Melania Trump meets with Parkland shooting survivor at White House First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday met with a survivor of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting during his visit to Capitol Hill. “Heartened to see children affected by tragedy using their voices to try and create change. Wonderful to […]
Mental Health
World Mental Health Day 2017: Illness in the Workplace Is More Common Than You Might Think Today is World Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts to support mental health. This year’s theme is mental health in the workplace, […]
What New Drugs Are in the Pipeline to Treat ADHD? They’re all commonly-prescribed medications for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms, and all are still on the market. But some new ones recently became available to the public, while yet another ADHD medication is currently seeking FDA approval. Each attempts […]
What High-Tech Tools Are Available to Fight Depression What High-Tech Tools Are Available to Fight Depression:- After performing major heart surgery to repair an aneurysm and a triple bypass in June 2016, doctors told David McGee’s wife that he “wasn’t worth 5 cents,” says the 65-year-old clockmaker and locksmith from […]
A Patient’s Guide to Depression A Patient’s Guide to Depression:- It doesn’t take much to get some people in a funk. A squabble with a spouse; a bad review at work. Most often, the sour moods that result are fleeting. Not so with depression. If those feelings persist – usually […]
Turning the Sleep Dial Up and Down on Depression Turning the Sleep Dial Up and Down on Depression:- Sleep problems and depression are often tangled up like sheets on an unmade bed. Not getting enough sleep raises the risk for the mood disorder, and depression can deeply disrupt ZZZ’s. The […]
How childhood trauma affects the brain How childhood trauma affects the brain:- It is not news that people abused as children are more exposed to clinical depression, anxiety, and a higher risk of death from suicide. But now, researchers have begun to reveal what happens in the brain following this […]
How One Caregiver Found Meaning After Letting Go of a Lucrative Career How One Caregiver Found Meaning After Letting Go of a Lucrative Career:- It was 21 years ago this month when I knocked on the heavy oak door of my father’s home in Milwaukee. My visit was in response […]
Canada goalkeeper Labbe candid about her depression Canada goalkeeper Labbe candid about her depression:- When Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe returned home from the Rio Olympics last summer, everyone wanted to see her bronze medal. It became a constant refrain: Where’s the medal? Can I see the medal? Show us the […]
Is Your Chronic Procrastination Actually a Matter of Mental Health Is Your Chronic Procrastination Actually a Matter of Mental Health:- Perhaps you’re checking Facebook – you know, just one more time before you get started with your work. Then it’s email. Then it’s some other obscure to-do that suddenly seems pressing […]
