Category Archives: Mental Health

Best New Year’s Resolutions and How to Realize Them

New Year’s resolutions have almost become a joke in modern society – everybody makes one, but very few actually keep them and follow through with their plan. For many people, a New Year’s resolution involves improving health, kicking old habits like smoking, losing weight, improving physical appearance or something similar. All good goals, no doubt, but why do they always seem to fail? In some cases, the problem is that the goal was poorly defined, had no deadline, was unrealistic, or just didn’t appropriately match the actual needs of the individual. However, even with proper goal-setting techniques, the best New Year’s resolutions fail due to a lack of the knowledge and resources necessary for completing the goal. Here are five tips that should help you make your resolution a reality.

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New Depression Drug is Faster, has Fewer Antidepressant Side Effects

Researchers have just completed a study on a new and experimental depression drug capable of alleviating symptoms of depression in individuals for whom other drugs have failed. Although the beneficial effects of the drug appear to have a short duration, they work rapidly at treating symptoms in comparison to other depression drugs, and exhibit fewer antidepressant side effects. The drug, so far referred to as AZD6765, cleared up depression symptoms in subjects just 1.3 hours. Although the effects only lasted for around 30 minutes in some patients, others benefited as long as 2 days. The average participant had already tried seven different rounds of depression treatment involving various drugs and therapy methods, and almost half of them had already received shock therapy.

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Low Iron in Babies May Be Linked to Bad Behavior as Toddlers

Children in the toddler age group, typically considered to be ages one through three, are infamous for throwing tantrums and misbehaving. Aside from different parental strategies, a small child’s diet may also affect how they behave. For example, a recent study by researchers in Sweden suggests that future behavioral problems may be reduced in underweight babies by giving them iron supplements. In the study, underweight babies who went without iron supplements increased their risk of having behavioral issues up to 5 times by the age of 3 in comparison to underweight babies who did receive iron supplementation as infants. Past studies have shown that underweight babies — in other words, those weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth — are prone to both iron deficiency and behavioral problems now linked to low iron in babies.

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Feel Fuller Longer: What You Think You Ate Determines Fullness

Nutritionists have long believed that most people will declare themselves “full” when they’ve eaten all the food on their plate, no matter how much food was on the plate in the first place — a belief previously proven through scientific study. Now, a new study is suggesting that people will feel fuller longer after eating a meal if they believe the meal was large. Researchers from the United Kingdom’s University of Bristol gathered 100 students whose average age was 26. Each student was presented with either a 17-ounce or 10-ounce serving of tomato soup. However, the researchers used a hidden pump to change the amount of soup in each bowl, unbeknownst to the students. In the end, some of the students who saw a 10-ounce bowl actually consumed 17 ounces of soup, while others who saw a 17-ounce bowl actually only ate 10 ounces.

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Dancing Can Alleviate Mild Mental Health Issues in Teen Girls

Dancing at a club or party can provide some unfocused cardiovascular exercise. Even better, other types of dancing can improve flexibility, increase core strength, and help burn calories. For younger people, however, the act of dancing may also have benefits beyond the physical. For example, teenage girls can help alleviate mild mental health issues such as problem internalization just through dancing, according to a new study conducted at the Karolinska Institutet’s Centre for Health Care Sciences in Sweden. In the dance and mental health study, girls reported greater improvements in health after taking dance classes twice a week in comparison to girls who did not engage in dance. The findings suggest that dance is an excellent way to improve not only physical health but mental health as well.

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