Health Start Fresh: 6 Tips For Mental Health In 2020 Joy can be cultivated. Hostility often masks depression. As one year ends and another begins, these six insights and tips from psychologists offer hope for a good new year. Emily Vaughn
Health Positive Childhood Experiences May Buffer Against Health Effects Of Adverse Ones Researchers asked adults to reflect back on their happy childhood memories. They found those who recalled more were less likely to have depression in adulthood and had more supportive relationships. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health Playing Teen Sports May Protect From Some Damages Of Childhood Trauma For teens who've experienced childhood trauma, playing team sports may help them avoid depression and anxiety later in life. But the cost of teen sports puts them out of reach for many could benefit. Susie Neilson
Health From Gloom To Gratitude: 8 Skills To Cultivate Joy Reaching out in kindness, mindful breathing and taking time daily to note positive moments and personal strengths are all part of a program that reduces anxiety and depression. But it takes practice. Allison Aubrey
Health Are We Ready For An Implant That Can Change Our Moods? Deep brain stimulation offers relief from some neurological problems and is being tested for mood disorders. But the treatment — an implant in the brain — raises ethical questions. Alix Spiegel Jonathan Lambert
Health A rise in depression among teens and young adults could be linked to social media use A new study shows a rise in depression and stress among young people parallels the growth in smartphone and social media use. Patti Neighmond
Health FDA Approves Esketamine Nasal Spray For Hard-To-Treat Depression Three decades after Prozac arrived, consumers are getting a new kind of antidepressant. The medicine is based on the anesthetic ketamine, which has been used illicitly as a party drug. Jon Hamilton
Politics For Furloughed Worker, Isolation, Hit To Self-Worth Hurt As Much As Lost Pay NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Jaime, a tax examiner with the Internal Revenue Service, about the toll the government shutdown is taking on her mental health. Lulu Garcia-Navarro
'We need to talk about depression and suicide' Matt Calkins was in junior high when he first started feeling intense social anxiety. "I remember I would go on high school debate trips and I wouldn't... Amina Al-Sadi Bill Radke
Every healthcare provider in WA is required to be trained in suicide prevention Every healthcare worker in Washington is required to undergo suicide prevention training. That includes nurses, dentists and even chiropractors. Now,... Andy Hurst
