As fans of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain try to make sense of their tragic deaths, a question arises for many. How can people who seem to have everything end up ending their lives?
Anthony Bourdain, left, and Kate Spade, right.
The Conversation with images from PeabodyAwards/flickr
The suicides this week of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain shocked and saddened many. And the news was disturbing. Why is it so hard to know who might commit suicide?
Marius Wernig, Thomas C. Südhof and their colleagues created these “Induced neuronal (iN) cells” from adult human blood cells.
Marius Wernig
Figuring out what causes diseases like autism, schizophrenia and depression is tricky. Now Stanford University researchers are turning blood into brain cells to study these diseases in a dish.
People with congenital heart disease are at greater risk of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Scientists are beginning to discover why.
Depression can have a profound impact on mothers and their children. But women often have no idea that they have depression – nor do their medical providers.
Childhood depression, the deadliest illness facing children, often goes untreated. Sometimes, this is because parents do not want their children to be treated. Should this be considered child abuse?
Things don’t always go according to plan.
shutterstock.com
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how Syrian refugees are using exercise to improve mental health
The Conversation40,1 MB(download)
Last year, two researchers flew to Gaziantep in southern Turkey, where about one in four people are Syrian refugees, to explore how exercise might help improve mental health.
It’s good for the workers, their employer and the economy to support them to stay in, or return to, paid work.
Dmitry Kalinovsky/Shutterstock
Making mothers happy is important for the wellbeing of the babies. How can we do that?
Most mental illnesses begin before or during young adulthood, and a quarter of young Canadians have both a mood or anxiety disorder and a substance-abuse problem.
(Shutterstock)
Media portrayals don’t help misconceptions about disorders such as bipolar, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. So what do these terms actually mean?
Hockey player Mark Knowles will retire after the Commonwealth Games.
AAP