Depression is increasing in industrialized countries, and no one is sure why. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that one in 10 American adults is suffering from depression; in Great Britain, government estimates are as high as one in six. This is roughly triple the rates that occurred in 1992.
Now that you’ve completed rehab and are beginning your new life in recovery, you’re probably filled with information and tips on what to do and how to begin living drug- and alcohol-free. The trouble is, as anyone who’s made this transition or is attempting to do so, it isn’t all that easy. In fact, for …
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If you are what you eat, then consumers of Happy Meals should be doing great. Nevertheless, a team of Spanish researchers say that eating convenience food is more likely a sign of possible depression than the reverse.
New research may offer some insight into how individuals deal with depression, especially when they are predisposed to the mental illness, according to a news article.
A recent study in Finland found that people who live alone tend to take more prescriptions for antidepressants than those who live with others. This study, linking living alone with depression, has raised multiple questions that may spur more research on this new link.
In a “Hot Topics” article in Phoenix Magazine’s latest volume (Vol. 47 No. 4), we offer the story of one of our alumni as a example of the harm that prescription drug addiction can do to a person. It was a syringe full of medicine that plunged her down the rabbit hole, and medicine that …
Understanding the relationship between negative mood regulation, post traumatic stress disorder, childhood trauma and adult trauma was the topic of a recent medical article. A recent study at the Center for Healthcare Evaluation in California took on the task to correlate the different traumas and conditions so that clinicians can better treat their patients.
Teenagers have many reasons to be online since the creation of social networking. No longer headed for the library, students can do virtually all of their research and homework online. For some parents, it is a challenge to distinguish between necessary Internet use and excessive levels of surfing. A new study recently published in the …
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The passing of years sometimes does not erase the emotional impact of war’s cruel realities. Seeing your friend and fellow soldier suffer injury or possibly die can lead to seemingly endless rounds of self-questioning and doubt. Thoughts about how the tragedy might have been averted and wondering what could have been done differently haunt survivors …
Bipolar Disorder changes a person’s mood from one extreme to another, sometimes within a matter of minutes. Moods may quickly swing from depression to elation. Doctors prescribe medications to help ease the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, but researchers have also found that certain foods can both help and hinder the effects of the mood disorder. …