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A new analysis of the relationship between hardship and the COVID-19 relief bill in December 2020 and the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021 has yielded some encouraging results. “The delivery of robust, primarily cash-based assistance to U.S. households was followed by major declines in material hardship,” the report, which crunched U.S. Census Bureau […]

Clinicians at UB and Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo have implemented a mental health screening tool for cystic fibrosis patients and their caregivers BUFFALO, N.Y. ­– Cystic fibrosis is a genetic, progressive disease that causes persistent lung infections and impacts the most basic physical processes. While recent breakthroughs have significantly extended the lifespan of patients

OK, now I am really going to try to change my night owl ways. A study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry shows waking up just one hour earlier may reduce your risk of major depression by 23%. After studying 840,000 people, the researchers found that a person’s chronotype — that’s your tendency to sleep

When many people think of babies, they think of joy. We visualize the youngest years as a whimsical time marked by lightheartedness and wonder. But experts in infant and early childhood mental health say from birth to 3 years old children are capable of a range of deep and intense emotions, including sadness, grief and anger, and

Community pharmacy teams could play a “pivotal” role in the care of patients with depression or pain, a study in Research and Social Administrative Pharmacy has concluded. Researchers undertook a systematic review of 13 studies, carried out in the United States, Australia, Thailand and parts of Europe, to find out the effect of existing community

Psychiatrist Thomas Uhde has treated celebrity actors, athletes and business executives for the kind of social anxiety and depression that tennis star Naomi Osaka suffers from. “As long as they’re in their professional role, they’re fine. But you take them out of that context, they may have extraordinary difficulty interacting with other people. If they

Tennis star Naomi Osaka’s decision to exit the French Open after revealing her battles with anxiety and depression has stunned the sports world — and mental health experts hope her candor will help change tennis and other sports for the better. “She’s really bringing a light to mental health in elite sport as it happens,”

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts during her match against Maria Sakkari, of Greece, in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Florida in this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, file photo. Sakkari won 6-0, 6-4. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday, May 31, 2021, and wrote on Twitter that

Introduction The new coronavirus disease; which emerged in China in December 2019 and which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, is a new respiratory disease resulting in serious adverse consequences globally.1 The high infectiousness of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV-2) and the association of its virulence with fatal consequences

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North America in March 2020, health care facilities stopped providing all but “essential” care, to reduce infection risks and preserve protective gear known as PPE. That included changes at many centers that provide ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) for severe depression and other conditions, a new survey shows. Because ECT involves