The growth rate of 7.4% is just above what the U.S. experienced in the 1930s. ATLANTA — Recently released census numbers show the population growth of the United States is the slowest it’s been since the Great Depression, a statistic that comes with a risk to our nation’s economy. The older you get the slower you […]

The link between cardiac events and mental health issues has been strongly supported by studies for decades. Depression and other behavioral health disorders are common among cardiac patients. In fact, more than 40% of cardiac patients experience some behavioral health issue whether from depression, anxiety or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Within the first weeks

In January 2020, Olympic shot putter Raven Saunders read a news article about Bryce Gowdy, a Black teenager from Deerfield Beach, Florida, who died by suicide.  He and his family had been living in a car as they endured financial difficulties, and the circumstances weighed on him, according to The Washington Post. Gowdy, 17, had

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — In a new nationwide poll, the GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor found that 83% of people with depression agree that life would be easier if others could understand their depression. Yet, most people who have not experienced depression may not be able to understand the challenges, including its treatment. “Depression is

GREENFIELD — Despite increased rates of depression and anxiety among area youth, data from the Communities That Care Coalition 2021 Teen Health Survey shows substance use has been declining dramatically among students during the COVID-19 pandemic. During a Communities That Care Coalition meeting Friday afternoon, organizers shared the results of the 2021 Teen Health Survey.

Newswise — Philadelphia, May 6, 2021—Researchers have found an independent association between COVID-19-related income loss and financial strain and depression, according to the latest study from the COVID-19 Resilience Project, run by the Lifespan Brain Institute (LiBI) of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine. This association was found in two separate cohorts –

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WBBH) — Michael Childress will never forget the day — the moment — when he stopped just short of suicide.  “Literally had my shotgun in the mouth. Finger on the trigger,” Childress recalled. “For whatever reason, I stopped.”  That was not long after a traumatic experience he suffered while serving in the

Taylor Draper has always had an eye for fashion. He says his passion stems back to graphic design when he was just a kid. But little did he know that his passion would carry him through the biggest hardship of his life. Taylor was suffering from anxiety and depression and he wasn’t able to communicate

I’m in the Arctic Circle, looking up at a car dangling 100 feet in the air. The world is in the grip of a pandemic, I’ve been locked away in my home office for a year, and now I’m on a Volvo shoot in the Arctic bloody Circle, freezing my arse off, wearing totally inappropriate

Former First Lady Michelle Obama again addressed her experience with anxiety and depression during the pandemic in an in-person sitdown with frequent interviewer Stephen Colbert. On Tuesday’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” she described the tools she uses to climb out of those “valleys,” such as “turning off the noise,” adhering to a schedule