Suicide Rates Rising

Suicide Rates Rising

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report the suicide rate in the U.S. has increased by almost 25% between 1999 and 2016. North Dakota and Vermont saw the highest increases and Delaware the lowest. Nevada was the outlier with a slight decrease....
Exercise Lowers Depression in School Age Children

Exercise Lowers Depression in School Age Children

Almost 800 children in Norway were assessed for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at ages 6, 8, and 10 years old. Researchers found those with higher levels of MVPA at 6 and 8 years old experienced fewer symptoms of depression 2 years later. Each hour of...
A Lot of Depression Goes Untreated!

A Lot of Depression Goes Untreated!

When almost 50,000 adults completed detailed health questionnaires, 8% screened positive for depression. Only 29% of those who screened positive received any kind of treatment within the next year. Yet almost 80% of those with untreated depression had seen a medical...
Exercise Benefits Depression

Exercise Benefits Depression

A carefully designed, randomized, controlled 12-week study of 106 adults with nonpsychotic major depression with limited response to medication found both high- and low-dose aerobic exercise resulted in significant improvements in psychosocial functioning and quality...
Importance of Love and Connections

Importance of Love and Connections

Canadian researchers studied 222 survivors of heart attacks. Six months after the heart attack those who were depressed were four times more likely to be dead than those who weren’t depressed. These findings were independent of cholesterol levels, blood...

Teen Age Depression–the “Other” STD

In the U.S. an estimated 20 million new infections of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) occur annually, half of which are shouldered by America’s youth. The Centers for Disease Control acknowledge that abstinence is the surest way to prevent these diseases....

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