A Mumbai student has sought therapy after coming out as a lesbian to her family. “It was a terrible time in my life. My father had disowned me and I was always guilty. I felt I was letting my family down,” Alina told DW, using a pseudonym. The 25-year-old said her search for help has … Read more
Photo credit: Courtesy of Tyler Schoeber America has a mental health problem. According to the National Institute for Mental Health (NAMI), more than one in five adults in the United States suffer from mental illness each year, and rates of anxiety and depression have increased by 25% during the pandemic. For men, the situation is … Read more
Image:TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, Maskot, koto_feja/Getty. Designer: Daniele Giarratano. The idea of ingesting someone else’s poop might seem like a challenge gone wrong, but fecal matter transplants are a promising new mental health treatment. That’s because poop transplants deliver good bacteria to the colon and restore a healthy balance to the gut microbiome. Scientists are … Read more
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, ao-button”},” renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350 }”> No one needs to tell you that work is a source of stress. But the workplace and its inexorable deadlines, meetings, politics and frustration has become the biggest stressor for Americans. According to a recent data review, 83% of workers in the United States experience work-related stress. … Read more
The Toronto Center for Addiction and Mental Health is one of Canada’s largest mental health research facilities. (AFP) Canada is grappling with a time bomb of violence, addiction and suicide linked to failing mental health services for its young people. In the streets and subways of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, an ultra-modern metropolis that … Read more
WAYNESBORO Over his 45 years, Ronald North has known perhaps 15 people who died by suicide. For him it was not something extraordinary. That changed three years ago. The Waynesboro man’s partner died by suicide, sending North into a tailspin. He had already struggled with depression for most of his life. He was now going … Read more
Savannah Chrisley is getting candid about her struggle with mental health issues and how being the star of a reality show has impacted her health journey. Savannah recently caught up with mental health advocate Patrick Custer for his new episode Unlocked podcast and pondered the price of his role Chrisley knows best he hired her … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 public domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has used an assessment of gene expression involved in the immune response to show that there may be more major depressive disorder (MDD) patients with activated immune systems than research has previously estimated. By identifying the … Read more
Mental health From Brooke Kato May 30, 2023 | 17:32 The suburban American dream could be your worst nightmare. People who live in the suburbs are more likely to be depressed than those in a concrete jungle, a new study suggests. Published last week in the journal Science Advances, the study found that sprawling medium-density … Read more
From the Anash.org inbox: As a parent of young children, I’m always looking for ways to improve my parenting. But the recent obsession with secular therapy and methods has become overrated and often destructive. By Rochel B. Recently, an article was published on Anash.org by R Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin on the importance of receiving guidance … Read more