Depression Treatment

Between work, school, and chores like grocery shopping or cleaning the house, it’s easy to see how you might feel like you don’t have enough time to spend in the sunlight; however, new studies have found that adults and children generally aren’t heading outdoors even when they do have free time. There are many great…

It’s sometimes thought that emotional distress is entirely separate from physical pain. You might have been told that feelings of sadness, loneliness, and shame are not related to back pain, headaches, or fatigue. The truth is, often when your body is in pain, it’s because you’re in pain in your mind as well. The mind…

When you are sad, the emotions overwhelming you have the power to interrupt your life. You might feel as if you don’t have the strength to get up out of your chair, let alone go about your day as if everything is normal, being there for those who depend on you. Episodes of depression can occur…

You sleep for eight hours or more every night, yet you wake up just as tired as you are at the end of a long day. You’re achy, and your head hurts. You type your symptoms into Google and you start to worry—it could be the flu, or maybe it’s something more serious. Your doctor…

Depression is more than brain chemistry gone awry. Contributing factors range from social environments to learned patterns of thinking to stressful life events with a lasting impact. Circumstances like loneliness, financial strain, or health problems can put you at an even greater risk for a depressive episode. When it comes to moods, all of us…

Society is far less tolerant of weight gain in women than men, according to a report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University published this past March. Overall, the study showed that weight discrimination, particularly against women, is as common as racial discrimination. And women appear to be at risk…

Deep within the cerebral cortex is a remarkable handful of cells, discovered only recently, called “mirror neurons.” They’re the only known cells that let us intuitively grasp the meaning of other people’s perceived actions and expressions. As neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni of UCLA explains, they accomplish this by triggering in milder form exactly the same brain…