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“I’m depressed.” “I’m anxious.” “I’m burnt out.” The vocabulary of mental health has seeped into our everyday lives. While some people may use these terms to speak about a specific diagnosis, others use these phrases casually, colloquially, without paying much attention to distinctions. Emotional exhaustion, for example, isn’t a clinical term, but that doesn’t mean the experience of […]

Newswise — Almost half (47.5%) of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID-19 lockdown, more than double average rates for Europe before the pandemic (23%), finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Women described feelings of isolation, exhaustion, worry, inadequacy, guilt, and increased

SAN MATEO, Calif. (KGO) — Statistics show it’s hard enough talking to family members about depression, but one San Mateo teen is trying to change that stigma one podcast at a time. Sadie Sutton started producing and hosting the podcast “She Persisted” after coming out of her suicidal depression and anxiety in high school. The

On Tuesday, former first lady Michelle Obama visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and opened up about her battle with low-grade depression. Michelle first revealed her struggle in August, while in the midst of a pandemic and ongoing racial strife. She created coping mechanisms for handling all of the additional stress. “For me, it’s

Loneliness and social isolation have been significant problems for the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for cancer patients these issues were particularly acute, likely due to isolation and social distancing, according to a new UC San Francisco study. The study, which is the first to evaluate loneliness, anxiety, depression, fatigue and other symptoms

Occupancy recovery in skilled nursing facilities will depend on a variety of factors: COVID-19 vaccination uptake among staff and residents, visitation policies of nursing homes, the willingness of family members to place their loved ones in the SNF setting, and acute care’s return to normal. At least, that was the theory. One of the looming

Following the death of his wife from Covid-19, a 36-year-old man in Mumbai’s Vile Parle area murdered his six-year-old daughter before committing suicide. The father-daughter duo was found hanging on Sunday in his apartment in Vile Parle, Mumbai (Picture Credits: Reuters/Representative) A 36-year-old man allegedly killed his six-year-old daughter becoming dying by suicide in Mumbai.

Guiding Pearls From Epidemiology Psychiatric epidemiology over the past 10 years has given us some useful guideposts for approaching patients with comorbid depression and CHD. Pearl 1: Psychosocial factors, especially recurrent depressive symptoms, severe mental illness, and high numbers of adverse childhood experiences, contribute substantially to both the onset and progression of CHD. The effect

Most patients with depression are treated in primary care, however, relatively few clinical trials for treating depression have focused on primary care. Researchers at the Vrije University Amsterdam examined the effects of the two major approaches to treating depression: psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, as well as combined treatment and care-as-usual. The study integrated the results of

Daniel Carcillo, Wesana Health CEO, is a living example of the power of psychedelic drugs to help those suffering from mental illnesses when standard treatments — and other forms of alternative treatments — have already failed. The former National Hockey League player says he was on the verge of suicide as a result of traumatic