A study of high school students has shed new light on the links between insomnia-related mental health conditions among teens. "People with insomnia find it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep for as long as they need to. This is a widespread sleep disorder among the general public, and in most countries about 11% of teens aged 13-16 years ...
Date Posted: August 1, 2014
Categories: Anxiety, Depression, Teenage Issues
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Two years ago, on one of Danielle Hark's worst days, something different happened. "I was literally on the bathroom floor, bawling," she said. "But I picked up my phone and started taking pictures - paint peeling on the door, reflections in the ...
Jul 31
Categories: Depression
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Sometimes a pencil is just a pencil. And sometimes, a pencil is a great deal more. Writing is a powerful tool for those dealing with mental health issues. It might be especially important in cases of trauma where integrating memory is a critical ...
Jul 23
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Complex PTSD, Depression, Post ...
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Brain stimulation treatments, like electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), are often effective for the treatment of depression. Like antidepressant medications, however, they typically have a delayed onset. For ...
Jul 23
Categories: Depression
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SINGAPORE - Someone has allegedly got himself discharged from the army by feigning depression.
Many Singaporeans would have taken the person's Facebook confession with a pinch of salt.
"Not easy to feign depression," said Ang Yong Guan, a retired ...
Jun 27
Categories: Depression
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"Tired" is a slippery word. There's physically tired: heavy limbs, moving through metaphorical mud, or drowsy eyes. But there's also emotionally tired: lack of motivation, feeling unable to deal, and the most common: "I just don't feel like it."
Jun 26
Categories: Anxiety, Caregiver Issues / Stress, Depression, Workplace Issues
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According to the World Health Organization, such mood disorders as depression affect some 10% of the world's population and are associated with a heavy burden of disease. That is why numerous scientists around the world have invested a great deal of ...
Jun 23
Categories: Depression
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Levels of a small molecule found only in humans and in other primates are lower in the brains of depressed individuals, according to researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute. This discovery may hold a key to improving treatment ...
Jun 11
Categories: Depression
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Most people handle stress well, but some find it difficult to cope and as a result develop depression and other mood disorders. Researchers have previously been able to identify the part of the brain that controls this response, but not exactly how ...
May 31
Categories: Depression
GOLinda (not her real name) was living a model life. An executive overseeing 300 staff with a supportive family, the 46-year-old was flying high. Then one day everything changed. Seemingly out of the blue she could not focus, could not concentrate and ...
May 7
Categories: Depression
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For someone with depression in the midst of a crisis, there is no time to waste. Yet time is exactly what currently-available antidepressants require to take effect - often on the order of weeks.
A new study suggests a fast-acting antidepressant ...
May 3
Categories: Depression
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Researchers at the MedUni Vienna have demonstrated the possibility of using a blood test to detect depression. While blood tests for mental illnesses have until recently been regarded as impossible, a recent study clearly indicates that, in ...
May 2
Categories: Depression
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Mental illness happens to people who are living ordinary, good lives, just like my family and me when I first became ill at the age of 16.
Without warning, I woke up one day with a firm belief that there were a group of people living in my head. ...
Apr 30
Categories: Depression
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What's one of your worst memories? How did it make you feel? According to psychologists, remembering the emotions felt during a negative personal experience, such as how sad you were or how embarrassed you felt, can lead to emotional distress, ...
Apr 24
Categories: Anger Management, Anxiety, Depression
GOA new study points to a conceptually novel therapeutic strategy for treating depression. Instead of dampening neuron firing found with stress-induced depression, researchers demonstrated for the first time that further activating these neurons opens ...
Apr 23
Categories: Depression
GOMillions of people around the world live with depression. Many of these individuals and their families are afraid to talk about ...
Apr 1
Categories: Depression
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