The writer of novels including Watermelon, Sushi For Beginners and Rachel’s Holiday, has said she faced suicidal urges up to 40 times a day in the depths of mental illness. She battled the depression for 18 months and tried every possible remedy, including medication, cognitive behavioural therapy and meditation and mass – but nothing worked but the passage of time.
Category: Depression
Marian Keyes: ‘I thought of suicide 40 times every day’
The writer of novels including Watermelon, Sushi For Beginners and Rachel’s Holiday, has said she faced suicidal urges up to 40 times a day in the depths of mental illness. She battled the depression for 18 months and tried every possible remedy, including medication, cognitive behavioural therapy and meditation and mass – but nothing worked but the passage of time.
Chrissy Teigen hits back at critics
The 31-year-old star – who welcomed daughter Luna with husband John Legend, 38, in April 2016 – shared screenshots of a number of angry messages from online commentators slamming her parenting abilities and she called them “the f***ing worst”. The comments included: “Golden rule of dressing babies is however many layers you are wearing plus an extra one.
Brain study identifies bipolar marker
… develop episodes of mania.” Professor Michael Breakspear, from QIMR Berghofer and Brisbane’s Metro North Hospital and Health Service, says the research team hopes to use the findings to develop a way of identifying those at risk of bipolar before …
Reducing risk of suicide in cancer patients
… suicide also is higher among cancer patients: twice that of the general population. That higher rate is troubling for health professionals. In an effort to intervene earlier, researchers are developing a list of risk factors for depression among …
Chrissy Teigen opens up about battle with postpartum depression
Model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen opened up for the first time about her secret battle with postpartum depression and anxiety in a personal essay she wrote for Glamour magazine. “I didn’t think it could happen to me.
Chrissy Teigen Bravely Reveals Her Struggle With Postpartum Depression
Chrissy Teigen is known for being a wildly candid open book, but there was one chapter of her life that she was reluctant to share with the world. Until now.
Yoga Helps Reduce Symptoms of Depression, Study Finds
Major Depressive Disorder is one of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. According to statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health , in 2015, an estimated 16.1 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the past year.
A latest survey reveals that Yoga can now reduce depression symptoms!27 min ago
Do you know anybody who has depression or are you a depression patient yourself? You know what is the best thing you could do for somebody with depression? Ask them not to take antidepressants, but to just join some yoga class. You read it right.
Talk openly with HK youth about suicide and stress
… The spate has helped spur discussion about stress and depression and the need for change. As a paediatrician and teen health expert, I have spent the past two weeks speaking to young people in the city’s secondary schools about stress, identifying …
Facebook aims to prevent suicide
… Dr. Paul Domitor. So the activities they’ve previously enjoyed, they stop enjoying,” But, stigma surrounding mental health often gets in the way of those who are struggling and their family as they try to reach out. “Some people that get very …
‘I’ve got a duty to help people’: Ex-Norwich City player Cedric …
For, three months after speaking to this newspaper to reveal his 14-year battle with anxiety and depression, he has opened his heart again to tell how the decision to go public has transformed his life. The 39-year-old, who played for the Canaries between 1998-2001 and previously won a Uefa Cup runners-up medal with Bordeaux, has been signed up as a mental health ambassador and is doing everything he can to share the message that being open is crucial when you have a mental health issue.
Billy Corgan opens up about suicidal depression
BILLY CORGAN: In a candid chat with Amy Jo Martin on her “Why Not Now” podcast, Corgan admits he felt his early achievements with the Smashing Pumpkins and their debut album Gish were overshadowed by the “massive” popularity of Pearl Jam’s “Ten” and Nirvana’s “Nevermind” classic, which hit retailers just a few months later. Billy Corgan battled “suicidal depression” at the start of his Smashing Pumpkins career because rock rivals Nirvana and Pearl Jam were huge.
Mental health treatment makes strides
… time,” said Urrea, medical director and CEO of Psychiatric Care Systems and medical director of Behavioral Health Services at Monongahela Valley and Washington hospitals. “I was referring to the poor treatments we had years ago as …
Grim finding
An estimated 64 lakh people in the country suffer from depressive disorder while 69 lakh from anxiety disorders, says a new study of the World Health Organisation . The persons with anxiety disorders constitue 4.4 percent of the total population, the highest among the 11 countries of the WHO’s South East Asia Region.
UN health agency reports depression now ‘leading cause of disability worldwide’
New York, Feb 24 : Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, the United Nations health agency on Thursday reported, estimating that it affects more than 300 million people worldwide – the majority of them women, young people and the elderly. An estimated 4.4 per cent of the global population suffers from depression, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN World Health Organization , which shows an 18 per cent increase in the number of people living with depression between 2005 and 2015.
Divorced Chinese women stare death in the face to regain control of their lives
A divorcee in southwest China has started a down-to-earth movement that helps women recover from failed marriages by lying in mock graves to combat suicidal thoughts as they recover from their heartbreak, a national newspaper reported. On a hillside in Chongqing on Monday, 13 women took turns to lie in freshly dug pits as part of the “grave classroom” programme.
Are you lonesome? How Minnesota seniors are combating social isolation
… of thing.” Depression is one of the most obvious signs of loneliness. But as researchers increasingly investigate the health effects of social isolation, they’ve linked it to a host of emotional, physical and cognitive problems. Though not widely …
Why depression recovery rarely happens with a single solution
… U.S. citizens suffered at least one major depressive episode in 2015, according to the National Institute of Mental Health . To diagnose depression, doctors use a checklist of symptoms outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental …
Michelle Dewberry reveals she wanted to kill herself
And despite setting up her own consultancy and becoming a presenter on Sky News since, Michelle Dewberry has revealed that she has been on the verge of suicide. Speaking to The Sun , the 37-year-old revealed that she didn’t realise she was depressed at the time, when she decided to kill herself in 2012.
