A study involving more than 7,000 NHS patients and overseen by a team of Oxford doctors found that an online program helped patients sleep better than face-to-face therapy did. This six-week digital treatment, named Sleepio, helped people with insomnia gain an average of six more hours of sleep, reducing the anxiety and depression that causes …
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It’s hard to put into words what heartbreak feels like. But by providing a scientific explanation for the physical pain that comes with emotional damage, this article shows us that there’s a reason why we feel what we feel–it’s not all in our heads at all. With that comes reassurance that we can come back …
It is a daunting task, sorting the wheat from the chaff when it comes to working out which nutritional supplements might be helpful for any given condition. When it comes to depression, however, help is at hand, in the form of a major meta-review of clinical trials conducted all over the world, involving more than …
Even 10 minutes a day of mindfulness meditation improves symptoms of anxiety and depression, brain-imaging research shows. The practice is associated with an increase in gray-matter volume in four areas of the brain, and activates other beneficial changes in the brain. Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC, and psychiatrist Michele Hauser, director, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in …
Welcome news for chocolate lovers everywhere: less than half-an-ounce a day might keep depression at bay, according to a cross-sectional survey of over 13,000 US adults. The study, published July 29, 2019, in Depression & Anxiety, found that individuals who ate a small daily amount of dark chocolate had 70 percent lower odds of reporting …
It’s true that when you are depressed, even walking to the mailbox takes more energy than you have, and the very thought of “an exercise program” can make your heart sink. But a new study from Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital has some good news that might encourage you to make a modest but …
Heading off to freshman year at college is probably one of the biggest changes we experience in our lives. There’s excitement and fun, but also a bunch of stressors that come along for the ride. Buzzfeed has done a handy round-up of some basic but useful ways for students to address the stress in this …