GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)– A recent annual survey of Franklin County and North Quabbin’s 8th, 10th, and 12th graders is showing students reporting symptoms of depression has increased ten percent since 2019. The Communities that Care Coalition has been conducting the survey for nearly two decades. The Coalition works with local schools to collect and provide […]

The World Health Organization statistics reveal that about 300 million people of the global population have depression. Credit: ryan melaugh. Canadian biotech Cybin has received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of the West Indies Hospital in Jamaica for a Phase II trial of its psilocybin formulation, CYB001, to treat major

Daughter’s final messages to Clay mom inspires suicide prevention, depression awareness  CNYcentral.com

The treatment is called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and involves the use of magnetics, according to Dr. David Kent. BOISE, Idaho — A Meridian psychiatrist has begun experimenting with an alternative treatment for depression. The treatment is essentially an “exercise” the brain does until it is healthy again. Conventional treatment for depression is usually one

Intravenous ketamine may be safe and effective in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression, according to a small study in the American Journal of Psychiatry. As previously demonstrated in adults, a single ketamine infusion dramatically reduced depressive symptoms in adolescents after 24 hours relative to those who received a control infusion. These improvements lasted for at least

Covid: Depression rises in young and women during second peak  BBC News

There is so much joy in a new birth, unless a new mom is just not able to experience it.  She suffers with postpartum depression.   May is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Women’s Health Month. According to Nancy Roberts, Coordinator of the Spectrum Health Postpartum Emotional Support Program, about one in five to

SHREVEPORT, La. — Millions of Americans struggle with mental health issues in any given year. But at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, those numbers increased dramatically. Behavioral and suicide hotlines saw a much higher number of calls. People were anxious about the future, many were unable to pay their bills and social distancing kept

Sony Pictures Classic picked up the book-turned-film which stars Luke Wilson and Robert Duvall along with a total of 62 speaking roles and a 200 person crew. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the editing process to last longer than anticipated, in turn pushing back the planned release date during the 2020 football season.