The Unmistakable Signs You Need to Detox
… problems, persistent sinus problems, skin irritation, muscle aches, and even menstrual cycle issues. Some mental health disorders can also be signs of needing a detox. If you have been experiencing worsening episodes of depression, or you suddenly …
Eating These Foods Could Make You Happier
… level, too. According to a study published in PLOS One , fruits and vegetables aren’t just great for your physical health – they can work wonders on your mental health, too. For the study, researchers examined a group of young adults who didn’t …
Some partners need extra loving this valentine’s day
… in the future. “Efforts from a partner to help alleviate stress may prevent the development or worsening of mental health problems and, in fact, could help keep the relationship healthy,” said lead researcher Matthew Johnson. He’s an assistant …
Dr Ellie Cannon: Lack of sleep has left me shattered
… issues with saline irrigation and this is also recommended by the prescribing watchdog the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). This can be used alongside conventional medication and can be hugely effective. Many people do this …
World Government Summit: UAE Sets Global Framework for Governments to …
With the World Health Organization expecting depression to rank in the top three biggest diseases within the next 15 years, over 300 global experts, scientists and decision makers met in Dubai today for the first Global Dialogue on Happiness. His Excellency, Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay speaks on ‘The Role of Government in Achieving Happiness during the Global Dialogue on Happiness’ The conference is a global initiative driven by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and intends to create a framework for governments to align their policies with the happiness and well-being of their people.
Later high school start times may improve academic success: study
… University in New Britain. “This connects the dots between the world of science and education,” she told Reuters Health. “Through this, educators and parents can see how lack of sleep impacts the school indicators that we use to measure student …
Easing partner’s stress may up your self-esteem
… Alberta in Canada. Efforts from a partner to help alleviate stress may prevent the development or worsening of mental health problems and, in fact, could help keep the relationship healthy, Johnson added. The study also showed that women with …
New study finds screen time for kids not that bad
A new study from Stetson University in Florida has found that limiting screen time for children and teens is not as necessary as previously thought. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently dropped its recommendation of only two hours of screen time a day for children and teens, which corroborates evidence that screen time recommendations are often estimates and not clear.
Maternal and paternal sleep during pregnancy in the Child-sleep birth cohort.
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Maternal and paternal sleep insufficiency during pregnancy appears to be a risk factor for health and wellbeing in young families.
Keeping your resolve to be healthier this year
Most people are familiar with the more well-known risk factors that can lead to heart disease, such as a family history of heart problems or high cholesterol levels. What’s less known is the impact of depression on heart health.
Is Hope Good or Bad?
Hope is a desire for something combined with an anticipation of it happening, it is the anticipation of something desired. To hope for something is to make a claim about something’s significance to us, and so to make a claim about ourselves.
Why this woman who once attempted suicide applauds hospital’s mental-health makeover
… Hospital, is one of the latest examples. As part of a larger project, the hospital is reconstructing its Mental Health Services unit, with a much brighter vision in mind. “There has been beautiful movement in the way that we approach mental …
Accused denies counselling her distraught husband to kill himself
A woman on trial for pushing her husband to kill himself denied the allegations in a Cranbrook, B.C., court while admitting to having marriage troubles. Terri Reimer is accused of counselling her husband, Bill Reimer, to commit suicide as well as administering a noxious substance with the intent to endanger.
Get to grips with tragedies first, prevent it second
The loss of two young children’s lives points to a ‘missing step’ in New Zealand’s counselling and mental health services, says the New Zealand Association of Counsellors . In recent weeks, two girls aged 9 and 10 are believed to have taken their lives in unrelated incidents.
C reactive protein and depressive symptoms in haemodialysis patients: A questionable association.
… symptoms using two valadiated depression screening tools: the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Demographic and clinical correlates of depression symptoms were eveluated in adjusted linear and logistic …
Maintenance pharmacotherapy for recurrent major depressive disorder…
Most practice guidelines recommend maintenance antidepressant treatment for recurrent major depressive disorder. However, the degree to which such guidance is actually followed in primary health care has remained obscure.
Twenty One Pilots plays Pittsburgh
“We are Twenty One Pilotsa and so are you.” A simple statement from Twenty One Pilots’ lead man Tyler Joseph finishes every performance from the popular music group, and encompasses the ironic simplicity of their extremely large and passionate fan base.
Walking the line for mental health
Having been touched by rural suicide and isolation three men are walking across the region to raise money and awareness. FOR MATES: Chad Frost, Clary Golder and Tim Inkster are walking the Wimmera Mallee pipeline to raise money, and awareness of mental health.
Physical activity appears to protect children from developing depression
… which served as a kind of advanced pedometer, and parents were interviewed about their children’s mental health. “Being active, getting sweaty and roughhousing offer more than just physical health benefits. They also protect against depression,” …
Max Mosley donated A 1.2million to controversial drug tsars
Ex-Formula 1 boss Max Mosley has donated A 1.2million to controversial drug tsars since the death of his heroin addict son eight years ago A 600,000 of that went to Professor David Nutt who last year led a study into the use of magic mushrooms to treat depression He also gave A 600,000 to Ben Sessa who wants MDMA to be prescribed as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder Max Mosley has donated A 1.2 million for controversial drugs research – including funding for a former Government adviser who was sacked for claiming ecstasy was no worse than alcohol. The ex-Formula 1 boss donated A 600,000 for research by Professor David Nutt, who led a study last year into the use of magic mushrooms to treat depression.