Category Archives: Mental Health

  • Mindfulness and Mental Health
    Friday, October 27th, 2023

    Mindfulness and Mental Health

    Over the past twenty years, awareness of the importance of mental health has increased dramatically, and at the same, an increased awareness of the relationship between mindfulness and mental...
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  • Depression and Suicide
    Monday, October 16th, 2023

    Depression and Suicide

    The connection between depression and suicide is well-established by peer-reviewed, evidence-based research. In recent years, several factors have increased awareness about mental health issues such as depression and suicide...
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  • Childhood Trauma and Adult Mental Health
    Thursday, October 12th, 2023

    Childhood Trauma and Adult Mental Health

    Experts understand that childhood trauma in the form of abuse, neglect, and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have a lasting negative effect on a person’s mental health. In...
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  • Can Brain Scans Predict Suicide Risk?
    Monday, October 9th, 2023

    Can Brain Scans Predict Suicide Risk?

    For those who are working to reverse the rising rates of suicide in the United States and throughout the rest of the world, one of the greatest challenges is...
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  • Extreme Heat and Mental Health
    Friday, October 6th, 2023

    Extreme Heat and Mental Health

    Summer 2023 was very hot, which raises a question people rarely think about: does extreme heat have an effect on mental health? According to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space...
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  • How Trauma Changes the Brain
    Thursday, September 28th, 2023

    How Trauma Changes the Brain

    In the 21st century, we view mental health disorders – including those caused by trauma – as medical conditions rooted in physiological pathologies, genetic abnormalities, or changes in the...
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  • Anxiety Disorders and Emotion Regulation
    Thursday, September 14th, 2023

    Anxiety Disorders and Emotion Regulation

    Anxiety disorders are complex mental health conditions characterized by excessive worry, intense fear, and deficits in emotion regulation. These negative emotions are disproportionate to any real or perceived threat,...
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