Share on PinterestMeghan Markle talked about her mental health crisis in an interview on CBS. Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese via Getty Images Research has shown that the number of people who seek mental health support increases after a celebrity discloses their own experiences with a mental health condition. In a CBS interview with Oprah, Meghan Markle […]
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How the pandemic is intensifying teen depression, anxiety PBS NewsHour
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Policy Impact With increasing emphasis on improving mental health of older Australians, this study suggests that approximately 80% of individuals who were effectively treated with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for anxiety or depression remained asymptomatic approximately 5 years later, even during COVID‐19. CBT‐based interventions for older people should be funded and made more accessible. Practice Impact
Policy Impact With increasing emphasis on improving mental health of older Australians, this study suggests that approximately 80% of individuals who were effectively treated with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for anxiety or depression remained asymptomatic approximately 5 years later, even during COVID‐19. CBT‐based interventions for older people should be funded and made more accessible. Practice Impact
In honor of International Women’s Day 2021 on March 8, the UCLA International Institute is publishing a series of profiles of female Bruins. Xiaofei “Fay” Lin grew up in a family of scientists in Stony Brook, New York: Her father is a biomedical engineering professor, and her mother is a lab technician. Lin was drawn
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— When you’re sad, you can feel it for a day, and the next you can feel perfectly normal. Depression, unlike being sad, is a mental illness that can affect you for years. Meet 27-Year-Old Claude Johnson-Perry For Claude Johnson-Perry of Lansing, depression is something he’s battelled for more than 10-years, preventing him
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In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), physical inactivity is common and associated with a significant independent risk for incident depression, according to study results published in Arthritis Care & Research (Hoboken). Researchers sought to determine whether physical inactivity predicted incident depression in patients with SLE, and the magnitude of the associated risk. In the
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In the current social climate of the world, internalizing conditions like anxiety and depression are becoming increasingly common in children and adolescents. Meanwhile, the availability and accessibility of computer and tablet technology also has rapidly increased. Anxiety levels in the United States are rising sharply and have especially intensified in younger populations. According to the
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Despite geographic variations in opioid dose and route, opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) remains a common problem in medical and surgical units, according to a post hoc analysis of Prediction of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Patients Monitored by Capnography (PRODIGY) data, published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Opioid treatment is commonly used to address pain
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Exercise has long-been recommended as a cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients of depression, yet new evidence from the University of California, San Diego suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic changed the nature of the relationship between physical activity and mental health. In a study of college students conducted before and during the pandemic, findings revealed the average