10
Feb
2015
Written by Trent Toone / Deseret News
After battling depression and anxiety for much of his life, former Utah basketball player Craig Rydalch is sharing his story with the hope of helping others in the same situation. “If I can help one person from following through with what I almost did, then it will make a difference.” When Rydalch’s home construction business fell on hard times in 2008, stress and discouragement pushed the former Utah basketball player to the darkest depths.
09
Feb
2015
Written by Max Kutner / Newsweek
With Netflix’s House of Cards returning next month and an increasing number of TV networks making entire series available online, there’s no better time for researchers to shine a light on binge-watching. At the University of Texas at Austin, researchers surveyed hundreds of millennials to find out what psychological factors lead people to watch three or more TV episodes at a time. What they found was troubling—people who binge-watch are more likely to be depressed and lonely, two factors that are also in harmful binge behaviors such as eating and drinking.
05
Feb
2015
Written by Kady Morriso / Vox
My relationship with depression is a complicated one. I have, clinically speaking, been grappling with it since I was a teenager; I was diagnosed for the first time at 15, and then again in my early twenties, and then again by my current therapist a little less than a year ago. T
04
Feb
2015
Written by Robert Montenegro / Big Think
Over two dozen veterans and active military personnel commit suicide every day. That number is, among other things, absolutely staggering. What’s more staggering is that we’ve known about this crisis for years and still haven’t curbed the trend. PTSD and other forms of combat trauma continue to wreak havoc on the minds of current and former service members.
02
Feb
2015
Written by Dennis Charney / Big Think
Dennis Charney and resiliency and veterans.
30
Jan
2015
Written by Lacie Glover / Fox News
Depressive disorders are a complex and often confusing family of conditions. Sometimes lumped under the general term “depression,” these disorders can cause any combination of several symptoms. Because of this, depressive disorders manifest in a variety of ways, making them sometimes difficult to diagnose.
24
Jan
2015
Written by Alexandra Sifferlin / Time
There’s a paradoxical period when a person first starts an antidepressant: they may actually begin to feel worse before feeling better.
22
Jan
2015
Written by Richard A. Friedman / NY Times
You’re feeling down, and your doctor or therapist has confirmed it: You have depression. Now what?
20
Jan
2015
Written by Neurology Advisor / Neurology Advisory
White matter brain abnormalities in some patients with depression disorders closely resemble abnormalities found in patients who have experienced a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), more commonly known as concussion, according to new research presented by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
19
Jan
2015
Written by David A. Grant / BrainLine
A bit like a luxury car, traumatic brain injury comes with a full complement of accessories. Not accessories like heated leather seats or a fully decked out sound system designed to sweeten your ride.