Emotional Health

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Canadian researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto say they’ve figured out why some women succumb to postpartum depression after childbirth – and they say that they’re working on a dietary supplement that may well reduce the severity of the condition.

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Researchers at Purdue University say that just as new moms get postpartum depression, newly adoptive parents are at risk of postadoption depression – a condition caused largely by a parenting reality that doesn’t meet expectations.

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People in bereavement are finding understanding and support online through internet grieving communities.

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Most young people today imagine they’ll graduate from college and work as a professional in some field, but many won’t achieve this goal. Fortunately, new research out of the University of Florida suggests that trying and failing does not lead to increased rates of depression.

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When asked to select a color from a color wheel that best describes the way they feel, people with anxiety and with depression tend to choose a shade of grey.

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Researchers in Taiwan say that web based biofeedback therapy seems to work well for those with panic disorder, allowing people to gain control over initial feelings of apprehension without descending into panic.

• Poll: Has a Loved One Ever Asked You to Get Help for a Drinking or Drug Problem?

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Study finds that referring to patients as having a substance use disorder earns them better and less punitive treatment than referring to them as substance abusers.

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• Chinese Government Holds Half Million Drug Users in Slave Labor Camps
• Poll: Who is to blame?

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College students in 1938 rarely battled the depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions that their peers from today now struggle with.

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• College Class to Study Only Alcoholic Writers

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Alcohol abuse is the most prevalent mental health disorder experienced by British troops returning from combat, with depression coming in second - An estimated 27.2% of those troops suffer from at least one mental health disorder.

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• Neuroscience of Alcohol Abuse: Heavy Drinkers Less Worried about Risk

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People suffering from clinical depression are 3 times as likely to use opiates for 90 days or longer. Depressed patients are excluded, however, from trials that test the safety of opiates, due to an elevated risk for addiction.

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• Opiate Abuse: Opiate Tainted Breast Milk Kills infant
• Doda: Police in Vancouver Dealing with Doda Abuse

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Spanish researchers say they’ve developed a medical model that predicts, with 80% accuracy, which women will experience postpartum depression after childbirth.

• Mom Does Meth – Saving Tax-Payer Money

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Living in a rural area with a high density of bars and taverns may increase the risks of suicide.

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A just released governmental survey reports that more than 8 million Americans considered ending their own life last year, and more than 2 million actually made a plan for doing so.

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Researchers out of Stanford University say that as many as 35% of returning American soldiers will experience PTSD and that the VA hospital system needs to increase mental health services capacity to meet the coming need for care.