EDIT: Wendy has updated with the first, long(er) version of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie trailer.
Anyone who’s read Mental Health Notes for any respectable amount of time knows I have a serious obsession with Harry Potter. Like, serious.
Even more serious than my obsession with Wentworth Miller Prison Break.
And that’s pretty serious.
So, like every other mud red-blooded Harry Potter fan, I’ve been on the edge of my seat waiting for the official Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer to hit theaters and, consequently, YouTube.
Finally, it has.
I know, I know, it’s really short and we don’t get to …read more

Here’s a new one for you: Reading the books of the Harry Potter series could help minor/low-grade depression.
I can’t take credit for that idea (and at present don’t know if I’d want to) – it’s from a 2003 article, Mental Health Benefits of Harry Potter, written by Jeff Stoyanoff and featured at MuggleNet.
(For those of you who aren’t die hard Harry Potter fans such as myself, MuggleNet is one of the most popular HP-related websites out there.)
The article isn’t poorly written, but it merely skims the topic the title leads us to believe will be discussed.
Given tonight’s debut of the …read more