The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs estimates that between 11 and 20 percent of veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder during any given year. As veterans return home, new research is helping design innovative treatments for them.
You couldn’t sleep last night. It happens. Lucky for you, Science of Us has consulted with sleep scientists who (reluctantly) shared their best, research-backed tips for zombie-ing your way through a busy workday on little to no sleep.
It’s hard to put the experience of depression into words — the anxiety, the shame, the fragility, the loneliness. Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie described her experience in visceral terms: “My crying puzzles me, surprises me, because there is no cause. I open a book but the words form no meaning. Writing is impossible. My limbs are heavy, my brain is slow. Everything requires effort.”
Distinguishing between regular depression and bipolar disorder is one of the toughest calls psychiatrists face. The symptoms are often similar, but medications that ease depression can make bipolar patients worse by triggering manic episodes.
The first time Christina Moore tried meth was also the first time that she could remember not thinking about the physical and sexual abuse she suffered for nine years at the hand of her father.
Philip Paolini served four years in the Vietnam War as a marine. In the years since then, he’s faced a number of hardships, including post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), substance abuse and homelessness.
I had mentioned in early June that I would be interviewing my favorite mental health author, Marya Hornbacher, and I’ve finally had the chance to publish it on this blog. Marya is one of my favorite authors for many reasons, but most of all, it’s the passion and honesty with which she writes. If you haven’t read her books yet, I highly recommend them.
Over the past year local leaders have been meeting to discuss our areas drug problem under the leadership of the Darke County Chamber of Commerce. As a result of those discussions Ohio law has been updated to ensure medical professionals and mental health professionals are able to communicate regarding a patient suffering from drug addiction.
Traumatic brain injuries, whether they occur on a sports field or in a war zone, are on the rise. What’s worse, these head traumas have been linked to long-term neurodegenerative diseases, notably Alzheimer’s and a condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
The phone of the future may be able to detect depression, says a new study from Northwestern University’s School of Medicine.
July 15 is a date Shannon Binstock will always remember. “It’s kinda a birthday; it’s been five years ago today that my world ended,” Binstock said.
(CNN) — The summer of 2001, Kim Manlove was hopeful that his 16-year-old son David had turned a corner in his recovery from drugs and alcohol.
Local veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder are getting help dealing with their illness by bonding with dogs and teaching the four-legged animals to herd sheep. The herding classes are offered at Drummond Ranch in Acton.
As the world grows richer and older, mental illness is becoming more common.
With final exams bearing down on them this month, nearly 1,000 students at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond turned out for “Paws for Stress” — a chance to pet and play with therapy dogs.