Today’s teenagers are severely affected by mental health problems and disorders, especially depression. The World Health Organization reports that depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and that 1 in 7 young people between the ages of 10 and 19 struggle with their mental health. If you have a…
Adolescent depression is a difficult mental health disorder, not least of all because it impacts young people at such an early and critical stage in their lives. It’s estimated that 4.3 million young people in the US between the ages of 15 and 21 suffer from major depressive disorder. This depression can interfere with important…
When you’re reading advice online about how you can boost your mental health and wellbeing, one of the tips you’ll see constantly is to spend more time outdoors. Most people tend to lump this pointer in with meditation and getting better sleep; sure, it would be nice, but who has the time, and besides, how…
While depression can be a serious and debilitating mental illness that leaves people feeling like a shell of their former selves, it’s also extremely treatable, and with each passing year your outlook for recovering from depression only gets better! Antidepressant medications, therapy, and other treatment methods are more sophisticated than they’ve ever been, and you…
Depression has a reputation for being a problem with sadness, and while that’s certainly a component to this disorder, there’s so much more to depression than just feeling blue. It also has a tendency to affect a person’s motivation and energy levels, making it hard for them to function as normal– sometimes, making it so…
It’s a fear so intense and unthinkable that we often avoid even speaking about it as a society– the fear that someone you love will be in so much emotional distress that they take their own life. Even talking about it can feel like a taboo, like you might bring it on just by mentioning…
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses today, yet it is still very misunderstood. We often have an idea in our heads of what depression looks like that can be very inaccurate to what it’s actually like to experience it, not least of all because there is no one way to experience depression.…
Anxiety and depression are two of the most common mental health problems that people struggle with. They occur in a significant portion of the population in the United States alone, and there’s a good chance that you’ve either experienced one of them yourself, or that you know someone who has. In popular culture, anxiety…
