Health Beyond the Blog: “The Martian” by Andy Weir
News Team member Diyya Ganju recommends the 2014 book "The Martian" by Andy Weir. Its fictional stranded protagonist's prioritizing of mental health and connection offers lessons for real life.
Treating Depression with Heat
News Team member Gillian Feinglass suggests that saunas might offer more than just relaxation; they could be a groundbreaking treatment for depression. New research reveals heat therapy as a potential nonpharmacological approach to reduce depressive symptoms.
Weekly Health Digest: Teenage Sadness, Over-the-Counter Narcan, and American Child Malnutrition
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: rising teenage girl sadness, over-the-counter Narcan coming soon, and American child malnutrition
Weekly Health Digest: Hospice Negligence, Biden’s SOTU Promises, Predatory Baby Formula Companies, and the Highest U.S. Rate of Sadness in Teenage Girls
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: hospice negligence, Biden's SOTU promises, predatory baby formula companies, and the highest U.S. rate of teenage girl sadness
Weekly Health Digest: Rowing Machines’ New Popularity; COVID-19, Depression, and Menstrual Cycles
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: A renaissance for rowing machines, and how COVID-19 affected depression and menstrual cycles.
Weekly Health Digest: Caregiving, Depression, and Global Health Efforts
New in Weekly Health Digest: the economic impact of family caregiving, distinguishing depression from burnout, and renewing efforts to fund global health.
COVID Chronicles | Quarantined Happiness: The Pandemic’s Effects on Young Adults & Teens
In this episode, host Matt Guerette aims to set the stage on the conversation around mental health and the effects of the pandemic on society’s most fragile, yet influential group – the youth.
Dr. Andrew Miller: Part 2 – Inflammation and Depression
In this Part 2 episode with Dr. Andrew H. Miller, we explore why humans have an inflammatory bias, why the link between inflammation and depression likely enhanced survival and reproduction across human evolution and why the absence of co-evolved bacteria, viruses and worms in the modern world is making both inflammation and depression worse.
Dr. Andrew Miller: Part 1 – Inflammation, Stress and Depression
Dr. Andrew Miller has been a world leader in unraveling how inflammation produces depression and how addressing inflammation might help identify new treatments for this disabling condition. Join us on this podcast to hear the history of this psychiatric and medical revolution from someone who made much of it happen.
Psychiatric Psychedelics
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash (rights-free) By Dynasti deGouville Psychedelics, or serotonergic hallucinogens, are powerful psychoactive substances that alter perception, mood, and a multitude of cognitive processes in the human brain. The name psychedelics for these substances was coined…