Depression

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Just two days ago I was motoring morosely along when I spotted him placing an envelope in his mailbox. I hit the brakes and lowered the pickup window. “If that’s a check for me, I’ll just take it now,” I said. “Save ya the stamp!” “Ha!” he said. Then, waving the envelope with one hand

While pregnancy and the birth of a child are momentous experiences in a person’s life, the transition also brings a host of challenges for the new mother, with mainly having to adjust to this new life — taking care of the baby and also making sure her own physical and emotional healing is taking place

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The coronavirus pandemic has had a damaging effect on pregnancies worldwide, according to a new study by Lancet Global Health. According to the Mayo Clinic, pregnancy does not lead to an increased risk of COVID-19, but if a pregnant woman gets COVID, its effects can be much worse. It can cause an increased

Eventually, a doctor tested Anna’s blood for toxins. She had been intentionally overdosing on an over-the-counter medication for three days. Had she not vomited, she would have died. Anna is part of a disturbing trend during the pandemic. Between April and October 2020, the number of kids seen in U.S. emergency rooms for mental health

This story originally appeared on LX.com Have you been umm… ‘self-medicating’ your bouts of depression and anxiety during the lockdown with marijuana? A recent research study published by the University Of New Mexico and Releaf App in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine found cannabis flower may be effective in providing immediate relief for the symptoms of depression

The Great Depression led to many hobbies we enjoy now. The pandemic created many new ones.  Journal Times

It’s no surprise that the pandemic has led to a surge of hobbies. What’s interesting, some experts say, is that the surge mirrors what happened during the Great Depression. “When we think about the changes that the pandemic has brought in our lives in the past year, there’s a tendency to view this as exceptional

Ninth-grader Andrew Taate felt like he was in a deep hole, one he dug himself from his San Francisco bedroom as he procrastinated for months on school assignments, his motivation absent. A straight-A student in middle school, Andrew started ninth grade in August at home, his classmates’ tiny faces in square boxes on his computer