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 …
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, …
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 …
Paula Schnurr, PhD, Executive Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), was presented with the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) …
The holidays are here and one of the issues people face when spending time with family is that some loved ones don't believe in mental illness. This lack of belief often upsets people with mental illness tremendously and …
