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Anxiety can look different in children. Here's what to look for and some treatments to consider

Throughout the pandemic, many families have struggled with fears about COVID, employment and lock-downs – all while experiencing disruption to things like school, childcare, social support services and beloved activities. It has been stressful for some, traumatic for others.

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Special Report: Psychedelics and mental health

Today on World Mental Health day we look at leading-edge ideas on how psychedelic therapies might work and what these drugs do to the brain.

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Ketamine helps change thinking patterns in people with treatment-resistant depression

Its effect is fast and sustained.

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Treating postpartum depression with psychedelics

Psychedelics could potentially improve mother-infant bonding during postpartum depression. But studies have not looked into it.

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In Iris, Fiona Kelly McGregor recreates the criminal underworld of Depression-era Sydney

It’s spring 1932 and Sydney is in the grip of the Great Depression. In the narrow terrace-lined streets and back lanes of inner Sydney, there are illegal two-up games and off-course betting. Sly grog shops are open after the official pub closing time of 6pm, offering beer, spirits and drugs.…

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Mum who works with brain tumour patients missed own symptoms before diagnosis

Neuro physiotherapist Rose Croft began developing migraines and vomiting, and the new mum initially put it down to sleep deprivation and post-natal depression

Daily Mirror

Joe Swash fell into 'dark depression' over custody battle - but says 'angel' Stacey saved him

TV star Joe Swash fell into deep depression following a three year custody battle with his ex over son Harry, before meeting now wife Stacey Solomon saved him and gave him the family life he's always wanted

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Ballymena man on how walking more has helped in his mental health recovery journey

"Even if I stumble, I'm still moving forward."

Belfast Live

Young woman who survived Brussels airport terror attack 'euthanised' after struggling with PTSD

Shanti De Corte was 17 when she escaped the explosion physically unharmed which, along with two other detonations, killed 32 and injured over 300. However the harrowing incident took a toll on her mental wellbeing as she was left with constant panic attacks and dark depression

Daily Mirror

LSD-like drug may treat depression without the "trip" effect — mouse study

Researchers published a study in the journal Nature outlining how they developed an LSD-like drug that produced antidepressant effects without hallucinations.

Inverse

Tropical Depression 13 forecast to become hurricane near Caribbean isles

Tropical Depression 13 could develop into a storm later on Friday, and strengthen further into a hurricane by Saturday night as it approaches the San Andres and Providencia Islands in the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Reuters

Jada Pinkett Smith to release ‘no holds barred’ memoir

Actor’s book is set to cover ‘a rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power’

The Independent UK

Hurricane Julia could form in the Caribbean Sea. What the forecast shows

MIAMI — A disturbance over the southern Caribbean Sea is expected to turn into a tropical depression soon, with the forecast calling for it to strengthen into a hurricane by the time it nears Nicaragua this weekend.

Miami Herald

Tropical depression expected to form in the Caribbean Sea soon. What the forecast shows

MIAMI — A disturbance just off the coast of Venezuela could turn into a tropical depression this week as it moves through the Caribbean Sea toward Central America.

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Daisy May Cooper feared her children would be taken away from her amid depression battle

This Country star Daisy May Cooper recalls how before the end of her marriage she felt 'trapped' and 'felt suicidal' at one point, but friend and Am I Being Unreasonable? co-star Seline Hizli helped her through the dark period of her life

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Vegetarians more likely to be depressed than meat-eaters – possible reasons

Vegetarians have around twice as many depressive episodes as meat-eaters, according to a new study.

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COVID has taken a greater toll on mental health among people from ethnic minorities – sadly this is no surprise

We’ve known for some time now that the physical effects of the pandemic have not been distributed evenly across society.

Evening Standard

Anxious people are twice as likely to become depressed from social media, study finds

Findings come as Molly Russell inquest finds that social-media content viewed by the teenager prior to her suicide was “not safe”

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There’s a depression in the Atlantic. Will another one form near the Caribbean Sea?

MIAMI — Forecasters on Wednesday are closely watching a system near the Caribbean Sea that has a high chance of turning into a tropical depression in the next few days. They’re also watching a recently formed depression in the eastern Atlantic, but that one is far from land and is…

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These LSD-based drugs seem to help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip

Scientists have made a drug based on LSD that seems to fight depression without producing a psychedelic experience.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How did America get addicted to a policy that fails everyone but the rich?

Here's the central riddle of U.S. politics since the Great Depression:

Miami Herald

Tropical Depression forms near Africa, while a wave heads to Caribbean

MIAMI — Tropical Depression Twelve formed west of Africa on Tuesday afternoon, and has some potential to reach tropical storm status Tuesday night or Wednesday. But forecasters expect it to be “short-lived” and sputter out in the open ocean.

Miami Herald

Wave heading to Caribbean, other Atlantic system could turn into depressions

MIAMI — Forecasters on Tuesday are watching a disturbance in the eastern Atlantic that is expected to turn into a tropical depression soon.

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: 'Blonde' and the new Anthony Bourdain book are suicide whodunits in which the answer is obvious

Our cultural hypocrisy toward mental illness and addiction, not to mention fame and fortune, is never more evident than when some poor famous soul dies by suicide. "Why?" we ask. "Why would a person who seemed to have it all end their own life?" And then someone writes a book…

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Coroner finds social media contributed to 14-year-old Molly Russell’s death. How should parents and platforms react?

Last week, London coroner Andrew Walker delivered his findings from the inquest into 14-year-old schoolgirl Molly Russell’s death, concluding she “died from an act of self harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content”.

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