Depression

• A pacemaker for your brain? It helped one woman with her crippling depression

  Researchers say the treatment could eventually help many of the nearly three million Americans like her with depression that resists other treatments.

  Health

  Feb 21
  
• Living alone? Study links higher depression risk when isolated

  Adults who live alone are more likely to grapple with higher rates of depression, especially for those lacking social and emotional support, according to a recent report.

  Health

  Feb 16
  
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• Feelings of depression linked to short-term weight gain, study finds

  New research from the University of Cambridge is suggesting that the risk of weight increase in the short term is higher in people with obesity.

  Health

  Jan 11
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• Job burnout: What is it and how should we respond to it?

  Burnout is not a medical diagnosis but an occupational health expert at the University of Alberta says research connects it closely to depression.

  Canada

  Jan 9
• Gloomy weather got you down? How to navigate seasonal affective disorder

  Experts say the stress of the holiday season, which can be a difficult time for many for different reasons, can have a compounding effect on SAD.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2023
• Calgary clinic pushing for better access to psychedelic therapy

  A Calgary clinic is working to push psychedelic-assisted therapy forward, while advocating for better access for patients in Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 26, 2023
• Two children killed by father in apparent murder-suicide, Quebec provincial police say

  Police say the man took his own life after killing the two children, which authorities confirmed were his.

  Crime

  Aug 27, 2023
• She went to the hospital with suicidal thoughts. A clinician raised medically-assisted death

  "I felt so hopeless because this was my attempt at reaching out for help and I feel it was actually more traumatizing," Kathrin Mentler said.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2023
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• Healing through ink: N.S. woman finds strength in country song lyrics tattooed on leg

  In an effort to help others feel more comfortable discussing their mental health battles, Kristina Affleck is sharing her story on social media.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
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• ‘More humanity’: B.C. family urges change after man ends life hours after hospital discharge

  On Feb. 9, James Zimmer, 50, took his own life within hours of being discharged from the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. His family didn't know he had left the facility.

  Health

  May 12, 2023