Tag: Depression
6 questions you can ask a loved one to help screen...
Andres Pumariega, University of Florida
Suicide rates in the United States have increased by 25-30 percent since 1999. This is particularly true for youth ages...
Teens who feel down may benefit from picking others up
Hannah L. Schacter, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Think about the last time you helped someone out. Maybe...
Thriving after depression: Why are scientists ignoring good outcomes?
Jonathan Rottenberg, University of South Florida and Todd Kashdan, George Mason University
In the wake of suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, we as...
Mind molding psychedelic drugs could treat depression, and other mental illnesses
David E. Olson, University of California, Davis
It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues...
Teenage depression: If a parent doesn’t get treatment for a child,...
Michael Shapiro, University of Florida
Hospital visits for kids in the U.S. who have contemplated or thought about suicide have risen sharply.
As a child...
1 in 5 college students have anxiety or depression. Here’s why
David Rosenberg, Wayne State University
Many of us think of college as a wondrous time of new experiences and great freedom to explore new ideas...
When a mom feels depressed, her baby’s cells might feel it...
Benjamin W. Nelson, University of Oregon; Heidemarie Laurent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Nick Allen, University of Oregon
An estimated 1 in 9 women...
The holiday-suicide myth and the intractability of popular falsehoods
Dan Romer, University of Pennsylvania
For years, the media have reported that more suicides occur during the holidays than at any other time.
Many of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
