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‘Prolonged Grief Disorder’ Now a Mental Health Diagnosis

THEIR TURN TO CRY – Mar. 22, 2022 - It will most likely open a stream of funding for research into treatments — naltrexone, a drug used to help treat addiction, is currently in clinical trials as a form of grie... Read More...

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Paradox Of How Antidepressants Are Tested

DEPRESSED NEED NOT APPLY – March 15, 2022 - One afternoon in April 2018 I answered my rarely-used home telephone to a barrage of questions. On a crackly landline, a researcher from the University of Exeter, UK... Read More...

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Mrs. Doubtfire Co-Star Says Robin Williams Gave Him important Addiction Advice

WISHED HE HEARD WHAT HE SAID – March 13, 2022 - Lawrence said Williams gave him a ‘gift’ by being so candid about drug addiction, and gave him an important piece of advice. ‘Don’t ever do drugs. Especially coc... Read More...

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Making Peace With Your Body

IT STARTS RIGHT NOW – Mar. 18, 2022 - How long would it be, I wondered, until they would be repeating some version of this refrain? Just moments before, I had listened to a whole different storyline unfold. Tw... Read More...

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Kathy Griffin Calls Her Pill Addiction ‘Almost Comical’

WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? – March 18, 2022 - “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Griffin admitted. “I was just such a crazy workaholic, and all of a sudden, I had this time on my hands, and then I was depressed,... Read More...

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It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now

AUDIO – LOST AT HOME – March 6, 2022 - In most cases, their waiting lists were closed as well, even though Gullett was willing to pay hundreds of dollars in cash for each session. She spent February’s Super Bo... Read More...

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The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety

BOOK REVIEW – March, 2022 - As some of the millions of people on psychiatric medication inevitably decide to discontinue their meds for one reason or another, what I’m witnessing is that there are legions of pe... Read More...

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TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness

CRAZY – Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave us they go right back into that TikTok community which reinforces their beliefs,” said Don Grant, exec... Read More...

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Marian Keyes on Sobriety and Marriage

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – Feb. 15, 2022 - Lauded by contemporaries, including David Nicholls and Jo Jo Moyes, there’s light and dark in all Keyes’ novels, equal measures of hilarity and heartbreak. She has explore... Read More...

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New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis

REDUCE THE COST OF BURIALS – Feb. 8, 2022 - The pandemic has contributed to a surge in substance misuse including fatal overdoses. At least one in 10 Americans initiated or increased drug use amid rising anxie... Read More...

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Mother Sues Facebook, Snapchat Over Daughter’s ‘extreme addiction’ Before Suicide

GREED KILLS – Feb. 5, 2022 - Court papers state that before her death from suicide, Selena had struggled for two years with addiction to Instagram and Snapchat, and was hospitalised for emergency psychiatric ca... Read More...

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12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety

GROWING UP – Feb. 9, 2022 - In his book, Dr Berger suggests that Bill Wilson concluded that the ultimate purpose of practicing the 12 Steps was to achieve emotional sobriety. (2021, p.23) Wilson wrote about the... Read More...

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Maine Might Legalize ‘magic mushroom’ to Treat Depression

AUDIO – AND THEY TASTE GOOD TOO – Jan. 30, 2022 - In 2015, he took the leap. Because psilocybin is an illegal drug, he had to be discreet. He secured the psychedelic fungus from black market sources, then ... Read More...

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How Workaholism Is Destroying Our Mental Health

MONEY IS THE ROOT ALL PROGRESS? – Jan. 5, 2022 - Although hard work has always been an indispensable moral virtue, providing integrity and self-satisfaction, overwork is a noxious concept. “Workaholic” is a buz... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionFeb 1 2022Mental HealthRecovery

The Best Anti-Depressent Foods You’re Not Eating

AU NATURAL – While Dr. Mann’s research found that traditional comfort foods don’t have a meaningful effect on mood, a growing body of research shows that improving the quality of a person’s diet can have a sig... Read More...

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Is COVID Depression Driving Labor Shortages Around The World?

WATCH – NO REASON TO GET OUT OF BED – Jan. 21, 2022 - While companies struggle to find employees at a time of peak employment, a COVID-related mental health crisis is putting hundreds of thousands of people out... Read More...

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Fiesta Black on Beating Alcoholism and Depression

COMEBACK – Jan. 14, 2022 - In 2020, I thought I knew what needed to be fixed, but I didn’t,” she tells Drum. ”I needed to experience a few hardships for me to know who I truly am and my full potential.” ... Read More...

