Some patients report that SSRIs are helpful – even essential – in the management of mental health. Others, however, complain of being turned into zombies. Psychotherapy is an effective alternative.
Research decisions made by clinical psychologists in the 1970s can help explain why so many people, myself included, struggle to make sense of our obsessional thoughts.
Anxiety, depression and suicide among U.S. teens continue to increase.
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Millions of young people in the US are suffering, whether from abuse at home, pressure from social media or exposure to violence. But navigating the mental health care system can be disheartening.
Many stressors may be coming from interactions with technology: small but frequent frustrations that quickly dissipate, but when added up trigger digital distress.
New Zealand’s acute mental health facilities are not fit for purpose. Although many inpatients are grateful for medication, they lament the lack of access to psychologists and therapeutic activities.
Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide.
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Pharmacists develop basic mental health knowledge as part of their formal training. But they report a lack the confidence about raising mental health issues with patients.
Research on the impacts on schooling of COVID and bushfire and flood disasters has found academically the kids are mostly OK. It’s their well-being and recovery from trauma that demand our attention.
The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
More and more people are experimenting with mental health apps and discovering their benefits and limits.
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Without funding and thorough resources, reforms to our mental health care system will not be effective.
Mental health professionals who have experienced mental illness have much to offer to their patients.
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Psychologists have mental health difficulties and illnesses at the same rate as the general population – but the profession has long stigmatized talking about them in public.
Young autistic women are around 13 times more likely to attempt suicide than women who aren’t autistic.
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Mental health charities that provide support via text message have come under fire for sharing users anonymised data.
Many clients come to therapy wanting to look beyond themselves – talking about relationships, values and even spirituality.
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Our research investigates the connections among mental health, holistic well-being and relational virtues – ideas that many people think of as ethical or religious.
The link between antidepressant use and increases in suicidal thoughts or behaviors among treated youth is unproven.
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A well-intentioned public health message has had serious negative impacts on the treatment of young people for depression.
SaskWell is a texting-based service that connects users with established and evidence-based digital mental health tools, and offers weekly wellness tips and resources.
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Research on how text messaging could provide mental health resources resulted in SaskWell, a texting service for people in Saskatchewan that provides 10 weeks of mental health and wellness prompts.