daylong conference.
Victoria Maxwell, an award-winning actress, writer and producer will give the opening keynote. Maxwell has gained acclaim for her often hilarious yet poignant one-woman show, Crazy for Life, her true-life story about accepting and living with a psychiatric disorder. Her honest, irreverent approach to her own experiences disarms the prejudices often associated with mental illness while providing crucial information on how to deal with it openly and effectively.
The closing keynote will be given by the former Executive of King County, Wash., Randy Revelle. Revelle is credited with pulling together thousands of advocates to create insurance parity, greatly enhancing access to care and treatment in Washington State.
During his speech, Revelle will share his personal experiences living with severe mental illness as he presents "Overcoming the Stigma: A Personal Story of Recovery from Mental Illness."
Breakout sessions at the conference run the gamut, from popular "Ask the Doctors" sessions to discussions with such notable writers as Tom Wootton, author of The Bipolar Advantage.
To register for the conference go to http://www.dbsalliance.org/ or call 800-826-3632. Tickets can also be purchased at the door, although space is limited.
Living Well: Making Recovery Real is open to the general public. The program gets underway at 9 a.m. with events concluding at 5 p.m. A Friends Reception featuring a performance by Maxwell will be held following the conference. Tickets for the reception can be purchased separately.
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation's leading patient-directed organization focusing on depression and bipolar disorder. The organization, which has more than 1,000 support groups nationwide, fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information. Assisted by a 65-member scientific advisory board, comprised of the leading researchers and clinicians in the field of mood disorders, DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. More than 4 million people receive information and assistance each year.
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respected sir,
i love a bipolar patient.i want to marry him.how i can support him to his life.pls give me advice
Posted by: siji.augusty at October 16, 2006 12:26 AM
In the UK there are more than two million people with chronic depression and fatigue equivalent to 1.5 percent of our population. Over the last two centuries, despite countless billions of tax payer’s money and billions of man hours of research, medical organizations around the world have not discovered the root cause, nor effective modalities of treatment for conditions such as post traumatic incident syndrome, depression, anxiety, panic, manic depression (Bi-polar disorder), postnatal depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, psychotic behaviour, psychosis and the hundreds of other mental and physical conditions that torment not only those suffering but, by interdependency, millions of healthy people worldwide.
The idea that how we behave and how we feel might be beyond our rational control is largely unbelievable to most healthy people. Such people are extremely fortunate as they have a stable, near central Assemblage Point. This idea is acceptable and can be easily comprehended by anyone us who has experienced any of the following:
1) Serious accident, bereavement, disease, fever, tragedy, chronic stress or depression.
2) Distressed or oppressed childhood, rape or sexual assault, violent intimidation. kidnapping, abduction, enslavement.
3) Self laceration, mutilation or poisoning, attempted suicide, substance and drug, indulgence, drug overdose, mental institution.
4) Mugging, robbery, burglary, fraud, identity theft.
5) Genocide, war, terrorism, homicide, torture, post military combat trauma, imprisonment.
6) Physical or psychological intimidation, interrogation, brainwashing.
7) Betrayal, financial or legal intimidation, blackmail, malicious divorce, bankruptcy, redundancy, home repossession, arrest, prosecution.
Under any of these circumstances many people can undergo a serious or seemingly permanent change of their mood or even a personality change. One common factor that many victims of traumatic incidents attempt to convey is that some inexplicable fundamental thing deep inside them has changed or shifted at the time of the incident. Many also report that no matter how hard they try, what medications and therapies they undertake, they are unable to return to their former health, state of mind, personality and good humour. They may also develop physical symptoms and illness. This may eventually lead to more serious disease.
The root cause is the position of our Assemblage Point. It is a pivotal force on our state of health and has a dominating effect on ‘how we feel’ and ‘how we behave’. Any of the above incident types can and do cause an involuntary shift of the Assemblage Point to a dangerous low location. To recover one’s former health and happiness, the Assemblage Point location must be shifted back to the centre of the chest.
This is explained and supported with 300 illustrations and true personal accounts in two books by Jon Whale entitled: The Catalyst of Power - The Assemblage Point Of Man and Naked Spirit. For a free informative demonstration see:
http://dragonrising.com/downloads/catalyst_of_power_demo.htm For an even better information see: http://www.whalemedical.com/cs2.html
Posted by: Dr Jon Whale at November 10, 2006 2:57 AM
initially i don't know about bipolar.i fear about it.now i came to about bipolar.now i feel free.i know,i can come out of this bipolar.
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julie
Dual Diagnosis
Dual Diagnosis
Posted by: julie at June 20, 2008 4:00 AM
respected sir,
i love a bipolar patient.i want to marry him.how i can support him to his life.pls give me advice
Posted by: siji.augusty at October 16, 2006 12:26 AM
In the UK there are more than two million people with chronic depression and fatigue equivalent to 1.5 percent of our population. Over the last two centuries, despite countless billions of tax payer’s money and billions of man hours of research, medical organizations around the world have not discovered the root cause, nor effective modalities of treatment for conditions such as post traumatic incident syndrome, depression, anxiety, panic, manic depression (Bi-polar disorder), postnatal depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, psychotic behaviour, psychosis and the hundreds of other mental and physical conditions that torment not only those suffering but, by interdependency, millions of healthy people worldwide.
The idea that how we behave and how we feel might be beyond our rational control is largely unbelievable to most healthy people. Such people are extremely fortunate as they have a stable, near central Assemblage Point. This idea is acceptable and can be easily comprehended by anyone us who has experienced any of the following:
1) Serious accident, bereavement, disease, fever, tragedy, chronic stress or depression.
2) Distressed or oppressed childhood, rape or sexual assault, violent intimidation. kidnapping, abduction, enslavement.
3) Self laceration, mutilation or poisoning, attempted suicide, substance and drug, indulgence, drug overdose, mental institution.
4) Mugging, robbery, burglary, fraud, identity theft.
5) Genocide, war, terrorism, homicide, torture, post military combat trauma, imprisonment.
6) Physical or psychological intimidation, interrogation, brainwashing.
7) Betrayal, financial or legal intimidation, blackmail, malicious divorce, bankruptcy, redundancy, home repossession, arrest, prosecution.
Under any of these circumstances many people can undergo a serious or seemingly permanent change of their mood or even a personality change. One common factor that many victims of traumatic incidents attempt to convey is that some inexplicable fundamental thing deep inside them has changed or shifted at the time of the incident. Many also report that no matter how hard they try, what medications and therapies they undertake, they are unable to return to their former health, state of mind, personality and good humour. They may also develop physical symptoms and illness. This may eventually lead to more serious disease.
The root cause is the position of our Assemblage Point. It is a pivotal force on our state of health and has a dominating effect on ‘how we feel’ and ‘how we behave’. Any of the above incident types can and do cause an involuntary shift of the Assemblage Point to a dangerous low location. To recover one’s former health and happiness, the Assemblage Point location must be shifted back to the centre of the chest.
This is explained and supported with 300 illustrations and true personal accounts in two books by Jon Whale entitled: The Catalyst of Power - The Assemblage Point Of Man and Naked Spirit. For a free informative demonstration see:
http://dragonrising.com/downloads/catalyst_of_power_demo.htm For an even better information see: http://www.whalemedical.com/cs2.html
Posted by: Dr Jon Whale at November 10, 2006 2:57 AM
initially i don't know about bipolar.i fear about it.now i came to about bipolar.now i feel free.i know,i can come out of this bipolar.
================================
julie
Dual Diagnosis
Dual Diagnosis
Posted by: julie at June 20, 2008 4:00 AM