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If you experience persistent feelings of hopelessness, sadness, and helplessness, you’re not alone. Millions of people in the United States live with depression. In fact, the National Institute of Mental Health reports that over 17 million adults experienced a major depressive episode in the previous year. While many people learn to manage daily life with […]

Root extracts from the African shrub iboga have long been used in traditional healing rituals and more recently as an experimental treatment for depression and to reduce drug cravings in addiction. Scientists now are working on a version of the extract that doesn’t cause heart attacks or hallucinations as side effects. Steeve Jordan/AFP via Getty

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Black Church is an institution that was forged in crises. Through slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation and the civil rights era, the network of places of worship serving traditionally Black congregations has seen its fair share of traumatic events. In

Alyssa Fowers Graphics reporter focusing on data visualization and analysis William Wan National correspondent covering health, science and news May 26, 2020 For every 100 American adults, 34 show symptoms of anxiety, depression or both 20 have symptoms of both anxiety and depressive disorders 10 show symptoms of anxiety alone 4 show symptoms of depression

Feel a little “blah” lately? You don’t have much to do, and no one to do it with either. You’re home alone, again, when gloominess strikes, adding misery to your boredom. Sadness is a very normal reaction when you want to spend time with other people and can’t. Connecting with others isn’t just an enjoyable

A researcher at the University of Cincinnati is studying whether electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can be helpful in treating certain psychiatric conditions, like depression. Francisco Romo-Nava, MD calls his research “neuroscience of the body in psychiatric disorders.” “We think that a relatively small electrical current applied through the skin, which can barely be

Another takeaway from the report on SEED’s first year also found people used the money for necessities, and only 1% was spent on tobacco and alcohol. STOCKTON, Calif. — People who were involved in Stockton‘s guaranteed income initiative transitioned to full-time jobs and better health, the report says.  In February 2019, former Stockton Mayor Michael

Former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed last week that she is one of those people battling “low-grade depression,” and she has lots of company. One in three Americans is dealing with symptoms of stress or anxiety, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics. Speaking on “The Michelle

Fruhauf Uniforms in Wichita survived the 1918 pandemic, the Great Depression and more recent recessions. And now, with the pandemic, it’s again finding its way through a difficult time. The family-owned company produces high-end marching band uniforms and school banners for high schools and colleges nationwide. Business is good, but not where it should be: Fruhauf

Conversations in Critical Psychiatry is an interview series that explores critical and philosophical perspectives in psychiatry and engages with prominent commentators within and outside the profession who have made meaningful criticisms of the status quo. Jonathan Sadowsky, PhD, is the Theodore J. Castele Professor of the History of Medicine and Associate Director of the Program