Author Archives: JmaC

I overheard my husband describing my health to someone on the phone the other day. “She’s definitely better,” he said. “She’s trying a lot of new things. It’s hard to say what’s helping the most.” “Well, she’ll always have it. … Continue reading →

According to the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D)study, an unbiased investigation funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, at standard doses of the most commonly used class of antidepressants (SSRIs), only 30 percent of people with severe … Continue reading →

Weight gain is one of the main reasons that people diagnosed with depression and other mood disorders stop taking their medication. Some people gain as much as seven percent of their body weight — or more — from psychiatric meds. In a study funded … Continue reading →

This is so important. Anxiety is a little-understood mental disorder, but a common one. Many with anxiety will never seek out any kind of treatment for it and often suffer alone, keeping their thoughts and feelings hidden from those around … Continue reading →

62 percent of students report marinating in perpetual, toxic anxiety. Pursuing your degree? Feeling the pressure? It’s that time in the term when the heat is turned up-between deadlines, exams and everything in between. If you are a student of today, … Continue reading →