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How Loneliness Can Lead To Food Addiction And Obesity

TABLE FOR ONE! –   April; 9, 2024 - Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), UCLA Health researchers observed that…

2 weeks ago

Loneliness Worse than Smoking, Alcoholism, Obesity

VIDEO – JOIN A 12-STEP GROUP? – March 22, 2024 - Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary discusses a…

1 month ago

The Troubled Life of Edgar Allan Poe

THE PIT SWINGS BOTH WAYS – June 5, 2023 - Previous articles in this blog have described the tortured lives…

11 months ago

Therapists’ Warning! ‘Generation Sensible’ Risks Missing Out On Life’s Experiences

LIKE DOING JAIL TIME? –  Aug. 19, 2022 - Many young people increasingly choose to stay within a comfort zone…

2 years ago

Less Than 25% with Depression Respond to Treatment

THAT’S DEPRESSING –   June 27, 2022 - Their rationale for conducting the study was their belief that “Despite plenty…

2 years ago

4 Deep Psychological Reasons Smart Women Get Stuck In Unhealthy Relationships

AND BOOZE DOESN’T HELP –   June 27, 2022 - Did you know that women who have a healthy relationship…

2 years ago

7 Books to Read for Mental Health Awareness Month

ONLY 7? –   May 17, 2022 - ...but in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I talked to a…

2 years ago

Why is There Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children?

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN –  Mar. 23, 2022 - Last June, researchers from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of…

2 years ago

Henry Cavill says his dog, Kal, has saved his mental health

THIS PHOTO IS SAVING MY MENTAL HEALTH –   Dec. 6, 2021 - Dogs really are life-savers. On Monday, Henry…

2 years ago

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

ONLY ONE? –   Nov. 10, 2021 - “Bottom line: what starts during work-from-home may well continue as employees return…

2 years ago

Workshop Aims to Combat Artists’ Addiction, Isolation and Death

THE WAY TO MAN’S ART IS THROUGH HIS HEART –    Oct. 2021 - During a recent workshop, seven students…

3 years ago

Tallahassee Experiences Increase In Crime and Drug Use

WAR ON POOR PEOPLE CONTINUES –   Oct. 10, 2021 - The layout of Tallahassee and the many different demographics…

3 years ago

Facebook Knew Instagram is TOXIC/DEADLY for Teenagers

WATCH – INSTADEPRESSED - THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW –    Sept. 15, 2021 - Leaked documents from Facebook have revealed…

3 years ago

Why We Missed Hugs

WARMTH AND AFFECTION –    August 16, 2021 - Similar to regular hunger, touch hunger serves as an alert that…

3 years ago

The Hidden Pandemic: Addiction

NO VACCINE ‘CEPT GOD –    August 20, 2021 - Because many who are already addicts are having to self-isolate…

3 years ago

‘America’s new asylums’

CRIMINAL INJUSTICE SYSTEM –  May 14, 2021 - “Unfortunately, mental health seems to only come to the forefront when there…

3 years ago

‘I’m more worried about my mental health than getting COVID-19’

SICK OF SCHOOL –  April 1, 2021 - Campbell Stowell, another first-year student, reiterated these worries. “My depression and anxiety…

3 years ago

The Rise of Therapy-Speak

“HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?” –  March 26, 2021 - Perhaps the language of mental health is burgeoning because actual…

3 years ago

Why Is Online Shopping So Addictive?

SHOP ’TIL YOU CAN’T STOP –  March 25, 2021 - The pleasure of acquiring superfluous shoes and kitchenware is, predictably,…

3 years ago

Heroic Artist Battles the Stigma of Being Mentally Ill

WATCH – THROWING OFF THE STRAITJACKET –  March 17, 2021 - As I lurked on Facebook, chatting with various peer…

3 years ago

Meghan Markle’s mental health struggles echo Princess Diana’s experience

A “ROYAL” FAMILY MATTER –  March 11, 2021 - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey first…

3 years ago

18 Films That Explore Mental Illness

REEL RECOVERY MOVIES FOR ALL –  Feb. 25, 2021 - And while mental illness still holds far too significant of…

3 years ago

Kids’ Mental health is pediatricians’ greatest concern

HEALING EMOTIONAL BOO BOOS –  Feb. 27, 2021 - Pediatricians and adolescent health experts have cautioned for months that the…

3 years ago

‘It’s Pandemic Within a Pandemic’

WATCH – YET, THERE IS SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR –  Feb. 4, 2021 - They say increased isolation and…

3 years ago

‘Lockdown broke me: After 15 years of sobriety, I drank. Secretly, alone.’

KEEP COMING BACK –   Jan. 25, 2021 - This January, I would have been 15 years sober. In 2006,…

3 years ago

The Pandemic’s Toll on Children’s Mental Health

SUFFER THE CHILDREN, AND TEENS, TOO –   Jan 12, 2021 - KRISSY WILLIAMS, 15, had attempted suicide before, but…

3 years ago

Lost Touch: How Year Without Hugs Affects You

PRIMITIVE NEED NOT BEING MET –  Jan. 25, 2021 - Nina Smith is 40, and lives alone in south London.…

3 years ago

How Bad IS Quarantine for my Body?

TRY BENDING OVER –   January 22, 2021 - ...Leah Whigman, associate professor at UTHealth School of Public Health in…

3 years ago

Excessive Drinking During Covid Hits Women Harder

LISTEN – Women Suffer More –  January 14, 2021 - From the earliest days of the pandemic, social media has…

3 years ago

Prozac Withdrawal, Side Effects, Addiction and Treatment

Read the fine print –   Jan. 2, 2021 - Alternative to Meds Center been tackling antidepressant withdrawal for over…

3 years ago