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Can you float yourself to better health? What the science says about sensory deprivation tanks

Flotation tanks

CHOP to provide mental health services to Girard College students

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Treating eczema requires a more holistic approach, experts say

treating eczema

Anxious about getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Experts offer coping strategies

Providing exposure therapy to PTSD patients is one of the latest ways VR is being used in health care

Virtual Reality Treatment For PTSD

Anxious about going out into the world? You're not alone, but there's help

Escapist TV can relieve stress, but it can easily become problematic

Escapist TV and Mental Health

New behavioral health initiative aims to better address depression, anxiety in Southeastern Pennsylvania

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Feeling lonely? A 10-minute phone call can go a long way

Phone Calls Loneliness Depression

Half of U.S. college students battling anxiety or depression, study finds

Suicide risk five times higher among people with ADHD, study finds

ADHD suicide risk

Optimism can be hard to conjure, but it's a powerful tool for the days ahead

Optimism Benefits

One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days, study finds

coronavirus mental illness study

Inflammatory bowel disease genetically tied to stress, depression, CHOP finds

Link between IBD and depression

For colleges, online mental health services are a 'silver lining' of COVID-19 crisis

COVID-19 Mental Health Services

Self-care, social support key to good mental health as pandemic drags along

COVID-19 mental health

Millennial caretakers at greater risk of stress-related conditions, study finds

BCBS caregiving report

To help kids cope with COVID-19 anxiety, provide context and emphasize control

Child Anxiety Tips COVID-19

Children's Health

Labrador to help CHOP patients achieve therapy goals, reduce anxiety

CHOP welcomes first facility dog

CHOP researchers see sense of altruism in people's COVID-19 worries

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Many Generation Zers, millennials having suicidal thoughts amid pandemic

Suicidal thoughts COVID-19 pandemic

Children's Health

Bullying a common precursor before LGBTQ youth suicides, Yale study finds

LGBTQ youth bullying

Even teens with mild mental distress have increased suicide risk, study finds

Teens at risk of suicide

The COVID-19 crisis is giving people vivid dreams – but what do they mean?

COVID Dreaming

How to listen with empathy when you are feeling the strain of social distancing

COVID-19 conflict resolution

Coronavirus anxiety approaching clinical levels in 40% of respondents to Jefferson survey

Anxiety Jefferson Coronavirus

Social distancing efforts could spur suicides as COVID-19 crisis plays out

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Tips to help children cope during the COVID-19 shutdown

Pediatric experts offer tips for helping your kids cope during COVID-19 shutdown

Stressful times are particularly dangerous for heart attack survivors, study finds

Times of stress can trigger a second heart attack, new study finds

Three breathing exercises to ease your coronavirus anxiety

Anxiety breathing exercises coronavirus

As coronavirus spreads, here are tips to manage your anxiety

Transcendental meditation soothes anxiety by changing connections in the brain

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Snapchat launches new mental health tool to help users affected by cyberbullying, depression

Snapchat Mental Health depression

Millennials feel social pressure and anxiety to eat well

Del Monte study on healthy eating

PTSD symptoms may take years to appear – here's how to recognize them

PTSD Symptoms Treatment

Alternative Medicine

Magic mushrooms may improve depression among cancer patients, NYU study finds

Boost your mental health with these fitness tips

Mental Health fitness tips

Colleges struggle to meet students' mental health needs

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