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Nine months after getting laid off, John Moe finds a new home for conversations about mental health

Former American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio host John Moe is back with a new podcast, Depresh Mode, after his previous show was canceled amid layoffs over the summer. Both Depresh Mode and its predecessor, The Hilarious World of Depression, aim to remove the stigma surrounding mental health through frank and sometimes funny conversations about the […]

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The First Psychedelic Medicine Clinic Opens in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The growing rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental health illnesses have contributed to a national mental health crisis in the United States and call for new and unconventional treatment options. Recent research around therapeutic psychedelics suggests that these powerful substances may hold tremendous power in addressing such

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Depression affects visual perception | EurekAlert! Science News

IMAGE: The brightness of figures A and B is exactly the same, but they are perceived differently due to a difference in the background. This illusion was perceived similarly by the… view more  Credit: Viljami Salmela Researchers specialised in psychiatry and psychology at the University of Helsinki investigated the effects of depression on visual perception. The

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We studied depression messages on YouTube videos and found dangerous and stigmatizing stereotypes prevail

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) 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

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Psirenity granted approval to conduct Jamaica’s first psilocybin clinical trial to help manage depression

TORONTO, March 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Psirenity, a wholly owned subsidiary of New Leaf Canada Inc., today announced it has received approval to conduct the first clinical trial protocol with psilocybin in Jamaica. Psirenity is emerging as a global leader in science-backed brain health and wellness. Its focus is on providing holistic treatments that help

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The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with and without depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders: a longitudinal study of three Dutch case-control cohorts

Summary Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in people with pre-existing mental health disorders is unclear. In three psychiatry case-control cohorts, we compared the perceived mental health impact and coping and changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety, worry, and loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic between people with and without lifetime

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No smell, no taste – Covid-19 survivors anguished and depressed

Medina consulted ear, nose and throat doctors and neurologists, tried various nasal sprays, and is part of a group of patients undergoing experimental treatment that uses fish oil. To try to stimulate her senses, she puts copious amounts of spices on everything she eats, pours aromatic herbs into her tea and regularly sniffs a bracelet

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