The Real Problem With Antidepressants
The thing is, antidepressants don’t always work. Though depression symptoms are found in more than a quarter of US adults,…
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New Year Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the “New Year’s Blues” continue to affect many people this time of year, with an…
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Emotional Safety Nets for Men?
Though mental illness has never discriminated, men typically find it more difficult to talk about their problems than women do,…
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What is Light Therapy?
Seasonal depression is sometimes used as a punchline during the winter, but for many, the waning daylight has a very…
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Self-Care is Hard
Self-care is about, as this Psychology Today article puts it, “identifying your own unique needs and taking steps to meet…
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Celebrities with Depression
Even for celebrities always in the limelight, they’ve found that “depression never discriminates.” It can happen to anyone and even…
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Depression during COVID-19
It’s no surprise by now that COVID-19 has worsened people’s mental health. Data from the COVID-19 and Life Stressors Impact…
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Omega-3 helpful in depression treatment
It is a daunting task, sorting the wheat from the chaff when it comes to working out which nutritional supplements…
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Mindfulness meditation “super-effective” as front line for depression and anxiety
Even 10 minutes a day of mindfulness meditation improves symptoms of anxiety and depression, brain-imaging research shows. The practice is…
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Dark Chocolate Can Reduce Depression
Welcome news for chocolate lovers everywhere: less than half-an-ounce a day might keep depression at bay, according to a cross-sectional…
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