Mental Health

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Tears Demystified: Why Humans Cry

DivineCaroline | Allison Ford | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Men's Health, Psychology, Mental Health, Why Do We Cry, Emotional Health, Well-Being, Tears, Crying, Endocrine System, Living News

Crying is an emotional reaction that's completely unique to humans. Our capacity for complex thoughts and feelings means that we can cry whether we're...

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Parenting: Don't Over-Worry About Your Teen

Psychology Today | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescence, Mental Health, Relationships, Teens, Parenting, Mothers, Troubled Teens, Teenagers, Worry, Fathers, Risk-Taking, Living News

The harsh reality is that their teenager can't grow up without taking risks, can't take risks without denying danger, and can't deny danger without cr...

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How To Get Work More Done: Take Better Breaks

LifeDev | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Mental Health, Career, Work, Women's Health, Breaks, Men's Health, Work Break, Burnout, Fatigue, Night Shift, The Balanced Life, Living News

Thanks to the ever increasing connectivity that technology provides, it's becoming harder and harder to really break free. In fact, for many we've for...

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Listening To Alzheimer's Caregivers: Advice And Challenges

ABC News | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Aging, Mental Health, Relationships, Support Group Dementia, Women's Health, Men's Health, Giving, Support Group Alzheimer's, Living News

In a roundtable discussion for the ABCNews.com OnCall+ Alzheimer's section, four caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease -- Alice, Maure...

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Sweating To Sobriety: Exercise Group Helps Recovering Addicts

blog.newsweek.com | Kate Dailey | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Exercise Addiction, Sobriety, Recovery, Getting Sober Exercise, Mental Health, Getting Sober, Phoenix Multisport Colorado, Addiction, Men's Health, Triathalon, Running, Exercise, Phoenix Multisport, Fitness, Women's Health, Triathlete, Living News

More than 13 years ago, as Scott Strode was struggling to get his drinking and drug use under control, the gym in Boston where he boxed offered refuge...

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Common Ground on Abortion

Aspen Baker | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counseling, Melissa Harris Lacewell, Mental Health, Abortion, Mike Huckabee, Pro-Voice, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, John Stewart, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Politics News

The desire for the emotional well-being of women doesn't require compromise of human rights or moral values and it doesn't require the sacrifice of dearly held beliefs.

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Five Ways to Use Imagination to Boost Your Self-Esteem

Psychology Today | Jane Bolton | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy, Mental Health, Relationships, Women's Health, Men's Health, Zest, Psychology Today, Psychology, Self-Esteem, Positive Psychology, Imagination, Happiness, Living News

Our ability to use our imagination for our benefit plays a major part in our experience of power, self esteem and joy. One definition of the word "emp...

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Is Your Inbox Full of Reactivit-E-Mail?

Brooke Siler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Emotions, Mental Health, Relationships, Reactivity, Email, Women's Health, Technology, Online Relationships, Emotional Reactivity, Psychology Technology, Living News

Some people are happily distracted by their Twitters and Tweets and would have it no other way. I, on the other hand, begin sweating and twitching as I near my computer.

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12 Depression Busters For New Moms

Therese Borchard | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Motherhood, Depression, Parenting, Postpartum Depression, Perinatal Mood Disorders, Mental Health, Personal Health, Health, Women's Health, Wellness, Living News

It's supposed to be the most exciting time of your life ... and everyone is telling you how lucky you are to have a beautiful baby, but all you can do...

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Thriving on Worry!

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Living, Parenting, Mental Health, Relationships, Work, Health, Happiness, Living News

Is it any wonder that research shows that star performers, effective leaders, and healthier people are better problem solvers than their counterparts?

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Jon and Kate Spoiler: A Sandwich of Betrayal, Stress & Divorce?

Janice Taylor | Posted 07.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Celebrity Splits, Stress, Marriage, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Relationship Advice, Hummel, Relationships, Janice Taylor, Health, Jon, Virtual Shoulder, Kate Austen, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Home News

An important part of a relationship revolves around sharing your life. Before you 'talk at' your significant other, take a look at these truly helpful and useful communication guidelines.

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Addressing The Stigma That Surrounds The Overweight

The Atlantic Food Channel | Samuel T. Stanley | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Surgery, Personal Health, Health, Fat, Gastric-Bypass, Indentity, Wellness, Overweight, Living News

It was around the time of my sister's college graduation when I realized that I could no longer hide the fact that I had lost a significant amount of ...

