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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>Humour of Repetition: spotlighting Howie Mandel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Books &#38; Book Reviews, Irked Videos, Interviews

Over a decade ago, freewheelin&#8217; comedian Howie Mandel (howiemandel.com) first spoke about his debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder and ADHD—when he was outed on Howard Stern&#8217;s radio show. Now, all these years later, he&#8217;s finally opening up and &#8220;telling all&#8221;&#8230;in his candid, courageous, and VERY VERY FUNNY memoir titled [...]]]></description>
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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>&#8220;Don&#8217;t play me, pay me!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9914/dont-play-me-pay-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, Irked Videos
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A provocative new campaign&#8230;after the jump

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The mother of the first actress with Asperger&#8217;s syndrome to play a fictional character with the condition has launched a campaign to stop actors &#8220;playing disabled&#8221;.
Lizzy Clark was 14 when the BBC asked her to play the part of Poppy, a [...]]]></description>
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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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		<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>MARK YOUR CALENDARS, Nov. 24-26 in Vancouver! Headlines Theatre presents three days of &#8220;Community Dialogue Sessions: housing the homeless&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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The sessions—which are free and open to the public—will be moderated by highly-acclaimed journalists Kathryn Gretsinger and Charlie Smith, and the great David Diamond (Headlines Theatre’s trailblazing co-founder and current Artistic Director). They &#8220;will get at the nuts and bolts of creating safe, affordable and supportive housing. Each day deals [...]]]></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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Antidepressants &#8220;work instantly&#8221;
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