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		<title>Wise words, sad but true</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report
“We take care of our dental health, but we don’t take care of our mental health.&#8221;
—Howie Mandel
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Buy Howie&#8217;s wonderful (and candid!) book:
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		<title>&#8220;Happy now?&#8221;: An honest and magnificent new essay about depression by Anna Quon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report, Books &#38; Book Reviews

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This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming a published novelist. The whole process of getting my book “Migration Songs” ready for print was a daunting one. My jewel of an editor saw me through the ups and downs, delivering endless pep talks to get me over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give a little bit&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Philip Patston, Themes, Tumour Humour, The UpDown Report, Campaign Watch
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&#8230;.then give a little bit Mo&#8217;

As most of you know by now, Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.
Philip Patston is certainly doing his part to raise awareness.
Now help him raise the dough.
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		<title>TORONTO EVENT: Only two more days to catch the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report, Addictions


The Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, happening as we speak in Toronto, explores cinematic representations of mental health and addiction.  Film and video programs are followed by post-screening panel discussions with people who receive mental health and addiction services, as well as writers, directors, actors, health care professionals and academics.

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		<title>Philip Patston puts down his razors to &#8220;grow a Mo&#8221;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Philip Patston, Themes, Cerebral Ballsy, Wheelchairman of the Board, Tumour Humour, The UpDown Report, Campaign Watch

&#8220;Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Mo Bros, supported by their Mo Sistas, start Movember (November 1st) clean shaven and then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dope on dopamine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Quoting Natalie Angier via NYTimes.com:
If you’ve ever had a problem with rodents and woken up to find that mice had chewed their way through the Cheerios, the Famous Amos, three packages of Ramen noodles, and even that carton of baker’s yeast you had bought in a fit of “Ladies of the Canyon” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wichita State University&#8217;s Psychology Department offering FREE 12-session program for adults coping with depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Wichita State University&#8217;s Psychology Clinic is offering a free 12-session program for adults coping with depression. &#8221;We are looking for as many people as we can get,&#8221; said Rob Zettle, the psychology professor at WSU who is conducting the clinic. No drugs are prescribed, Zettle said, but people who are currently on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Problems On Campus:  Nationwide Push For Colleges To Prioritize Psychiatric Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Arcadio Morales, one of six residence deans at Stanford University, has lived in an apartment in the campus dorms for 15 years, often fielding late-night phone calls from students about everything from Frisbee injuries to mid-term anxiety to alcohol poisoning. He says some arriving freshmen have always packed emotional baggage along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>According to Psychiatrist Dr. Catherine Harmer and her team of researchers at Oxford University&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report

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Antidepressants &#8220;work instantly&#8221;
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		<title>One In Five&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report, Campaign Watch
A very important message from Anna Quon—critically-acclaimed debut novelist:
&#8220;Hi people,
One in five people will experience a mental illness every year. Yes, that&#8217;s roughly 200,000 Nova Scotians! The system to help these people and their loved ones is not working. And currently our government has no strategy to improve things.
Take a moment. Visit www.oneinfive.ca [...]]]></description>
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