#depression

“There were so many things that were outside of my control, so I decided to focus on the things that I could do something about.”

After attending Mental Health America 2019, I took a good look at my own mental health.

I can no longer continue to let these difficult and painful hits to my life completely throw me off course and into a tailspin.

I want to be able to float instead of struggling to keep my head above water.

Mental health care before cancer treatment is associated with higher death rates for those with kidney, prostate or bladder cancer.

Brain fog can have many causes including cancer itself and different types of treatment.

Too little research is being done to ease the suffering caused by chemotherapy and other treatments.

A research team has sought to address the critical lack of treatment guidelines for addressing HIV’s complex effects on aging.

I pledge to not get downhearted by all of the things that are NOT going right and instead focus on what IS going right.

Experts attribute the difference between these caregivers and their white counterparts to stronger social support.

Though I laugh a lot, I definitely have been changed by the events in my life — for better and worse.

I don’t really know if I’m OK. Sometimes I think I am, sometimes I think I’m falling into a pit of despair I can’t get out of.

You will be amazed what you can accomplish when you take it one day at a time (sometimes just one minute at a time), one challenge at time.

The CALM program “intervenes proactively rather than just waiting for people to get distressed, anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed.”

Two small studies showed psilocybin plus psychotherapy helped relieve depression and anxiety in cancer patients.

According to a recent analysis, smoking in this population is tied to depression and high blood pressure.