Emotional Health
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Can teaching happiness help to reduce symptoms of depression? Researchers at Duke University Medical School and The University of California, Riverside say probably, and as an added bonus, learning to incorporate activities like counting your blessings or writing thank you notes into a daily routine gets happiness results fast, and doesn’t cost much at all.
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A third of people asking for a nose job have a mental illness called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).
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Pregnant women who experience significant depression or anxiety during pregnancy are more likely to have children who suffer with asthma.
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Ashley Rose
Diseases like depression, schizophrenia and other mental health disorders account for 45% of the disability experienced by those aged 10 to 24 world-wide. The distant second and third ranking causes of young person disability are injuries (12%) and infectious diseases (10%).
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More than 330 000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have now received mental health treatment in the VA health system. For a typical returning soldier it takes an average of 4 years to access mental health benefits.
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nirbhao
Although in 2010 Americans filled 254 million prescriptions for SSRI anti depressants (like Zoloft, Prozac and others) a significant percentage of people taking these medications experienced little benefit. Researchers out of Rockefeller University think they know why – saying that common over the counter pain medications, like aspirin or ibuprofen, may nullify the effects of SSRIs.
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Canadian Clara Hughes opened up this week to talk about the depression that lurked behind her record breaking Olympic career.
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James C Farner
People with locked in syndrome paralysis are mentally aware but unable to move anything in their bodies, with the exception of their eyes. Although it’s difficult to imagine living a satisfying life under such difficult conditions, a new study shows that an overwhelming number of patients with the disorder say they’re happy. People who have had the condition for a longer period of time were more likely to report happiness, which raises points for discussion in any debate about the validity of euthanasia.
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LunnaDiRimmel
In the study of women who had been exposed to severe trauma, those with high levels of PACAP experienced 5 times the PTSD symptoms of those with below normal levels of the hormone. This is the first biological marker ever discovered that could identify which people are at increased risk of the anxiety disorder.
(0)Meditation and Mindfulness Works as Well as Anti Depressant Medication to Prevent Depression Relapse
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Kevin Labianco
Mindfulness, a technique out of Buddhist meditation that helps people stay focused on the present moment, works as well as anti depressant medications in helping people with depression avoid relapse.
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MikeBaird
Researchers at Tufts University say that practitioners of Tai Chi benefit from improved mood and decreased stress and anxiety.
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Ed Yourdon
Failing to get enough of the sunshine vitamin might increase your risks for depression, as well as a host of other chronic conditions.
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Researchers at Brigham Young University say that receiving counseling over the phone seems almost as effective as in-person therapy for the treatment of depression.
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Mrs magic
People tend to gain a little weight during times of stress – there’s just something about anxiety that seems to have us reaching for fatty and sugary ‘comfort’ foods. Now, scientists in Israel say think they now why; they’ve isolated a gene that causes the release of a protein called Ucn3, and high levels of this protein in the body affects us by changing the foods we crave, and eat.
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SBishop
A new research study has proven that the magnetic brain stimulation does work for some people who have severe depression that does not respond to anti depressants.
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