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Researchers Find Association Between Financial Strain Due to COVID-19 and Depression

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 – […]

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Michelle Obama on depression: ‘Don’t wallow in your low’

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

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Kansas teenagers seeing high rates of depression, suicidal thoughts

Kansas teenagers are struggling with a years-long, upward trend in mental health issues and risk of suicide, a survey of nearly 71,000 of the state’s students found. Officials administering the Kansas Communities That Care Survey shared several striking results from the annual survey, a de facto snapshot of Kansas students’ well-being and safety, with the Kansas

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6 People Who Made Big Money During the Great Depression

When the Great Depression hit its lowest ebb in 1933, the unemployment rate exceeded 20 percent and America’s gross domestic product had plummeted by 30 percent. Not everyone, however, lost money during the worst economic downturn in American history. Business titans such as William Boeing and Walter Chrysler actually grew their fortunes during the Great

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Intranasal Esketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Steven Levine, MD: On the heels of this off-label use of IV [intravenous] ketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression, we’ve seen the FDA approval of another form of ketamine, esketamine, delivered intranasally for treatment-resistant patients. Patricia, would you like to comment on the mechanism of action of esketamine? Patricia Ares-Romero, MD, FASAM: Sure. When esketamine

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