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Depression

COPING WITH DEPRESSION

Turning Depression Around      Handout with resources for Augsburg students on standing up to and turning around depression through self-care; includes support resources on campus.  For individualized support in using the suggestions in this handout, Augsburg students can schedule an appointment with a counselor at CWC (612-330-1707).

Back from the Bluez   Free online workbook using cognitive-behavioral approach.

Undoing Depression  A Self-Help Support Site by psychotherapist Richard O’Connor author of Happy at Last

Natural Resources for Seasonal Affective Disorder and Supporting Winter Mood   Natural Mental Health

23 1/2 hours:  What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

 

SOCIAL SUPPORT

Local, in-person support groups.

Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center — free online Anxiety & Depression support group (national organization; open to the community)

Stories About Depression.  The Mighty.

Depression & Bipolar Depression Support Alliance

Face It Foundation    Local and on-line support for men with depression

 

UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION

I had a black dog, his name was depression  (YouTube video)

My Depression Story:  YouTube star Meghan Rienks

Blogger Glennon Doyle  — The Erasing

Mental Health is Health — Depression

 

APPS

Mental Health apps

My3 App   Create a coping plan and lists of supports (your “3”) for times when you are feeling suicidal in this free app.

Mental Health apps and podcasts

 

MEDICATION AND SUPPLEMENTS FOR DEPRESSION

What to Expect When You Start Depression Medication  ADDitude

Becoming a Better Consumer of Anti-Depressant Medications       Handout from Augsburg’s CWC.

Anxiety and depression:  Which supplements can I take to help treat these?  Dr. Henry Emmons

 

CULTURE AND DEPRESSION

Writer/Activist Imade Nobukun:  Youtube video “Imade on Depression and the interactions of social justice and mental health

The Face It Foundation  Support for men with depression in the Twin Cities    Local support groups as well as individual peer support: “Men can connect with a Face It peer in two different ways. For a man living in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Face It can connect him to a peer who has battled depression to chat with by phone or email, or even meet for a cup of coffee.”

Real Stories of Men with Depression    HeadsUpGuys

HeadsUpGuys.  For Men.  About Men.  Health Strategies for Managing and Preventing Depression.

Men & Depression  — It’s Time to Face It

Mantherapy.org

Black and Blue:  On Being Black, Female, and Depressed (HuffPo article by jn. salters)

The Seven Beliefs:  A Step by Step Guide to Helping Latinas Recognize and Overcome Depression (Amazon book)

Asian American Women and Depression   Kristina Wong

WeRNative  Depression