Tag: Depression (Mental)

Health Panel Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65

A panel of medical experts on Tuesday recommended for the first time that doctors screen all adult patients…

The Age of Distracti-pression

If you’re wondering which pills and how many of them Americans have relied upon to make ourselves feel…

How to Prevent Memory Loss

Over his decades of treating patients, Dr. Restak has noticed that fiction requires active engagement with the text,…

Carla Morrison Wasn’t Afraid to Go Pop. It Helped Conquer Her Anxiety.

Morrison’s early recordings presented her as a pop-folk singer-songwriter, relying on guitar and keyboards. Her first full-length album,…

‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens

How the reporter Matt Richtel spoke to adolescents and parents for this series In mid-April, I was speaking…

Many Teens Report Emotional and Physical Abuse by Parents During Lockdown

New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on adolescents’ mental health during the coronavirus pandemic…

Cancer Patients Are at High Risk of Depression and Suicide, Studies Find

One day years ago, during her training in neurology, Dr. Corinna Seliger-Behme met a man with end-stage bladder…

A General Fights to Destigmatize Mental Health Issues: ‘There’s a Shame if You Show Weakness’

WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Ernest Litynski has received numerous awards and decorations during his nearly three decades in…

How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer.

She noticed something odd: In many cases, patients were responding well to antidepressant medications, but their grief, as…

Brain-Imaging Studies Hampered by Small Data Sets, Study Finds

For two decades, researchers have used brain-imaging technology to try to identify how the structure and function of…

More Teenage Girls With Eating Disorders Wound Up in the E.R. During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, emergency rooms across the country reported an increase in visits from teenage girls dealing with…

Try These Brain Foods to Improve Your Mood

“Our brains evolved to eat almost anything to survive, but increasingly we know there’s a way to fuel…