Stories of Recovery

Stamatia Pappas
Stamatia Pappas
April 18, 2013

A family credits recovery from schizoaffective disorder to relatively early intervention, the right medication, never losing hope and a great therapist

Recalling her son’s last year in high school, Stamatia Pappas...

Albert Bensimon lives with depression
Albert Bensimon
March 01, 2013

On February 29, 2000, Albert Bensimon, then in his early fifties, stepped into the waters off Laguna Beach, California, and kept on walking, not intending to stop. His recollection of the day is hazy, but he does remember...

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Acting President & CEO Jeffrey Borenstein; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, David C. Onley, his wife, Ruth Ann Onley, a recording artist and performer, Hon. John Milloy, Member of Provincial Parliament from Kitchener Centre, Minister of Training and Social Services, Walgreen Co. Team Member Gary Motbriand; 2009 Productive Lives Award Honoree J. Randolph Lewis, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Logistics, Walgreen Co.
Walgreen Co.
January 17, 2013

As research brings about significant progress in better understanding what causes mental illness and how to effectively treat it, strides are simultaneously being made to empower people with mental illness to lead full,...

Edi Guyton - On CNN with Helen Mayberg and Paul Holtzheimer - using deep brain stimulation to treat depression
Edi Guyton on CNN
December 17, 2012

Earlier this year, in April, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for ‘CNN Presents,’ produced a special segment on deep brain stimulation (DBS). See the video at bbrfoundation.org/cnn-video.

Currently...

Edi Guyton, lives with depression
Edi Guyton
December 17, 2012

A woman explains why she finally agreed to try deep brain stimulation for her depression.

As a Ph.D. who rose to head a university department, and as a wife and mother in a close-knit and loving family, Edi...

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