Iconic construction toy company LEGO has made a bold assertion linking the use of its novelty blocks with positive mental health outcomes for Australians. The Denmark-based brand has spruiked its product as being just as, if not more, beneficial for adults than for children in a statement issued ahead of Wednesday’s R U OK? Day. … Read more
Three in four Americans would do “nearly anything” to have a single stress-free day. A new poll of 2,000 Americans revealed one in 10 can’t even remember the last time they had a stress-free day. When people feel stressed out, they avoid necessary tasks like doing laundry (20%), vacuuming (15%), and cleaning their homes (15%). … Read more
Elizabeth Olsen said she suffered panic attacks “on the hour every hour” during early adulthood when she lived in Manhattan. In an interview with Variety, the 33-year-old actress revealed how she “didn’t understand what anxiety or a panic attack was” until she was 21 — and how she thought she was going to “drop dead” … Read more
CNN — Expectant mothers taking many common antidepressants need no longer worry the medication may harm their child’s future behavioral or cognitive neurodevelopment, according to a new study of over 145,000 women and their children across the United States followed for up to 14 years. “Results of previous studies on this topic have presented conflicting … Read more
CNN — Expectant mothers taking many common antidepressants need no longer worry the medication may harm their child’s future behavioral or cognitive neurodevelopment, according to a new study of over 145,000 women and their children across the United States followed for up to 14 years. “Results of previous studies on this topic have presented conflicting … Read more
Could a burger a day keep the depression away? A new study published by the Journal of Affective Disorders found that beef was the only food linked to a lower risk of depression. Researchers wanted to look into the association between vegetarianism and depression among adults. They asked 14,216 people in Brazil between the ages … Read more
Hailey Bieber looked back on her “lowest” point, recalling a time when she didn’t want “to be here anymore.” The model’s mindset became “really dark” in the past, she told “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alexandra Cooper when asked about her “lowest moment” in Wednesday’s episode. “You can start having thoughts of it not being … Read more
Anthony Bourdain struggled with fame and heartbreak in the days leading up to his death by suicide, a new book reveals. In an unauthorized biography titled “Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain,” journalist Charles Leerhsen includes text messages sent by the late celebrity chef in his final days that give insight … Read more
Loneliness has recently been called an epidemic in the US — and for good reason. Researchers from Deep Longevity, Stanford University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong studied the impact of loneliness, restlessness and unhappiness on the aging body. Their findings suggested that these negative emotional predicaments may have a greater effect on health … Read more
Eating green and feeling blue? Vegetarians experience depressive episodes twice as frequently as meat eaters, according to a new study by Brazilian researchers published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. There’s a “positive association between the prevalence of depressive episodes and a meatless diet,” the study read. Scientists set out to investigate the potential association … Read more
Meghan Trainor claims the nurses who cared for her and her son when she gave birth implied she was to blame for the newborn’s admission into the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). “They kept asking me if I was on antidepressants during the pregnancy, and I was, but on the lowest dose possible,” the “All … Read more
Socialist and progressive city council members are looking to advance a bill that would pay drug users to return spent paraphernalia as the number of discarded needles in New York City has more than doubled over the last year. The proposed cash-for-addicts program “would authorize the [Department of Health and Mental Hygiene] to set the … Read more
New York City school kids are losing their minds over the zonked-out drug addicts and raving vagrants they encounter every day – and are flocking to therapists to find ways to cope with the stress, The Post has learned. In neighborhoods such as Hell’s Kitchen “a lot” of kids are now in therapy, according to … Read more
When mom-of-three Heather Behrends’ oldest son Jake, 15, started playing baseball, she found herself getting involved. Very involved. “I would go out to practice with him and critique what he was doing — every swing he would take,” Behrends, 43, recalled. Behrends wanted Jake to do well, and when the Denver-based founder of parenting blog … Read more
Nearly 10 percent of all Americans will experience symptoms of depression every year. One of the common forms of treatment includes a combination of therapy and antidepressants. According to the CDC, around 13 percent of Americans over the age of 18 were taking antidepressants between 2015 and 2018. The most commonly prescribed form of these … Read more
Halsey revealed they sometimes wonder if they “chose the wrong life” after confessing they feel a “deep sadness.” “I find that often there is a deep sadness inside me that no amount of worldly pleasure can touch, a loneliness, an emptiness,” the singer — who uses she/they pronouns — wrote on their Instagram Story on … Read more
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) The lingering pandemic, rising crime, an uncertain economy: All good reasons to visit your doctor to get screened for anxiety, or so says the federal government. The advice isn’t just aimed at people already experiencing mental health issues—this week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an advisory group empaneled by the Department … Read more
Despite displaying signs of poorer cognitive performance, older adults tend to have greater mental well-being compared to younger adults, according to a new study. A study published this month in Psychology and Aging by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine indicates that adults over 60 showed greater mental well-being but worse cognitive performance … Read more
Depression among Americans is escalating and more education about treatment is vital, according to a recent study. Nearly one in 10 people over the age of 12 — and one in five among those between the ages of 12 and 25 — were affected by depression in 2020, findings published in the American Journal of … Read more
Suzie* was a typical 22-year-old recent college grad from the Midwest who was admitted into my mental health clinic in Austin with a variety of increasingly common psychiatric disorders: depression, self-harm (cutting her arms) and a Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnosis. BPD is a serious personality disorder that has 50 times the suicide rate of … Read more