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Trending Now: Psychedelic Therapy

WATCH – WHAT GOES AROUND... – Jan. 7, 2022 - “It’s understandable that it’s taken a while to get past the stigma, but ... I think within the next year, we’re going to see more federal funding and less of a hes... Read More...

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Ketamine May Quickly Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression

WATCH – WORKS FAST TOO – Dec. 27, 2021 - The new review, published recently in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open, pulls together all published research on ketamine as a treatment for psychiatric disorders... Read More...

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These High-Achievers Share Mental Health Struggles

‘That’s making me better’ – Dec 31 2021 - Last month, five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love told CNBC Make It that he started using mental health struggles as fuel to win basketball games as early as high school. But t... Read More...

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Are We Prescribing Antidepressants Wrong?

IS THERE A RIGHT WAY? – Dec. 21. 2021 - That’s not to say we shouldn’t use antidepressants at all – in many instances, they save lives and work well. But the authors of the new review, which appears in the Briti... Read More...

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Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years of Sobriety

SHE SURRENDERED TO WIN – Dec. 23, 2021 - Ramsay explained that she’s able to now process her feelings “consciously” rather than mask them with a drink. “Alcohol and antidepressants do not mix well at ... Read More...

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Surge of Mental Health Issues for Kids Back In-School

LISTEN – NO SAFE SPACE TO LEARN? – Dec. 23, 2021 - RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: When Millis Public Schools opened its doors this fall, teachers and staff were happy to have everyone back in classrooms.&n... Read More...

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Therapists Deluged by Emerging Mental Health Crisis

TSUNAMI OF PAIN – Dec. 16, 2021 - Nine out of 10 therapists say the number of clients seeking care is on the rise, and most are experiencing a significant surge in calls for appointments, longer waiting lists ... Read More...

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Are We Losing the War for Our Children?

WHO’S EVEN TRYING? – Dec. 3, 2021 - Even more so, sadness and anxiety have ensnared many young people in a vise-like grasp. “Likes” and “views” on social media have caused some of them to continuously compare ... Read More...

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WARNING! Young People Face ‘Devastating’ Mental Health Crisis According to Surgeon General

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN? – Dec. 7, 2021 - Although blame for adolescent distress is often pinned on social media, the research suggests that screen time alone does not account for crisis. Rather... Read More...

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Intranasal Drug May Be The Future of Depression Treatments

WORKS BEST WITHOUT A DEVIATED SEPTUM – Nov. 12, 2021 - The scientists began by working with GLP-2, a neuropeptide that has shown anti-depressant effects even in treatment-resistant depression. Considering many... Read More...

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Psilocybin Reveals Drug’s Efficacy Treating Depression

DOORS OF ELATION – Nov. 13, 2021 - About 29.1% of patients who received the highest dose of psilocybin — the compound found in magic mushrooms — were in remission three weeks after treatment compared with 7.6% of t... Read More...

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depression

‘Prolonged Grief Disorder’ Now a Mental Health Diagnosis

Paradox Of How Antidepressants Are Tested

Mrs. Doubtfire Co-Star Says Robin Williams Gave Him important Addiction Advice

Making Peace With Your Body

Kathy Griffin Calls Her Pill Addiction ‘Almost Comical’

It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now

The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety

TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness

Marian Keyes on Sobriety and Marriage

New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis

Mother Sues Facebook, Snapchat Over Daughter’s ‘extreme addiction’ Before Suicide

12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety

Maine Might Legalize ‘magic mushroom’ to Treat Depression

How Workaholism Is Destroying Our Mental Health

The Best Anti-Depressent Foods You’re Not Eating

Is COVID Depression Driving Labor Shortages Around The World?

Fiesta Black on Beating Alcoholism and Depression

Ketamine May Quickly Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression

Are We Prescribing Antidepressants Wrong?

San Francisco Approves Emergency Declaration In Tenderloin

Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years of Sobriety

Surge of Mental Health Issues for Kids Back In-School

Therapists Deluged by Emerging Mental Health Crisis

Are We Losing the War for Our Children?

WARNING! Young People Face ‘Devastating’ Mental Health Crisis According to Surgeon General

1 in 4 Workers Have Been Under the Influence During Video Conferencing

Intranasal Drug May Be The Future of Depression Treatments

Psilocybin Reveals Drug’s Efficacy Treating Depression