Category: Mental Health
Feeling Helpless About the Coronavirus? 10 Things You Can Do to Feel Less Helpless.
The news about coronavirus may make you feel helpless. But that’s not true. In fact, there are plenty of thing you can do to help those around you and yourself.
As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Begin To Speak Out
The suicide rate among U.S. children ages 10 to 14 has almost tripled from 2007 to 2017.
As Suicide Rates Climb, Crisis Centers Expand
Arizona’s crisis centers are open 24 hours, seven days a week, and everyone is accepted, regardless of whether they have health insurance.
The origin and evolution of love
Why do we love? At best, it’s a mixed blessing, at worst, a curse. But we’re hard-wired to bond with each other.
Artificial intelligence can tell who will most likely respond to antidepressant drug
The program identifies patterns of brain activity that can tell someone with depression are likely to benefit from sertraline.
If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Here’s how to ignore your phone and just do it
Have you have lost the skill of deep reading? Are you finding it increasingly difficult to stay with, say, a literary novel? You are not alone.
What makes a good psychologist or psychiatrist and how do you find one you like?
Find a therapist you feel safe and secure with, even if that means trying a few before finding one you like.
The biology of coffee, the world’s most popular drink
We may be interested in coffee because of its caffeine buzz, but caffeine isn’t the most biologically interesting aspect of a good cup of coffee.
Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys
One-fifth of U.S. teen girls reported experiencing major depression in 2017.
7 science-based strategies to succeed with New Year’s resolutions
How can you increase your willpower and fulfill your New Year’s resolutions? These strategies are based on research with 100s people with long-term goals.
Instagram can help shy people make friends – study
A survey of 700 college students at WSU found Instagram helped them make and strengthen friendships. Shy, introverted people seemed to benefit the most.
Feeling sick is an emotion meant to help you get better faster
Fatigue, for example, reduces your level of physical activity, which leaves more energy available for the immune system.
San Francisco Hopes To Improve Care For People With Mental Illness Living On Streets
The plan will allow the city to take people with mental illness or substance abuse issues off the streets without their consent and put them into treatment.
Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself
Young adults and people living in the inner city are among those most likely to be lonely. Few realize loneliness can kill.
If Dr Google’s making you sick with worry, there’s help
The term “cyberchondria” describes the anxiety we experience as a result of excessive web searches about symptoms or diseases.