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New Study: Cognitive Aerobic Exercise Boosts Working Memory

ADDitude

Previous research has shown that exercise relieves ADHD symptoms by increasing endorphins and neurotransmitters in the brain. a clinical psychologist and a professor in the departments of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Oregon Health & Science University. Studies included structured aerobic exercise (e.g., Sources 1 Song, X.,

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On Not Becoming David Foster Wallace

Mad in America

I didn’t know Wallace was a poster boy for antidepressant withdrawal because I didn’t know that antidepressant withdrawal was common, or that I would be experiencing it myself and understanding firsthand the hellish bodily and mental feelings that make one long for death, for everything to stop. All of this was new.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

Mad in America

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In a 2010 paper , Pigott and colleagues also made sense of the graphic representing the one-year results.

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Can Men Get Postpartum Depression? Studies Say Yes.

Solara Mental Health

A meta-analysis of studies done in 2010 estimates that 10.4% This lowered testosterone can, in turn, lower serotonin levels and other neurotransmitters that cause symptoms of depression. Eat well eating nutritious foods can help maintain your mental health. Take the proper steps to take care of your mental health.

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

Mad in America

Since age 10 or 11, when she first started dancing with a youth ballet company, she would pull up Instagram and fixate on other dancers—looking at their bodies, comparing them with hers. Every other day, it seems, some new article appears on declines in child and adolescent wellbeing and spikes in suicide attempts and self-harm.