Category Archives: Depression

Mental health awareness coming to light in Albany Co. – NEWS10 ABC

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In just a few weeks when you fill out your tax forms, you'll notice something different. It's a new box you can check off to help support mental health awareness. It's a first of its kind in the nation after …

High Fat Low Carb Diet Beneficial in Schizophrenia – EmaxHealth

Fat in the diet has been maligned for years, but new evidence shows that fat is actually beneficial for the brain and neurological function and may be useful in the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.

16 Ways To Improve Your Mental Health In 2016 – Huffington Post

New Year's resolutions often focus on improving physical health, but what if you focused on mental health this year? While the culture at large often dismisses mental self-care, in part because of the stigma against those facing …

A Vaccine for Depression? – Nautilus

They treat depression as if it were caused by a chemical imbalance: Pump in more of one key ingredient, or sop up another, and you will have fixed the problem. Beck_BR-2 Prepared: One day, soldiers heading into combat could be … “I really do think stress is to mental illness as cigarettes are to heart disease,” says Gerard Sanacora, the psychiatry professor running the ketamine trial at Yale. The theory describes stress grinding down individual neurons gradually, as …

Could Ketamine Be Used to Vaccinate for Depression or PTSD?

Depression is the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 30 percent of Americans at some point in their lives. But despite half a century of research, ubiquitous advertising, and blockbuster sales, …