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Mental health is a critical concern for all companies. One in five individuals will experience a mental health problem during their lives, according to the World Health Organization. For many people, the workplace is where mental health problems first begin and/or become exacerbated. ...
You may have heard of Movember, the month when men grow their facial hair in solidarity with men’s health issues, like testicular and prostate cancer. The trend has taken hold across the world and even generated its own spinoffs, like “No-Shave November.” Movember started in Australia as a grassroots movement and began to become widespread in the early 2000s. Since then, ...
Soldiers and veterans are tough – physically, mentally and emotionally. Does this mean they are immune from migraine pain? Absolutely not. Migraine pain hits soldiers and veterans hard and may be triggered by stress, injuries or trauma. Although soldiers may not talk about the pain they feel, it’s still here, impacting their relationships, health and overall quality of life. If ...
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Depression and the vagus nerve Depression affects millions of people worldwide and constitutes a leading cause of disability. Although pharmacological interventions are available, many of them produce suboptimal outcomes due to high non-responsive rates or intolerable side effects. It has been estimated that between 20 to 40 per cent of patients either failed to respond to conventional ...
Predicting Treatment Success Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) has recently emerged as a promising treatment for depression and an effective mood enhancer, showing benefits over similar treatments including traditional vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) which is invasive and costly. tVNS targets the auricular branch of the vagus nerve and works by applying a small electrical stimulation ...
In honor of National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day this month, we are doing our part to set the record straight on Fibromyalgia, a condition the MayoClinic calls “one of the most misunderstood disorders in medicine today.” Once thought to be an autoimmune or inflammatory disorder, specialists now agree that fibromyalgia is a disorder of the nervous system. It most commonly affects women ...
“There was a constant chattering in my brain. It was my own voice talking about depression, agony, hopelessness,” said Deirdre Lehman, a woman in her 60s who had tenuously contended with bipolar disorder for over a decade. After receiving groundbreaking depression treatment, Deirdre went on to describe the relief as follows: “By lunch, I could look my husband in the ...
Life is overwhelming at times but your treatment plan does not have to be. We have broken down each step to make getting started as simple as possible.Below you will find everything you need to get going with Flow. Getting ready So, you’ve ordered your device, now what? There are a few simple steps you can take to prepare for your delivery: What you need to start How to download ...
Pregnancy is portrayed as a time of happiness and emotional well-being, and for many that is their experience, but evidence shows mental illness can affect women in pregnancy. Pregnancy impacts women from many angles with regards to their physical and mental health and also the baby’s health. There is much debate over whether you are more or less likely to have ill mental health during ...
Saturday the 10th of October is World Mental Health Day. It provides an opportunity to talk about the work related to mental health, and what needs to be done to make mental health care accessible for more people. This year, especially due to COVID-19, there is more need for this than ever. The pandemic has been increasing the need for mental health care. According to a recent study, ...
Is it possible to treat depression without medication or antidepressants? There is a simple answer to this question: Yes. Yes, it is. Most people don’t know that you can treat depression at home, medication-free. If they do, most people don’t know how. The fact is, you don’t need pills to reduce depressive symptoms or even to recover from depression. By making a few lifestyle ...
The low mood, the lack of energy, the excessive feelings of guilt, shame, or hopelessness that come with depression can easily drive a person to withdraw from social interactions. The isolation, in turn, keeps positive experiences at a distance and worsens the depressive state. As you probably know, breaking a depressive spiral by doing the things you have avoided for some time is a big ...
A multivariate analysis of 4797 cases of patients who were cured of their psychological symptoms and their notes filed by the psychiatric clinic of the Eginition Hospital in Athens, during the year 1994, has been done. The results of this analysis imply significant contribution of environmental variations, expressed by a discomfort index, in the aggravation of psychological symptoms like ...