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JAN 5 2021
Holistic Approaches for Seasonal Affective Disorder
Psychology Today
If you’re struggling with SAD, know that you’re not alone. Millions of American adults may suffer from SAD, with many remaining undiagnosed and untreated (NIMH). Statistically speaking, women are more likely to be affected by SAD than men. Medications can be helpful in treating serious cases of SAD, but there are drug-free treatments for seasonal affective disorder that don’t require a prescription. Consider these integrative health approaches for SAD: bright light therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, vitamin D, exercise, more.
JAN 4 202
In tribute, Raskins say son lived moral, magical life, but felt weight of depression
Bethesda Magazine
In a long, heartfelt essay on Monday night, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin wrote that their son, Tommy — who died on New Year’s Eve — was precocious, loving, crusading and much more. But he also suffered under the weight and pain of depression, which “became overwhelming and unyielding and unbearable.” In Monday evening’s essay, the Raskins detailed Tommy’s life from birth through college, sharing anecdotes about his love of animals, his family and other people. Tommy Raskin was 25.
DEC 21 2020
Feeling Depressed? Bacteria in Your Gut May Be to Blame
Wall Street Journal
New studies point to the trillions of organisms in the human microbiome as playing an unexpectedly huge role in our well-being. In a series of studies, researchers are discovering that the microbial menagerie living in our digestive tract may help regulate brain function, including mental health. Recent findings by scientists in the U.S., Europe and China are linking our feelings of stress, anxiety and severe depression to disturbances among hundreds of microbe species living in our gut that some researchers have started calling the psychobiome.