One way to prevent mental health challenges in children: Recognize and treat the mental health issues of their parents.
Psychedelics are being held up as a potential solution to the growing need for mental health treatment. But, magic mushrooms are not magic bullets.
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Alberta’s new policy on psychedelic-assisted therapy for mental illness may set a precedent that moves Canadians one step closer to accepting psychedelics as medicinal substances.
People of any age or walk of life can access and benefit from meditation.
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Mindfulness, one of the most common forms of meditation, is a skill that must be cultivated and practiced. With some training and discipline, it can help anyone live more fully in the moment.
Admissions, a varied collection by writers with lived experience of mental illness, is confronting, challenging, often surprising – and open to interpretation.
Dionne Brown as Queenie in the Channel 4 production, on Disney+ in Australia.
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Candice Carty-Williams’ Queenie navigates dating as a Black woman, living in a Black body, and what it’s like to straddle two cultures while never really feeling as though you fit.
Not only is it good aerobic exercise, but dancing may help the elderly with reasoning skills and memory.
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A gap year is dedicated time to explore who you are. It is not an indication you won’t return to further study.
There has been a public outpouring of love for the dancer and producer Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss who died this week at the age of 40.
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A scholar of Black entertainment history reflects on the death of producer Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss and reflects on the history of Black male entertainers dancing or telling jokes to their deaths.
There are concerns that this World Cup’s timing could have a greater psychological impact on players compared to previous ones.
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It’s a common phenomenon that couples near the end of the road will try to make it through Christmas and separate in the new year. If this is you, read this advice first.
Fighting became a metaphor for Donna Lyon to recover from her childhood abuse. When her boxing career finished, she wondered if boxing – combined with creative writing – could help others like her.
Maladaptive daydreaming differs from regular daydreaming in many ways.
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Changing your eating, exercising, socialising and engagement with nature can help treat depression. Now mental health professionals have some guidelines to shape treatment around lifestyle therapies.
With so many competing demands during the holidays, it’s easy to take on more than you can handle.
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Mental distress can be a temporary reaction to life stress, or the beginning of a serious mental illness. It’s important to choose strategies and supports that work best for the individual.
Jonathan Van Ness has been candid about his struggles with the eating disorder.
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Nearly 1 in 5 US teenagers battle depression. But parents can help by communicating openly, creating a behavior contract and finding low-pressure opportunities to interact with their teen.
According to the CDC’s latest numbers, 65% of pregancy-related deaths occur in the first year following childbirth.
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary