Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? | The Guardian
In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach
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Depression is complicated – this is how our understanding of the condition has evolved over time - Our World in Data
Depression is the most common mental health condition. What do we know about its symptoms, severity and how these are measured?
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A therapist’s guide to staying productive when you’re depressed or heartbroken
"All of us will experience grief and sadness—whether due to heartbreak, bereavement, or some other loss—over the course of our professional lives. ...
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Impact of Depression and its Treatment on Productivity – Aceso Under Glass
Introduction One argument for prioritizing treatment of mental illness is that the secondary effects (such as higher productivity and improved heal...
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What's the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise
The Guardian, 2017: "As a new report reveals the mental health benefits of just an hour’s physical activity a week, it seems there is nothing a wor...
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Daughters of WWII refugees are more likely to have mental illness - Axios
A new study raises the possibility that the trauma of war can be inherited.
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Does Depression Have an Evolutionary Purpose? - Nautilus
I had a tough time in high school. Like many other young adolescents, I saw myself as fundamentally flawed, and felt a searing isolation.… ...
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Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression | Nature
Researchers will track and target neurons in real time to improve existing brain stimulation therapies.
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Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit - The New York Times
Long-term use of the medications is surging in the United States, according to an analysis by The Times. One reason: withdrawal symptoms that make ...
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Fidget spinners, weighted blankets, and the rise of anxiety consumerism - Vox
What does it mean when viral products exist to calm us down?
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Depression-Gene Studies Were Built on Shaky Foundations - The Atlantic
Decades of early research on the genetics of depression were built on nonexistent foundations. How did that happen? "Over two decades, this one ...
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‘The way universities are run is making us ill’: inside the student mental health crisis - The Guardian
The long read: A surge in anxiety and stress is sweeping UK campuses. What is troubling students, and is it the universities’ job to fix it? "Br...
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Tips for the Depressed
As we all know, unless you can afford a medical concierge and the most expensive insurance and facilities, the for-profit, private-insurance-based ...
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The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs | The New Yorker
Rachel Aviv on what happens when it’s time for patients to stop taking antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs.
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To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time - Longreads
Matthew Salesses considers the impact of his wife's passing, and other factors, on his experience as a human passing through the fourth dimension.
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Bloom: A Touching Animated Short Film about Depression and What It Takes to Recover
How the warm rays of hope and healing enter the dark inner chamber of leaden loneliness through the unexpected cracks of kindness.
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Leo Tolstoy on Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World
“For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with...
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Two Errors Our Minds Make When Trying to Grasp the Pandemic
Disappointment and uncertainty are inevitable. But we don’t have to turn them into suffering. A lot of people are feeling this way as the quaran...
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