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Pandemic Shows Essential Role of ECT Treatment for Severe Depression

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North America in March 2020, health care facilities stopped providing all but “essential” care, to reduce infection risks and preserve protective gear known as PPE. That included changes at many centers that provide ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, for severe depression and other conditions, the survey shows. Because ECT involves

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Raven Saunders: Depression drove her close to suicide. Now, Olympian wants to ‘destigmatize mental health’

As she circled past a drop-off along a Mississippi highway, the urge to veer off the road towards the towering trees below was almost overwhelming. “It got worse and worse and worse and worse till it all boiled over … I remember in the morning, just going through the motions, kind of being in a

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Cyclone Yaas LIVE: Deep depression over Jharkhand as storm moves northwestwards

Live At least five were killed as the severe cyclone storm, Yaas battered the eastern coast on May 26. The storm packed lashing rain and winds gusting up to 155 kilometres (96 miles) an hour, the equivalent to a category two hurricane. The severe cyclonic storm, Yaas weakened into a deep depression, the Indian Meteorological

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Social inferences as mediators of wellbeing in depression

Introduction In the evolution of a depressive illness, one of the main therapeutic goals is to reduce its negative impact, while focusing on resuming or enhancing the quality of life of service-users. Health comprises several essential dimensions, ie, the physical, mental, and social aspects that, each, contribute to our wellbeing. In an effort to maintain

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Anxiety and Depression Treatment Market

New York, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Anxiety and Depression Treatment Market” – https://www.reportlinker.com/p06075961/?utm_source=GNW The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated October 10th as World Mental Health Day in order to raise awareness about such issues and lessen people’s hesitation in seeking treatment. As a result of

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Singer MIchelle Williams Shares Her Journey from Depression to Healing

In her new book “Checking In: How Getting Real About Depression Saved My Life and Can Save Yours, acclaimed musical artist Michelle Williams shares the intimate, never-before-told story of how, even in the midst of enormous fame and success, she battled depression, leading her to find her true calling as an advocate for mental health–especially

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Digital chatbot Woebot lands FDA breakthrough designation to tackle postpartum depression

Digital mental health company Woebot Health has landed FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its postpartum depression digital therapeutic, WB001. WB001 combines cognitive behavioral therapy and elements of interpersonal psychotherapy with the company’s conversational chatbot, Woebot, to deliver treatment directly through patients’ phones. Designed as a prescription digital therapeutic, the eight-week program treats symptoms of postpartum

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