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Depression and Dispiritedness
updated March 21, 2011

Living in the Doldrums

dispiritedness

Prof. Howard Butcher, RN; PhD, PMHCNS-BC is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursinga Conference presentation by Prof. Howard K. Butcher on the subject of dispiritednessProf. Howard Butcher... Research into subthreshold forms of depression is an emerging area of study in the mental health field. Some of the more common terms used by researchers and practitioners to describe subthreshold conditions of depression include minor depression, mild depression, and subsyndromal depression. Others have suggested such syndromes ... more

Therapeutic Clown

humor

Five years ago with the assistance of Therapeutic Clowns Canada Jamie founded the therapeutic clown program at Bloorview Kids Rehab in Toronto

a Conference presentation by Jamie Burnett and Helen Donnelly titled Understanding Therapeutic Clown

Helen Donnelly has an Honours BA in Drama from the University of Toronto, and a graduate of the UC Drama Program there. Her theatrical clown skills took her into the circus realm: she toured with Cirque du Soleil

Jamie Burnett and Helen Donnelly ... Therapeutic clown is a growing profession and is proving to be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary allied healthcare team in many pediatric facilities. There are now 17 hospitals across Canada with a therapeutic clown program and since 1999 the number of professional therapeutic clowns has grown from 4 to 52 ... more
reflections programs

Keys to Paradise

addiction

Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D. is a physician, author, seminar leader and public speaker. He is a former medical columnist for The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and MailDr. Gabor Mate - In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts Dr. Gabor Maté ... Far more than a quest for pleasure, chronic substance use is the addict’s attempt to escape distress. From a medical point of view, addicts are attempting to self-medicate conditions like depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, or even Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Addictions always originate in pain, whether felt openly or hidden in the unconscious. They are emotional anaesthetics. Heroin and cocaine, both powerful physical painkillers, also ease psychological ... more

assertive treatment

mental health

Steve Lurie is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch, a post he has held since 1979. Steve has written and lectured extensively on mental health policy issuesSteve Lurie ... Assertive community treatment teams provide treatment and support to people living with severe and persistent mental health problems through a team of professionals ... more

mh services

mental health

Kathryn Storey is s registered nurse with an additional undergraduate degree in Psychology and more recently she is concentrating on her doctoral studies at the University of Western Ontario, in the Faculty of Education, with studies in the area of recovery education for survivors and alliesKathryn Storey ... Acute mental health and ad- diction services integrate to support a seamless and continuous service to people experiencing mental health emer- gency ... more

Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women’s Studies and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY, has taught at CUNY since 1992 and is a founding member of the Institute for Participatory Action Research and Design (formerly the Participatory Action Research Collective) at the Graduate Center at the City University of New YorkJessica Ruglis holds a PhD in Urban Education from the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. A former teacher, she also earned a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Urban Public Health/Community Health Education from Hunter College, a Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Secondary Science Education from Union College, and Bachelors of Science (BS) in Human Biology from University at AlbanyDr. John Roder is a neurobiologist and Senior Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute. He is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto, and a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in NeurobiologyLouise Rowling has established over a 30 year period a National and International reputation for work on school health particularly drug and alcohol education, loss and grief, health promoting schools, and mental health and wellbeingNicholas Freudenberg is Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of City University of New York and Director of the City University of New York’s Doctoral Program in Public Health

presenters & presentations on mental health

 

Prof. Michelle Fine - Circuits and Consequences of Dispossession

Prof. Jessica Ruglis - Youth Participatory Action Research

Dr. John Roder - Of Mice and Men

Prof. Louise Rowling  - School Mental Health

Prof. Nicholas Freudenberg - School Dropout: A Public Health Issue

 

The Language of Loss

 

Christine Jonas Simpson - Ethans ButterfliesChristine Jonas Simpson ... When a baby dies prior to birth--language that either honors or dishonors the lived experience... more

Unlearn Your Pain

 

Dr. Howard Schubiner - Unlearn Your PainDr. Howard Schubiner ... We developed a treat- ment approach for pain disorders of central pain aug- mentation ... more

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depression in men

depression

Dr. John Oliffe is Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, University of British Columbia. His research is focused on gender and health, particularly men’s healthDr. John Oliffe ... Over the last decade (2000-2010), the rate for diagnosed depression has increased and is one of the leading causes of disability ...more

a complete state

mind, body and soul

Corey Keyes is associate professor of Sociology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, where he is a core member of the Pursuit of Happiness 5-year project funded by the $1.5 million grant from the Templeton FoundationDr. Corey Keyes ... Until recently, mental health as something more than the absence of psychopathology remained undefined ... more

healthy mind and body

mind, body and soul

Dr. Bianca Lauria-Horner joined the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University in 1999 where she currently holds an academic position as an assistant professor. She also holds a position with the RCMP since 2004 as the Atlantic Region Health Services Officer with a mandate to manage the Occupational Health and Safety ProgramDr. Bianca Horner ... By the year 2002 the World Health Organization predicts depres- sion will be the most common and disabling illness throughout ... more

treating ptsd

energy psychology

Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., scientist, teacher, healer and visionary, has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and postdoctoral training in human immunology. She is a Master Practitioner of NLP, a Certified Hypnotherapist, and trained in TFT/DXDr. Judith Swack ... Increasing numbers of returning veterans and veterans of previous conflicts are being diagnosed with depression, anxiety ... more

healing schizophrenia

treating disorders

Yuliya Cohen is a trained energy healer, medical intuitive and Energy Psychology therapist and researcher. Formerly an engineer and computer science researcher, for the last 25 years, she has applied the scientific method to her bioenergetic field researchYuliya Cohen - Energetic Boundaries: The New Paradigm for Effortless HealingYuliya Cohen ... New therapies are needed that will offer a broader perspective and allow ... more

concurrent disorders

mental health

Wayne Skinner is the Deputy Clinical Director in the Addictions Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Caroline O'Grady, RN, PhD. is an Advanced Practice Nurse and Clinical Project Scientist in the Concurrent Disorders Service at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Wayne Skinner & Dr. Caroline O'Grady ... The normal ap- proach is to work directly with the person who is ... more

therapeutic humor

humor

Karyn Buxman, RN, MSN, CSP, CPAE is a highly sought humorist and internationally recognized expert in applied and therapeutic humor.Karyn Buxman ... Humor is recognized as a healthy coping mecha- nism. There are a lot of unhealthy ways people deal with their stress - eating, drinking ... more

crazy

performing arts

Gail Marlene Schwartz is Founding Artistic Director of Third Story Window, an interdisciplinary performance company dedicated to individual and social transformation through the telling of lived storiesGail Marlene Schwartz... The Crazy performance project engages communities in creative healing ... more

what good lovers know

play

Dr. Stuart Brown trained in general and internal medicine, psychiatry and clinical research

Dr. Stuart Brown ... has spent a long career investigating play behavior in humans and animals, discovering that fun is, in fact, profoundly important behavior ... more
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