New Book Brings Information, Hope, to People with Mental Illness

New Book Brings Information, Hope, to People with Mental Illness

Sept. 7, 2022 – Pooja Mehta began having anxiety and hearing voices when she was 15 years old. “I was fortunate to have incredibly supportive parents who insisted that I get professional help. I was very much against the idea, but I listened to them,” says Mehta, who lives in Washington, DC. She was diagnosed … Read more

Mental Health on Campus: Situation Grim, but Not Hopeless

Mental Health on Campus: Situation Grim, but Not Hopeless

Mental health issues among college students have increased by nearly 50% since 2013, one large study shows, now affecting 3 of every 5 students. Other researchers have found that the pandemic definitely contributed to a heavier toll on college students’ mental health. Source link

Marmite May Help With Anxiety, Study Finds

Marmite May Help With Anxiety, Study Finds

July 26, 2022 – While people around the world are polarized on its taste, scientists have agreed that Marmite may be good for more than just toast. New research from Reading University suggests the British pantry staple can help calm anxiety and depression. The study published in the Journal of Human Psychopharmacology recruited over 475 … Read more

Chill Factor: How Lupus Patients Can Avoid the Anxiety of Cyberchondria

Chill Factor: How Lupus Patients Can Avoid the Anxiety of Cyberchondria

You’ve gone from doctor to doctor in search of a diagnosis that would explain your rash, joint pain, and fatigue, and now – finally – there’s a name for what ails you: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), better known as lupus. The first thing you do when you get home? Type lupus into the search bar … Read more

Children who play adventurously develop better mental health, says research

Children who play adventurously develop better mental health, says research

According to new research, children who played adventurous games showed lower signs of depression or anxiety and are happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown. A study published in Child Psychiatry and Human Development which was led by the University of Exeter asked parents how often their children engaged in playing thrilling and exciting games, experienced … Read more

Five self-care tips to keep away stress and anxiety

Five self-care tips to keep away stress and anxiety

By Akanksha Pandey Maintain Sleep Hygiene Sound sleep helps in physical restoration, information processing and memorization, clears the brain of toxins, strengthens immune system and for mood regulation. Quality of sleep is as important as quantity of sleep. Don’t perform any other activity in bed other than sleeping as brain associates it as a place … Read more

As Teens Struggle With Pandemic Emotions, Recovery Is Uncertain

As Teens Struggle With Pandemic Emotions, Recovery Is Uncertain

April 26, 2022 – For Jennifer, a 16-year-old girl from South Carolina, the lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t a big deal. An only child, she’s close to her parents and was happy to spend more time with them when they were all stuck at home. But when Jennifer (who asked that her real … Read more

Why Do We Freeze Under Pressure?

Why Do We Freeze Under Pressure?

April 22, 2022 – Pat Sajak knows something brain researchers have spent decades confirming: Anyone can choke under pressure. You blank on a movie title. You freeze at a pop question. You forget – momentarily – the name of someone you’ve known for 30 years. If you’re lucky, it’s in front of a close friend … Read more

Americans Anxious About Climate Change

Americans Anxious About Climate Change

April 20, 2022 – When Rachel Lendner, a 52-year-old health educator based in Teaneck, NJ, heard that this February was the warmest in history, her heart skipped a beat. “I have a physical reaction of anxiety to hearing about climate change,” she says, in part because she is a parent. “What are we doing to … Read more

When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop

When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When people have legal access to marijuana, they’re less likely to take certain prescription drugs, new research suggests. U.S. states where recreational marijuana is legal have seen large drops in the use of prescription drugs for pain, depression, anxiety, sleep, psychosis and … Read more