depression

‘I was homeless drug addict but turned my life around after being given a chance’

COMPASSION MATTERS – Feb. 23, 2023 - The 29-year-old was in and out of prison, as he dabbled in crime…

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School Chief Claims Dad Michael Refused Drug Rehab for Bullied Girl, 14, Who Killed Herself

MOM DIED TOO – Feb. 10, 2023 - Though her father, Michael Kuch, stated Brandy died due to addiction, now,…

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Is the Brain Wired Differently in People With Addiction?

YES MAYBE NO PERHAPS –  Feb. 16, 2023 - Risks associated with substance abuse include dangerous driving, missed work, problems…

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More School Counselors Could Help Address Youth Mental Health Crisis

EACH ONE TEACH ONE –  Jan. 9, 2023 - These developments drew new attention to a worsening situation, yet concrete…

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Can Ketamine Cure Cheerlessness?

VIDEO – EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE –  Jan. 4, 2023  - In 2016, before most people had heard about ketamine for…

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Neuroscientist Explains: Cannabis Users More Likely to Develop Chronic Major Depression

THE BUZZ THAT LASTS A LIFETIME –  Nov. 24, 2022 - While cannabis is usually looked at as a drug…

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Antidepressants Don’t Work the Way Many People Think

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD –  Nov. 8, 2022 - “I worry that patients who are really struggling, especially now,…

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Struggling With Depression, Alcoholism & Addiction, Arnold Schwarzenegger Gave Meaning to Strongman’s Life

HE CAME BACK –    Nov. 16, 2022 - Eddie Hall is a former strongman, weightlifter, actor, and media personality.…

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Mindfulness Meditation Works as Well as Lexapro

INSURANCE NOT NECESSARY –  Nov. 9, 2022 - Mindfulness is a form of meditation that emphasizes focusing only on what’s…

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Mushroom Drug Treats Severe Depression

MAGICAL HEALINGS –    Nov. 2, 2022 - Most had been severely depressed for more than a year and were…

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I’m Behavioral Scientist. Here’s How I Pull Myself Out of a Funk

GENTLY –    Oct. 2022 - This capacity for inward reflection, as remarkable as it is, causes an unending amount…

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Who Diagnoses Depression?

YOU AND YOUR THERAPIST –  Oct. 27, 2022 - One study found that the greatest risk factor for depression was…

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Hang-xiety? How Night of Drinking Can Tank Your Mood

GETTING A DUI? –    Oct. 6, 2022 - One of the many things I have noticed about life after…

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Long Term Antidepressant Use Linked To Increased Morbidity and Mortality

BUMMER –  Oct. 6, 2022 - The authors then assessed the association between antidepressant use and four different morbidities: diabetes,…

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Sad In The Fall? There’s A Reason For That.

SUMMER IS OVER? –    Oct. 12, 2022 - But seasonal affective disorder can happen at any time, in any…

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Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction, and Illness Under Capitalism

VIDEO – SOCIETY’S CHILD –  Oct. 14, 2022 - This is helpful. I’ve never made the connection between societal (in…

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Why Are Kids So Sad?

FASCISM? –  Oct. 11, 2022 - But the technology thesis hasn’t performed well under critical examination, as the Times package…

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Adwoa Aboah: Loneliness Attached to Sobriety is Like ‘grieving period’

IT’S WORTH IT –  Oct. 8, 2022 - She said: “I don’t think people talk about it (loneliness) enough when…

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LSD-based drugs help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip

STANLEY MOUSE? –    Oct. 5, 2022 - The new drug comes from a large team of scientists who did…

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Ibogaine Addiction Treatment In Brazil

WORTH THE AIRFARE –    Sept. 21, 2022 - In recent decades, after a strong renaissance of clinical research around…

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Revelatory Account of Mental Illness

IS EVERYBODY CRAZY? –  Sept. 23, 2022 - It’s a startling passage in the prologue of “Strangers to Ourselves,” but…

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“The Myth of Normal”: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in Toxic Culture

THE DRAMA KING –  Sept. 16, 2022 - “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of…

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Life-size Lanterns Raise Awareness of Suicide and Mental Injury

ART CAN HEAL TOO! –  Sept. 23, 2022 - “Too often, we see people suffering in silence,” said Emily Norton…

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Can Multiple Psychiatric Drugs Improve Minority Communities?

SO MANY MOUTHS TO DRUG –    Sept. 14, 2022 - “It has been documented in adults that Black patients…

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Nothing seemed to relieve their depression. Then they tried ketamine.

DO TRY THIS AT HOME –    Sept. 12, 2022 - While the study has limitations, the findings appear to…

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After years of food addiction & depression, Tamara Walcott says powerlifting ‘saved me from myself’

VIDEO – WORTH THE WEIGHT –    Sept. 13, 2022 - The private, deep-rooted significance powerlifting assumed in her life…

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Confirms He’s One-Year Sober

EVEN IN NEW JERSEY –  Aug. 12, 2022 - The “Celebrity Fear Factor” alum, who noted that he’s had “basically…

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Mental Health Crisis Tears Fabric Of College Sports

PUSHED TO FAR? –    Aug. 12, 2022 - Houle saw a sports psychologist as a high school sophomore after…

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The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression is Dead

SCIENCE IS ALIVE –  Aug. 2, 2022 - They have done us a favour by corralling the evidence that says…

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OPINION: Recovery is Beautiful, Recovery is Hard, Choose Life Over Addiction

SINGING A SOBER SONG –  Aug. 2, 2022 - For over 17 years, I not only struggled with an active…

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