Highlight Among people with healthy kidneys, those who had more frequent depressive symptoms were more likely to show signs of rapid decline in kidney function over a median follow-up of 4 years. Washington, DC (May 28, 2021) – In a study of adults with normal kidney function, those with frequent …
Read More »Mental health and COVID | Washington Health System
Written by Emily King A year ago, did you think you would spend most of 2020 getting away from loved ones and wearing masks in public? For most people, dealing with a global pandemic was not on their plans. You are expected to go through negative feelings like stress, disappointment, …
Read More »New Approach to Mental Health Treatment Wins National Mind Springs Award | Business
There has been a local, state and national outcry for better mental health treatment. And, in the eyes of Michelle Hoy, executive vice president of Mind Springs Health, service providers were not meeting that demand sufficiently. So Hoy and Dr Jules Rosen, former Chief Medical Officer of Mind Springs, 515 …
Read More »NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. begins trading on Nasdaq as NRXP, following merger between NeuroRx, Inc. and Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: BRPA)
NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Begins Trading on Nasdaq as NRXP Tweet this As a Nasdaq-listed company, NRx will deploy public capital to further develop two investigational drugs: ZYESAMI â¢, (Aviptadil Acetate), the first investigational drug named by the FDA as Fast Track, to be studied in patients. critically ill with respiratory …
Read More »Mothers’ Depression Impacts Mother-Child Relationships
In a study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), researchers at the Maudsley Biomedical Research Center (BRC) looked at whether depression, before or during pregnancy, affects the mother-child relationship. The research was published today (Tuesday, May 25) in BJPsych Open now. The researchers examined the quality of …
Read More »Why the mental health treatment approach is not universal
Almost one in five adults in the United States lives with a mental illness, and there are many ways to seek treatment – from psychiatrists, who have the ability to prescribe medication, to psychologists, therapists and counselors. âThere is a wide range of ways to approach issues such as anxiety, …
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Credit: (Gerd Altmann from Pixabay)File photo Children struggle with distance learning and isolation. Parents have been forced to balance childcare and homework. Most people have delayed routine medical exams at some point in the past 15 months – or have been forced to postpone serious treatment – and almost everyone …
Read More »Remote therapy was a lifeline for mental health during the pandemic. What is happening now?
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced behavioral health service providers to stop seeing patients in person and holding remote therapy sessions, the change produced an unintended positive consequence: fewer patients skipped appointments -you. This has long been a problem in mental health care. Some outpatient programs previously had no-show rates of …
Read More »Virtual therapy helps clients and clinicians in rural Minnesota as demand hits record high
âWe are going through very traumatic events in a short period of time with many unknowns about our destination,â said Dina Clabaugh, psychotherapist and founder and CEO of Insight Counseling at Duluth. “It only increased the anxiety, depression, isolation, trauma and grief.” This is not necessarily bad news. Katie Erickson, …
Read More »Healthy Tahoe: Evidence Found for Prevention of Mental Health Disorders
There is a medical disorder that affects 17.3 million adults in the United States each year. A disorder that could increase a person’s risk of coronary heart disease by 64%. Dr Wes Irwin We are talking about depression. Depression is one of the most common health problems in America. It …
Read More »Knowing how to recognize the signs of depression
It can start with just taking care of your neighbor. âWe can take care of the person close to or next to us and start with that person,â said Brittany Drawbaugh, manager of adult and family services at Centerstone in Seymour. “If you notice that things are not going well, …
Read More »Depression and other mental health issues have a promising new treatment – and the stigma
When I was hospitalized with anxiety and depression in my early 20s, one of the facility’s patients – a young mother – started talking to me while waiting for her ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, commonly known as shock therapy. How can a psychedelic party drug be a useful tool in …
Read More »How technology can help fight perinatal depression
Perinatal mental illness affects between 7% and 20% of women worldwide, as well as men, but it is still surrounded by stigma and prejudice. The Covid-19 pandemic has not improved the situation. Is it time for technology to step in? This content was published on May 21, 2021 – 06:00 …
Read More »Person-centered experiential therapy not inferior to CBT for depression at 6 months
Source / Disclosures Disclosures: Barkham reports that he served on the editorial board of the journal published by the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP), for which he is entitled to an honorarium, and previously served as an unpaid member of the research and scientific committees of the BACP …
Read More »New Hanover will focus on drug abuse prevention with future funding
New Hanover officials say they are optimistic about the future of opioid dependence prevention and treatment as North Carolina released new details on how it will allocate potential funding in the future. Attorney General Josh Stein and the Association of North Carolina County Commissioners announced in late April that future …
