Depression
Mental health crisis spinning out of control
A global study across 204 countries found that nearly 1.2 billion people lived with a mental disorder in 2023: a surge of 95.5% since 1990, with anxiety and depression leading the increase.
Iran’s digital divide: Iranians without internet suffering from isolation, depression - study
Trump’s mental health order pushes psychedelic research into the mainstream - opinion
Study finds – women experience depression at twice the rate of men
Is YouTube making young people depressed? – study
Youtube most negatively affected individuals aged under 29-years-old who regularly watched content on other people’s lives.
How to identify and treat postpartum depression
Following a suspected murder-suicide in Haifa where a mother killed her infant son and then herself in Haifa, doctors suspect it was related to postpartum depression.
The rejected and deprived child
Mental images can help distract teens from negative thought spirals - study
By providing short-term distractions, such as mental imagery, people can seek help from therapists, friends, or parents.
Religious guilt: How can we cope when we fail God? - opinion
Accumulated religious guilt can become so overbearing that the only escape seems to be the abandonment of religion.
Healthcare workers suffer post-COVID burnout, endangering their health
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how overburdened these systems and healthcare workers’ functioning within them already existed.
Gila’s Way to host landmark suicide-prevention conference at Knesset
Gila was a beautiful, talented teenager who exuded kindness and empathy to those around her. Her father, and his organization, are teaching some difficult lessons based on his family’s own trauma.
A walk in the woods can help relieve depression, anxiety symptoms - study
“Your heart stopped pounding. Your thoughts flow a little more calmly. It simply becomes easier to relax," Associate Prof. Simone Grassini wrote.
Teen suicides, reduced during lockdown, has now increased 12-18%
Teenage suicide rates fell during lockdown and have risen again now that in-school teaching has returned.
Mental illness on the rise in Israel - report
Two major triggers for mental distress are loneliness and economic distress.
