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What Is High-Functioning Depression and Are You Missing the Signs?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

High-Functioning Depression Treatment Options Treatment for high-functioning depression often includes a combination of therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes. Practice Mindfulness Mindfulness, journaling, or meditation can help increase awareness of your emotions and reduce internal pressure.

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Using AI and Data from the Medical Record to Identify Individuals at Risk for Postpartum Depression

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

In a recent study from Mass General Hospital, researchers examined whether information included in the medical record at the time of discharge after delivery could help us to identify individuals at increased risk for postpartum depression.

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Can Medication Affect Your Sex Life? What Sex Therapists Want You to Know

Zencare

For example, if you take an SSRI for depression, your doctor might suggest an alternative depression treatment like bupropion, which has fewer sexual side effects. They may also suggest changing medications, as some medications are known to cause fewer side effects than others.

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Do Critics of Biological Psychiatry Have an Alternative to a Life of “Whack-A-Mole”?

Mad in America

Psychiatric News reported in 2024 that PubMed shows more than 400 trials of ketamine as a depression treatment in the past decade; however, it also reports that G. The same disregard for the scientific method that establishment psychiatry evidenced in standard antidepressant drug trials is now evident with ketamine.

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Your beaker, my beaker: Understanding why they’re different

Chipur

Stress capacity: I refer to mine as a beaker. Not right now, the beaker's overflowing." or "Let me pour a little out of the beaker first." Monitoring stress load and capacity is huge. Understanding why each of our beakers are different is crucial.

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The depression and anxiety bout: Answer the bell

Chipur

Depression, anxiety, stress, and a world gone crazy…I’m done. From personal experience, when it comes to the depression and anxiety bout, answer the bell. Have you ever wanted to say something like this? Call the fight.” You’ll be glad you did.

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How remote work can exacerbate social anxiety and what to do

Chipur

Remote work remains a popular employment option, post-COVID-19. However, it presents potential problems for those of us with emotional and mental illnesses. One of them is aggravation of social anxiety. How remote work can exacerbate social anxiety and what to do.” Let’s chat.