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A study that followed recently unemployed people for five months—or until they landed a new job-found that staying positive and being persistent helped people find work sooner. In early 2008, the US unemployment rate ranged from 4.9% to 5.6%...
People who work overtime are at much greater risk for depression, according to a recent study. Researchers followed roughly 2,000 middle-aged...
A small recent study gives insight into how electroshock therapy, an effective yet poorly understood treatment for severe depression, affects the brains...
More than one out of every 20 Americans experiences depression at any given time, yet fewer than one-third seek help from a...
Bipolar disorder has gotten lots of press lately. Several celebrities have received treatment for this disorder-some of whom have been quite open...
Everyone's heard the phrase "wealth does not buy happiness." Neither, it turns out, does social status, youth or...
Stress creates unproductive panic, inhibits creative thought, contributes to chronic illness and is just plain exhausting. But no matter what's...
The more a mother showers her infant child with warmth and affection, the less anxiety, hostility and general distress the child will...
Bad breaks and difficult days often darken our disposition—but we don't have to let those low spirits linger. We...
We encounter angry, rude and thoughtless people almost every day. Another driver cuts us off in traffic...our boss grumbles criticism even...
It has long been my theory that we all have low self-esteem but manifest it in different ways. Clinical psychologist Judy Kuriansky,...
It may be a cliché, but it's true. Parents never stop worrying about their children's troubles, even when...