Depression-related medical blogs

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order. Blogs can provide content and express opinion on healthcare that you can never find in a medical paper.



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• ...is accredited by HONcode (Health on the Net Foundation) which is a non-profit international organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.




• ...meets the rules of The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics (HBCE) which aims to give the readers of a medical blogger a clear idea of the standards by which the blog is maintained and to give bloggers a clear set of guidelines they can show employers, patients, or other concerned parties as to the nature of the blogging.




• And all the blogs comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) rules. This US law defines in 18 identifiers what a medical blogger should never mention when writing about a patient's case.

A Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey

• Author: Douglas Cootey
• Description: Overcoming AD/HD & Depression With Lots Of Humor And Attitude
• Quality: CNN coverage and it's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

Beyond Blue

• Author: Therese J. Borchard
• Description: "Beyond Blue" on Beliefnet.com, which is featured regularly on The Huffington Post and was voted by PsychCentral.com as one of the top 10 depression blogs, and she moderates the popular depression support group, Beyond Blue, on Beliefnet's social networking site."
• Quality: It's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

Depression (major depression)

• Author: Gabrielle J. Melin, M.D., a Mayo Clinic psychiatrist
• Description: An expert blog from Mayo Clinic.
• Quality: HONcode accredited.

Depression Introspection

• Author: "Marissa Miller is the pseudonym of a 27-year-old college graduate with West Indian roots. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in print journalism and has taken the plunge into the freelance world of writing, editing, and proofreading. She currently works in the editorial field just west of Philadelphia. Miller was diagnosed with depression at the age of 14 but received the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in November 2006."
• Description: A personal quest to discover, analyze, and question news and personal events relating to mental illness.
• Quality: It's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

Furious Seasons

• Author: Philip Dawdy
• Description: "Written by a seasoned journalist, who describes his blog as “one man’s attempt to make sense of mental illness in America”. Excellent commentary on the medical approach to treating mental illness."
• Quality: It's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

Mental Health for Life

• Author: Christina Sponias
• Description: The unconscious mind that produces dreams tries to help you achieve balance by protecting you from the invasion of the wild and violent content inherent in your anti-conscience: your primitive conscience that has not evolved through consciousness.
• Quality: A blog written by a psychologist.

Mental Health Humor and Cartoons

• Author: Chato B. Stewart
• Description: Positive Mental Illness humor and Cartoons
• Quality: Quality cartoons that might ease the life of patients with depression.

Postpartum Progress

• Author: Katherine Stone is a nationally-recognized, award-winning advocate for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
• Description: Postpartum Progress is the most widely-read blog in the U.S. on depression and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum.
• Quality: HONcode accredited and it's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

Katherine Stone started a series called Mother’s Day Rally for Mom’s Mental Health. It featured 24 of the top parenting authors and mommy bloggers in the US and Canada talking about postpartum depression and more generally on the emotional transition to motherhood. See the valuable posts here.

The Pursuit of Happiness

• Author: Unknown
• Description: My journey through self help techniques and herbal remedies for depression.
• Quality: It's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

Walking The Black Dog

• Author: Unknown
• Description: Welcome to the land of the blues or more accurately - something more than the blues. Depression isn’t just a case of the blues or feeling a little off; everyone has those days. Depression is feeling overwhelmingly sad and devoid of any positive emotions - to the point where normally enjoyable activities seem empty or like a chore that requires just too much energy.
• Quality: It's in the Top 10 Psych Central depression blogs.

World of Psychology

• Author: Various authors from PsychCentral.com
• Description: A blog from PsychCentral.com.
• Quality: HONcode accredited.