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		<title>Depression Diagnosis: Let&#8217;s Call a Spade a Spade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of research studies found that GPs correctly diagnosed depression in less than half of all cases, and incorrectly diagnosed it in 19% of healthy patients.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Depression the New Black?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, is depression meant to be sexy these days? I've been browsing around stock image sites, searching on the word "depressed". Here's what I came up with. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/reviews/is-depression-the-new-black/</link>
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		<title>Loving Someone with Bipolar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Loving someone with bipolar disorder is exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. There may not be a middle of the road...mood swings require that it’s all or nothing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/carers/loving-someone-with-bipolar/</link>
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		<title>Your Mood Swings Are Giving Me Whiplash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His mood swings I'd chalked up to being a second-born...it wasn’t until around age 10 that we first heard the word bipolar. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/carers/mood-swings/</link>
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		<title>An Interview with Smidge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next day, I received a note which said, ‘Dear Mr. Bishop, I would very much like your help. I’m aware that the new DSM is coming out and I do not wish to be in it.’]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/smidge/interview_with_smidge/</link>
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		<title>Beyond Blue: Surviving Mental Illness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In "Beyond Blue" Therese Borchard has sewn helpful and factual information seamlessly through the book, without being narrow or preaching. Her chatty, humorous, self-deprecating writing style makes this heavy topic easier to read and, in my own words, more digestible.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/reviews/beyond-blue-surviving-mental-illness/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve decided to be well for a whole year. Am I crazy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Am I crazy? Do you think someone can "resolve" to be well? If 2009 is my benchmark then my chances look slim. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/mood-chart/am-i-crazy/</link>
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		<title>The Best Blogs in My Feed Reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are the best blogs out there? I'm always looking for new, helpful, funny or interesting ones to try, and I'm sure you are too. Here is a list of my favorites. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/best-of-the-web/best-blogs-in-my-feed-reader/</link>
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		<title>Creativity on the Divinest Sense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's widely believed that mentally ill folk make a special contribution to the creative arts. I have to say I subscribe to that view.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.findingoptimism.com/blog/best-of-the-web/divinest-sense/</link>
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		<title>Health Monitoring and a Flawed Body</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monitoring your health can help you to discover all kinds of mind and body relationships. ]]></description>
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