Stopping teenagers and children from being radicalized and sliding into violent extremism may be as simple as encouraging them to play sports, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) have discovered. In recent studies undertaken by the universities in the Southeast Punjab region of Pakistan, it was…
Preventing Violent Extremism in Youth May Be as Simple as Encouraging Involvement in Sport
August 26, 2022
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Australian School Girl Identifying as a Cat a Result of ‘Woke’ Culture, Senator Says
An Australian senator has spoken against an alleged incident where a Melbourne school girl identified as a cat, calling it a product of the woke culture getting out of control. It comes after the Herald Sun reported on Aug. 21 that a private Melbourne school allowed a nonverbal but “phenomenally bright” girl to identify and…
Studies Show Social Media Use Increases Depression; Expert Tips on Getting Rid of Cellphone Dependence
August 23, 2022
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Social platforms have become a part of people’s lives since the development of the internet. While the internet brings speed and convenience, it can also bring negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. A study by the University of Bath found that individuals who stopped using social media for a week saw substantial improvements in…
How We Have Been Misled About Antidepressants
August 23, 2022
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Commentary Our umbrella review that revealed no links between serotonin and depression has caused shock waves among the general public, but has been dismissed as old news by psychiatric opinion leaders. This disjunction begs the questions of why the public has been fed this narrative for so long, and what antidepressants are actually doing if they are not reversing…
Dr. Kenneth Wright on Shift Work and Sleep
August 19, 2022
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Excerpts from our conversation with Dr. Kenneth Wright, Jr., an NIH-funded expert on sleep at the University of Colorado, Boulder. NIHNiH: What is the circadian system? And why is it disrupted by shift work, such as working the night shift? Wright: The circadian system is our biological clock. That biological clock controls the timing of a lot…
Dealing With Grief on the Cancer Journey
Cancer isn’t just a physical struggle but also an emotional one, as patients, survivors and their loved ones experience grief and loss throughout the experience. Gabrielle Alvarez, a social worker at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, offered some tips to help patients and caregivers manage their feelings. Alvarez, a certified grief counselor, noted that…
Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder
Is the long, cold winter getting you down? For people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), the change in seasons brings on a form of depression. Most often, it begins in late fall or early winter each year and goes away in the spring and summer. Common signs of SAD include low energy, overeating, and sleeping…
56% of Canadians Parents Say Pandemic Impacted Their Kids Negatively: Report
More than half of Canadian parents say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their kids negatively, a new report finds. Released by human resources firm LifeWorks on Aug. 17, the company’s monthly mental health index found that 56 percent of Canadians say their children’s mental health and development worsened over the last two years due to…
Harmful Partnerships
August 17, 2022
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Abuse can be difficult to see, especially when it’s in your own relationship. It can start slowly, and it’s not always physical. You may not realize that the small comments a loved one makes to you are doing harm. You may even make excuses for them. They’re stressed from work or the pandemic. But abuse…
Postpartum Depression May Last for Years
August 17, 2022
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Many women develop depression after giving birth. This is called postpartum depression. A new study found that a large number of women had high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth. Researchers asked more than 4,500 women about their symptoms of depression four months and one, two, and…
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