December 6, 2022 Depression Immune system irregularities found in women with postpartum mood disorders. New study suggests inflammation may play a key role in maternal mental health
July 5, 2022 Clinical Research Amid buzz around the medical benefits of psilocybin, a new production facility gets to work in B.C. Studies are ongoing with early evidence pointing to its ability to relieve symptoms in adults suffering from treatment-resistant depression.
August 10, 2021 Depression @JAMAPediatrics study suggests that during first year of pandemic “1 in 4 youth globally are experiencing clinically elevated depression symptoms, while 1 in 5 youth are experiencing clinically elevated anxiety symptoms.”
July 22, 2021 Addiction Study reports that there is spectrum of perceived disengagement from the world they coin boredom proneness, the degree of which can relate to a range of mental health outcomes and behaviours.
January 13, 2021 Clinical Research The Lancet Long-COVID study reports the significant impact the disease has wrought six months after hospitalization. Please let’s help each other prevent these outcomes.
January 29, 2020 Bipolar Disorder Electroconvulsive therapy has it indications for use and does help people who suffer from treatment-resistant mental illness
November 27, 2019 Depression Ontario study finds that more teens are using over-the-counter-drugs to intentionally overdose
November 26, 2019 Addiction Heavy cannabis use can induce psychotic breaks as illustrated in this horrendous act. Evidence also confirms the negative mental health risks with similar use among adolescents.
June 11, 2019 Depression Postpartum depression does not include in its definition references to men so I am unclear why this article references this as a diagnosis
May 31, 2019 Addiction The number of hospitalizations for alcohol and other drugs have overtaken those for heart attacks and stroke. Mental health issues are a significant contributing factor and needs to be addressed.