Read More »For some MLS players, depression and anxiety are the toughest enemies
The nights have always been the most difficult for Dominique Badji. During the day Badji, a forward from Nashville SC, a sophomore club in MLS, has football to occupy his mind and his teammates to distract him from his thoughts. A “kind of paradise, a little bubble,” he says. But …
Read More »Increased serotonin transporters after treatment for depression
A possible cause of depression could be linked to low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. Levels of a neurotransmitter in the brain – serotonin – could be linked to depression because it is transported far from synapses of brain neurons by the transporter protein, 5-HTT. A new …
Read More »Young adults face barriers in accessing mental health care
Noelle Broughton is an accomplished student. She is in a graduate program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and is heading towards a PhD. It also fights against anxiety and self-doubt. As a child, she had a few therapy sessions, but they didn’t last. Now, at 25, she wants to try …
Read More »LiveWell Foundation provides accessible and affordable help to people struggling with depression
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – Depression is one of the most common chronic health problems, but 70% of people cannot find help available or affordable. The LiveWell Foundation aims to change that. Stefanie Glick says she felt “hopeless” when she went through a bout of clinical depression five years ago. She couldn’t …
Read More »Most people with depression want others to really understand them
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – In a new national poll, the GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor found that 83% of people with depression agree that life would be easier if others could understand their depression. Yet most people who have not suffered from depression may not be able to understand the …
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How will cancer and cancer treatment affect your sexual health? Talking about sex can be a sensitive topic. It is, however, important to discuss how cancer and cancer treatment can affect sexuality and how to deal with any issues that may arise. It may be helpful to write down your …
Read More »El Paso Research Uncovers Potential For Antidepressant Addiction
EL PASO, Texas – Parents should know that early introduction of antidepressants in children could lead to lifelong use, according to a study by a psychology team at the University of Texas at El Paso recently published in Scientific Reports, a prestigious journal that is part of Nature Publishing Group. …
Read More »Greater sleep disturbances associated with external factors in patients with gastrointestinal cancers
Higher levels of sleep disturbances were associated with certain factors such as younger age, a high rate of co-morbidities and a high number of previous cancer treatments in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, according to a presentation from the recent 2021 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Annual Meeting. According to Yufen …
Read More »APA 2021: Antidepressants in treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression
The combination of antidepressants (AD) and antipsychotics (AP) and / or mood stabilizers (MS) generates a greater clinical response in treatment-resistant unipolar depression (TRD-UP) than in depression treatment-resistant bipolar (TRD-BD), and no clinical benefit was seen by adding AD to TRD-BD regimens, according to study results presented at the American …
Read More »Serotonin surges after three months of treatment for depression, research finds
© Katarzyna Bialasiewicz A team from the Karolinska Institute found that some patients who recovered by accessing treatment for depression had increased levels of serotonin transporters. This year, a new blood test was created to assess future potential for depression. And in January, a team based in the United States …
Read More »Healthy Tahoe: Depression, Social Anxiety, What’s the Correlation?
Depression and social anxiety are two of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. About 6.8% of the American population is affected by social anxiety and about 6.7% of adults experience major depression each year. Many men and women who struggle with social anxiety develop extreme fears …
Read More »At the end of a pandemic, my advice for navigating the next one
We are all starting to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, but it’s important to realize that this welcoming glow will not magically erase the emotional toll of COVID-19. This pandemic erupted like a hurricane, leaving us all shaken and bruised. Now that the storm is …
Read More »River Oaks Field Trip Health Clinic Brings Ketamine Therapy to Treat Depression
Opening May 10, the River Oaks facility will be home to Houston’s next Ketamine Enhanced Psychotherapy Clinic. Here, patients can undergo psychedelic therapy in a specially designed space. It is located at 4310 Westheimer Road, Suite 220. The best hits: Get Houston Chronicle stories straight to your inbox While ketamine …
Read More »Disconnect from depression: new survey finds most people with depression feel deeply misunderstood
Posted: May 8, 2021 / 9:17 a.m. CDT / Update: May 8, 2021 / 9:17 a.m. CDT (Credit: Getty Images) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) – A new national survey from GeneSight Mental Health Monitor finds that 83% of people diagnosed with depression say life would be easier if others could understand …
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (WBBH) – Michael Childress will never forget the day – the moment – he stopped just before he took his own life. âI literally had my shotgun in my mouth. Trigger finger, âChildress recalls. âFor some reason I stopped. It wasn’t long after a traumatic experience he …
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