January 22, 2018
by Tracey Block
Suicide is the 9th leading cause of death in Canada and the 10th leading cause in the U.S. And suicide numbers for youth aged 10 to 24 continue to rise year after year. In an attempt to provide healthcare professionals in emergency rooms, hospitals, and other facilities with a fast, accurate resource to help assess youth at risk of self-harm, researchers this month unveiled a new tool that holds a lot of promise.
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January 19, 2018
by Tracey Block
Advances in medicine and technology continue to offer hope for longer, healthier lives while developments in technology make those lives easier. But all the improvements and progress have not yet helped find a cure for human loneliness, or a way to eliminate it altogether. Research shows a growing number of people across all ages experience detrimental effects of loneliness to their mental and physical wellbeing. In the year 2018, is a solution around the corner?
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January 16, 2018
by Patricia Tomasi
Researchers tested two methods of prenatal depression screening and found them both to be effective. The Whooley questions and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale should both be used by health care professionals during early pregnancy and throughout pregnancy.
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January 11, 2018
by Tracey Block
The goal of innovations in technology is to bring about positive change and improvements. But once time has passed and a new technology has become a part of daily life, the good and the bad become more apparent. In a recent letter to Apple Inc., major investors presented the company with their concerns over the addictive influence of iPhones and other electronic devices on the children and youth who use them.
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This is a good time to think about playing, and, of course, winning, the lottery. After all, the hol
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January 9, 2018
by Patricia Tomasi
Researchers may be one step closer to a biological cause for postpartum depression. A study using mice may show why some women develop postpartum depression and others don't.
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January 9, 2018
by Tracey Block
The human sense of smell is well recognized for its attachment to memory in the brain. The smell of cookies baking, the scent of a perfume or the bouquet of fresh-cut grass can quickly take one back to a past time or place. But now, researchers are realizing human olfactory cues can have incredible effects on stress levels, mood and overall mental health.
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January 7, 2018
by Hilda Huj
Beginning of the new year may seem like an ideal time of the year to make a significant change. Ther
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January 5, 2018
by Tracey Block
A recent video posting by an American social media celebrity has caused a public uproar. But researchers and mental health professionals are asking whether the finger pointing and outrage should be less about the people and technology producing the content—and more about facing the facts their videos illuminate: that suicides are still occurring at alarming rates.
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January 3, 2018
by Amy Rollo
Recently, there’s been a second wave of positive psychology; which has changed and grown into different forms. After the growth of Dr. Seligman’s positive psychology, researchers began to understand the limitations of focusing only on positive experiences. They noted that not all negative experiences and emotions are destructive or depleting.
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