Tag: depression
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Positive Affirmations Around Social Media Reactions
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are designed not only to enable but encourage people to provide feedback about content posted by others. This might take the form of a like, a simple thumbs up or down, text, or something more sophisticated like a text or video response. If you’ve ever posted content…
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How Social Media Has Poisoned Us
This blog post was inspired by an article published by The Guardian on April 9. While the write-up isn’t strictly focused on technology, that topic is still explored and the content is worth addressing.
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Teen Depression is on the Rise: Are Smartphones to Blame?
As technology keeps evolving, each generation of parents has had to deal with problems that their parents or grandparents could have never dreamt! First, it was TV, then it was video games rotting the brain, and now smartphones. What will come next? Who knows?! And it seems like with each new technology the effect is…
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Study: App Aims to Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
The worlds of technology and health and constantly growing closer and closer together. Whether you’re at a medical hospital, physical therapy, or visiting a psychiatrist, chances are that technology is going to play a role in your treatment. One such technology is making a name for itself in the medical and psychological community as an…
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Is Mindfulness Replacing Therapy for Battling Depression?
It’s been estimated that nearly 16 million adults age 18+ have been affected by depression, and close to 10% suffer from mood disorders. Can you guess what the most common treatment method is for both of these things? You guessed it: medication. And the number of people being prescribed these medications is on the rise.…
