Depression

WASHINGTON — The warning signs are all there. Students who were making plans to attack schools showed the same types of troubled histories as those who carried them out. They were badly bullied, often suffered from depression with stress at home and exhibited behavior that worried others, according to a U.S. Secret Service study released […]

Depression might be a disorder of the brain, but its harms aren’t confined to the cranium. Prolonged depression has been linked with a slew of health problems, from impaired immune function to gastrointestinal dysfunction. It’s also been linked with cardiovascular disease (CVD), even increasing the risk for heart attack and a disrupted heart rate. Now,

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(Reuters) – More young adults in the United States reported feeling anxious or depressed during the past six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and fewer people reported getting the help they needed, according to a U.S. government study released on Friday. The percentage of adults under age 30 with recent symptoms of an anxiety or

WASHINGTON (AP) — Students who were planning to attack schools showed the same types of troubled histories as those who carried them out. A U.S. Secret Service study released Tuesday shows the students were badly bullied, often suffered from depression with stress at home and exhibited behavior that worried others. The report finds that if

WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs are all there. Students who were planning to attack schools showed the same types of troubled histories as those who carried them out. They were badly bullied, often suffered from depression with stress at home and exhibited behavior that worried others, according to a U.S. Secret Service study released

Many of the students showed interest in violence or hate. One expressed concerning interest in the attack at Columbine, where 12 students and a teacher were shot to death by two students who then killed themselves. One-third conducted research into previous school shootings, like the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack in Newtown, Connecticut, where

Rates of depression have tripled in the U.S. since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and most recent estimates suggest these numbers remain elevated compared with pre-pandemic rates of mental health problems. Even before the pandemic, depression was a leading source of disability, affecting over 17 million Americans each year. In a society where mental