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New York Drivers Are Most Aggressive In The US

Yahoo! News | Patricia Reaney | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Agression, Unhappiness, Anger, Driving, Mental Health, Personal Health, Road Rage, Living News

New York has overtaken Miami to be voted the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, according to a survey on road rage released on T...

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STUDY: Sleep Helps Us Let Go Of Negative Emotions

TIME | Tiffany Sharples | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Freud, Emotions, Rem Sleep, Mental Health, Personal Health, Health, Emotional Health, Sleeping, Wellness, Sleep, Living News

Dreams may not be the secret window into the frustrated desires of the unconscious that Sigmund Freud first posited in 1899, but growing evidence sugg...

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7 Ways To Stay Out 0f The Psych Ward

Therese Borchard | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Psych Ward, Depression, Hospitalization, Psychiatric Ward, Psychotherapy, The Inner Life, The Balanced Life, Mental Health, Wellness, Living News

It's been three years since I've dined in the community room of a psych ward with some fellow depressives...trying to slice a piece of rubber turkey w...

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Patrick Kennedy Admitted To Medical Facility For Treatment

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Kennedy Mental Health, Patrick Kennedy Depression, Mental Health, Patrick Kennedy Drugs, Patrick Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy Treatment, Mental Health Treatment, Politics News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who has struggled with depression, alcoholism and addiction for much of his life, said Friday that he h...

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Adolescent Depression: Do We Have the Will to Make a Difference?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, Adolescent-Depression, Depression, Preventative Healthcare, Mental Health, Teenagers, Living News

We need to have the will to make depression screening for adolescents a standard of care for primary care: to make it a required field in the electronic medical record and a quality standard for health plans and hospitals.

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How To Live On $0 A Day: Taking Pleasure In The Little Things -- A Pep Talk

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy

My mind raced darkly as I approached the car. I thought to myself, 'Dear God, if I just got a $40 parking ticket in order to get free samples of Fiber One cereal, shoot me now. I'm going to be so poor, I'll have to eat the Fiber One. Why me? Life is so freaking unfair I don't think I can bear another minute. I hate Fiber One.'

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What Makes You Grow? ...Emotional Nutrients!

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Mental Health, Relationship Advice, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Work, The Inner Life, Living News

Figuring out your emotional nutrients doesn't have to cost you a lot of money in therapy, but it is one of those tasks that require time and honest self evaluation.

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Live in the Moment or Envision the Future? - How to Get Excited For Both

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Happiness, Carl R. Sullivan MD, Living in the Moment, Self Awareness, healthin30, Mental Health, Empowerment, Health, Healthy Living, Living, Living News

Both living in the moment and picturing your future can rejuvenate you.

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Susan Boyle Needs Your Friendship and Support

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, Friend, Stigma, Emotional Disorder, Mental Health, Entertainment, Mental Illness, Friendship, Susan Boyle, Brain Research, Health, Discrimination, Nervous Breakdown, Britain’s Got Talent, Breaking Living News, Priory, Living News

The emotional fallout of Susan Boyle's unexpected and disappointing defeat on Saturday night was clearly devastating. The front-runner failed to take ...

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Paying the Piper: Brain "Neuroenhancers"

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Provigil, Adhd, Mental Health, Brain, Adult ADHD, Focus, Health, Side Effects, Neuroenhancers, US Airforce, Medicine, Wellness, Ritalin, Adderall, Living News

If you don't have a medical condition like ADHD or narcolepsy and you take stimulants, you are entering the world of performance enhancement, where many have tread and paid a great price.

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6 Quick Sanity Tricks

Therese Borchard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Sanity, Cognitive/Behavioral Tools, Happiness, Stress, Mental Health, Health, Peace, Living News

Awhile back I asked you for your sanity tricks, techniques that help you fight the forces of the dark side. Here are some of the gems. 1. Learn the a...

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Why Suppressing Thoughts And Emotions Does Not Work

spring.org.uk | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Positive Thinking, Focus, Health, Wellness, Happiness, Living News

It sometimes feels like our minds are not on the same team as us. I want to go to sleep, but it wants to keep me awake rerunning events from my childh...

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