Mental Health

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Happiness is the X-factor in your health

Stress-related disorders, like PTSD, may increase risk for serious infection

ptsd infections stress

Doctors, nurses are burned out on the job, does that put patients' health at risk?

Instagram bans plastic surgery filters over mental health concerns

Instagram plastic

A specialized brain cell could be a root cause of OCD and anxiety, especially in women

OCD Anxiety Cells

Study links blood pressure medication to suicide risk, but some health experts are skeptical

blood pressure medication suicide

Gambling near-misses don't encourage your brain to keep betting after all, study suggests

Adjusting memory test may better detect Alzheimer's disease in women, study says

Alzheimer's disease memory test

Three weeks of a healthier diet could help reduce depression in young adults, study suggests

Healthy eating depression study

The top 5 millennial health issues – and what to do about them

Millennial Health Issues

Brain scans may be useful predictor for benefits of antidepressants

Brain scans depression

Too much exercise could lead to making bad decisions, new study suggests

over-exercising cognition study

Eating junk food may lead to depression in teens

Depression Junk Food

3 hours a day on social media hikes risk of mental health issues for teens, study finds

Phantom vibrations: reason to call doctor?

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More must be done to reduce suicide, World Health Organization says

Suicide Rates World Health Organization

CHOP study finds potential blood-based biomarker for PTSD

CHOP PTSD

6 tips for coping with social anxiety

Anxiety Scrabble 09042019

On social media, more people are coming out about their depression

Depression and mental health on social media

Man who climbed Bethlehem SteelStacks to receive mental health treatment

Man climbed Bethlehem SteelStacks mental health

Children's Health

Adolescent relationship abuse: it's more common than you think

FCC proposes three-digit phone number for suicide prevention hotline

988 Suicide Hotline 08152019

New acupressure mat said to banish stress in a mere 15 minutes

gorelax acupressure mat

Children's Health

Mental health instruction will be mandatory in grades K-12 under New Jersey law

mental health instruction new jersey schools

NBA to implement new mental health guidelines for 2019-2020 season

New Jersey launches nation's first state program to prevent police officer suicide

Police rain

Digital games may help ease stress better than mindfulness apps, new study says

Millennials more likely to struggle to meet people than older generations, study finds

Millennials Loneliness Social Isolation

Interactive mental health exercises coming to stressed, unhappy Pinterest users

pinterest interactive mental health exercises

‘Climate grief’: Fears about the planet’s future weigh on Americans’ mental health

Sad Planet Flickr 07192019

Alternative Medicine

Breakthrough PTSD treatment using party drug MDMA coming soon to Philly region

Carroll - Dr. Samy Badawy

Scientists are closing in on a blood test screening for Alzheimer's disease

alzheimers blood test

Philly-based NeuroFlow, Jefferson Health team up on better mental health treatment

NeuroFlow app 07092019

Physician burnout: Why legal and regulatory systems may need to step in

Women's mental health likely to improve after quitting alcohol

quitting alcohol mental health

Caregiver depression linked to more ER visits for patients with dementia

You've probably never heard of this interesting phobia of holes

trypophobia fear of holes

In secret meeting, Philly-area seniors discuss ‘rational suicide’

Antidepressants among common medications tied to increased dementia risk

Study: Overdose, suicide among top causes of death for new moms

suicide overdose new moms

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