Clergy Depression and Care
- PastorCare: an online support network of
pastors and support ministries
- Mental
Illness Awareness promoted by the United Methodist Church's General
Board of Church and Society (Caring
Communities refers to United Methodist Churches that are building safe
spaces for people suffering with depression and other mental illnesses).
- Circuit
Rider Jan/Feb 2003, dealing with clergy depression and other aspects of
mental illness.
Psychology and Depression
- National
Institute of Mental Health contains booklets, fact sheets, and summaries for
public use.
- Depression
can Differ in Men and Women: a brief summary of NIMH’s recent Smithsonian Resident
Associates seminar entitled "Depression in Women and Men: What's the
Difference?"
- Online
Depression Screening Test from the NYU School of Medicine (from the
website:) ODST is a preliminary screening test for depressive
symptoms that does not replace in any way a formal psychiatric evaluation. It is
designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate
depressive symptoms that indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.
- Depression-net
explores the disease’s symptoms, causes and treatments, and
includes
interesting facts about the disease.
- Online Psychology Degree
has useful resources on depression.
Humor and Satire
- Despair, Inc specializes in
"de-motivational" posters and calendars.
- Instructions
for Women from The Brick Testament (Warning: other pages on this website
contain potentially objectionable material).
- Laugh and Lift clean
humor archive, to balance the previous link...
- The Funny Bone contains more clean
humor.
- Adios Barbie encourages women to
love their bodies (and to throw fattening foods at models...)
- The Onion: THE classic online
satirical news source (often contains potentially objectionable language).