Tag: Depression
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...
The emotional challenges of student veterans on campus
Ann Cheney, University of California, Riverside
This Veterans Day, Americans will honor the heroism and sacrifice of the nearly 22 million men and women who...
How the stoicism of Roman philosophers can help us deal with...
Robert S. Colter, University of Wyoming
Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent...
Postpartum depression can affect dads – and their hormones may be...
Darby Saxbe, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke...
Who’s avoiding sex, and why
Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
Sex has a strong influence on many aspects of well-being: it is one of our most basic physiological needs. Sex...
What’s behind TV bingeing’s bad rap?
Elizabeth Cohen, West Virginia University
Call it Netflix’s spring binge.
At the end of March, Netflix released the critically acclaimed “13 Reasons...
Can’t keep your New Year’s resolutions – try being kind to...
Kristin Neff, University of Texas at Austin
Many of us will start out the New Year by making a list of resolutions - changes we...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
