10 signs of high functioning anxiety you need to know
Long before the coronavirus pandemic mixed fear and uncertainty into daily life, Americans felt stressed out.
They worried about the country’s rising health care costs,...
How to build resilience and boost your mental health
Wave after wave of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is taking a heavy toll on our collective mental health, causing depression and anxiety.
"Everyone's going through it:...
5 hidden signs of depression you need to know
About one in eight over the age of 12 take antidepressants for mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.
A quarter of those has done...
10 strange things depression make you do
In the general population, there is a strong link between how people currently feel and what activities they choose to engage in next.
This mechanism—mood...
Depression drug Ketamine could treat anxiety rapidly
Life isn’t always a walk in the park– you, like everyone else, experience the highs and lows of daily living.
There will be moments of...
How to beat SAD (seasonal affective disorder)
On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil, the seer of seers, prognosticator of prognosticators, climbed out of his hole in western Pennsylvania and saw his...
People with anxiety disorders may have abnormal heart-brain connection
In a new study from the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, researchers found an abnormal link between the heart and brain in women with...
My experience with depression and how I overcome it
Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Common examples...
6 foods to avoid if you have anxiety
We all experience stress and anxiety from time to time.
In those moments, it can be tempting to quell emotions with food. For some, food...
6 things trauma survivors can relate to
Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape or natural disaster.
Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer-term...