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News Articles: Depression

Experts say anyone can get seasonal affective disorder, though geography and gender may make people more susceptible.

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  • Mental Health

Winter is coming. Here's how to spot — and treat — signs of seasonal depression

Many Americans experience some kind of winter blues. But in some cases, symptoms can rise to the level of clinical depression. Here's what to know about SAD and the natural therapy that can help.

November 04, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Left: A Palestinian woman cries at the garden of Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital after it was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on Oct. 18. Right: After an attack by Hamas on a kibbutz near the Gaza border, a swing is left intact while most of this family's house is in ruins. Five family members were kidnapped.

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  • Global Health

The Middle East crisis is stirring up a 'tsunami' of mental health woes

The Israel-Gaza conflict is likely to leave people in the region struggling with trauma-related mental health symptoms for a long time to come.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
A study of nearly 300,000 people in the U.K. found that people who maintained at least five of seven healthy habits cut their risk of depression by 57%.

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  • Mental Health

These habits can cut the risk of depression in half, a new study finds

New evidence shows that people who maintain a range of healthy habits, from good sleep to physical activity to strong social connections, are significantly less likely to experience depression.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
An EMDR therapy session with Marlo Taylor holding up two fingers as Jess Geyerman tracks her motion while seated on a sofa in front of Taylor.

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  • Health

This PTSD treatment uses eye movement to turn traumatic memories into learning, healing experiences

The Georgia EMDR Network has 150 certified specialists, but its community coordinator Angie Heath estimates hundreds of therapists throughout the state are using EMDR — eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — techniques for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Matthew Boyd sits with his fiancée, Amanda Hollowood, who has helped care for him since he was released from prison in December 2020.

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  • News

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

More than 600,000 people are released from prisons every year, many with costly health conditions but no medications, medical records, a health care provider, or insurance.

March 08, 2023
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By:
  • Renuka Rayasam
In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York.

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  • Mental Health

LGBTQ+ youth are less likely to feel depressed with parental support, study says

Participants were asked questions about their parents' general parenting style and how that affected their thoughts and feelings in the previous two weeks.

March 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A Washington, D.C., resident has an operation growing psilocybin mushrooms. Brain researchers are increasingly studying psychedelic compounds like psilocybin and LSD as potential treatments for anxiety, depression and other disorders.

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  • Science

Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say

Psychedelic drugs were a hot topic at this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting. Researchers hope the drugs can help people with disorders like depression and PTSD.

December 27, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
After a dose of ketamine, special video games that offered a depressed player positive feedback, in the form of smiling faces or encouraging words, seemed to boost the length of time the drug quelled depression.

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  • Health

Smiling faces might help the drug ketamine keep depression at bay

In a recent small study, the antidepressant effects of ketamine lasted longer when an intravenous dose was followed with computer games featuring smiling faces or words aimed at boosting self-esteem.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Brain activity from an unnamed ECT patient is recorded and printed out onto a chart for doctors to review. The induced seizure is represented by the spikes in the horizontal lines. (Special to The Macon Newsroom)

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  • Health

Middle Georgia hospital uses electricity to treat depression

Gerald Miles'  anxiety and depression was constant and crippling. Modern treatments weren't helping. But electroconvulsive therapy, an older, controversial method, did.

October 07, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Corley
Dr. Michael Muench stands in the Atlanta Field Trip Health office

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  • Health

When traditional antidepressants fail, some depressed patients seek relief with ketamine

Ketamine, a Schedule III non-narcotic substance, has been available to licensed prescribers since the 1970s. Since then, multiple studies have shown ketamine helps some depression patients who feel as though they’ve tried everything else. 

June 01, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
New research finds that previous studies of mental illness using brain scans may be too small for the results to be reliable.

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  • Health

Brain scans may reveal a lot about mental illness, but not until studies get bigger

Scientists are using MRI scans to understand how mental illness shows up in the bran. But new research raises concerns that existing studies are not reliable because the sample sizes are too small.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Eleanor Cole, Ph.D., demonstrates the treatment on trial participant Deirdre Lehman in May 2019 at the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab.

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  • Health

An experimental depression treatment uses electric currents to bring relief

The remedy is a new type of transcranial magnetic stimulation that's showing good results in just five days of treatment. For some patients, it's life-changing.

February 07, 2022
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By:
  • Lesley McClurg
Man holds face

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  • Mental Health

Enrolling for health insurance can be confusing. Experts say check for mental care coverage first

Even when mental health is covered, providers of behavioral health services can be tough to find. And there are not always enough of them to treat rising pandemic-related anxiety or depression.

The deadline to sign up for a health plan on the marketplace is Jan. 15.

December 20, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A girl looks out of her bedroom window as the sun is setting.

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  • Children's Health

Pediatricians say the mental health crisis among kids has become a national emergency

Three leading pediatric health organizations are sounding the alarm about "soaring rates" of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among children and adolescents.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
For many Americans who struggle with depression, anxiety or other mood disorders, cost remains a major hurdle to getting treatment, according to a survey published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

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  • Mental Health

Many Americans Are Reaching Out For Mental Health Support — But Can't Get It

The pandemic has made people more open to seeking help, a new survey finds, but cost and difficulty in finding a mental health care provider are still big obstacles.

August 25, 2021
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
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