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1 / 9   Remembering the Good Times When you’re living under the weight of depression, it’s easy to get stuck in a cycle of negative emotions. But new research shows that a specific way of recalling happy memories could help boost your … Continue reading →

Much more needs to be done to help spot those at risk and assist them, experts say. About half of Americans will experience some form of mental health problem at some point in their life, a new government report warns, … Continue reading →

Although mental health awareness and understanding are high in countries around the world, stigma and discrimination are still prevalent. When Maria Yerema was diagnosed with clinical depression in the late 1990’s, she made the decision not to hide it—even though … Continue reading →

There comes a time in recovery from a mental illness when you wake up one morning and say to the mirror, “I’m ready to end my treatment.” This is a time of celebration and achievement, putting all the skills you’ve … Continue reading →

By Ben Whitcomb, Special to Everyday Health My name is Ben Whitcomb. I am a father, a husband, a retired tattoo artist, and many other things. If you are a gamer, you may know me as BPgamer77, the bipolar video … Continue reading →

Behavioral therapies are recommended before resorting to drugs in a number of common conditions, such as ADHD in young children and chronic insomnia in adults. But practitioners have objected that there are barriers to providing behavioral therapies to large numbers … Continue reading →

Newer antidepressants don’t appear to carry an increased risk of cardiovascular events, according to findings from a British cohort study. As a class, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) didn’t hike the individual risks of arrhythmia, stroke, or MI, Carol Coupland, … Continue reading →

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be effective for relieving symptoms in treatment-resistant depression, Dutch researchers reported. A significant decrease in depressive symptoms was observed in 10 of 25 patients given DBS of the central anterior limb of the internal capsule … Continue reading →

Growth charting the brain’s networks could provide a novel way to detect neurocognitive abnormalities such as impaired attention functioning in youth, researchers said. Resting-state functional neuroimaging of a small cohort of youth revealed deviations from normal patterns of brain maturation … Continue reading →

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was effective at reducing risk of relapse in patients with recurrent depression, especially in those with the most severe residual symptoms, a meta-analysis showed. Patients receiving MBCT had a significantly reduced risk of depressive relapse within … Continue reading →