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(CNN)Bryan Lambillotte knows the anxiety-induced hunt for baby formula all too well amid the ongoing national shortage. He and his husband Chris are new parents to 2-month-old twins Brecon and London, who have been formula-fed since birth. The couple chose not to have their surrogate breastfee...
I t’s disturbing, at almost 60 years of age, to be diagnosed with an illness that you’ve suffered from your whole life without it ever being named. Your first reaction is to protest. I protested, insisting that bipolar disorder is one of those notions that are all of a sudden in vogue and get pin...
On April 11, Nature Medicine published a paper about what happened in the brains of people with depression who were treated with either an antidepressant called escitalopram or psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. The findings, the paper’s authors wrote, “suggest an antidepressa...
University Hall at Lincoln College, in Lincoln, Ill. Image: Google Maps via NBC News Lincoln College, among few rural historically Black colleges, survived two World Wars and the Great Depression. But a ransomware attack, two years of the Covid pandemic, and a bunch of other stuff have finally...
Asking people to stop using social media for just one week could lead to significant improvements in their wellbeing, depression and anxiety and could, in the future, be recommended as a way to help people manage their mental health say the authors of a new study. The study, carried out by a team o...
Show caption ‘As you move through the garden, the colours become more exuberant and joyful, representing the journey from illness to wellness’ Composite: Getty/iStockphoto, Alamy, GAP Gardens Some of the biggest gardens at this year’s show explore the theme of mental health. From tacti...
Photo: TinnaPong (Shutterstock) While most people have the capacity to have empathy, to put themselves in someone else’s shoes and feel what they feel, empaths feel other people’s feelings or physical sensations as if they are their own. When a child is an empath, it can be confus...
Rob Beschizza Would it surprise you to learn that taking time off social media, even for just a week, results in "significant improvements in well-being, depression and anxiety?" [via] We randomly allocated 154 participants (mean age of 29.6 years) to either stop using SM (Facebook, Twitter,...
Show caption Huw Edwards was speaking on a podcast hosted by BBC journalists Jane Garvey and Fi Glover. Photograph: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans/Rex/Shutterstock Mental health Newsreader recalls mixed reactions at the broadcaster after he told them he had depression PA Media Huw Ed...
Journal List Indian J Psychol Med v.42(1); Jan-Feb 2020 PMC6970300 Indian J Psychol Med. 2020 Jan-Feb; 42(1): 11–21. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Background: Growing evidence points to the role of vitamin D in the pathobiology and tre...