In 1972, just 18 days after he was selected to run for vice president with Democratic Sen. George McGovern, Thomas Eagleton was forced off the ticket. The issue? Years earlier, Eagleton had been hospitalized and treated with electroshock therapy for depression. The disclosure of his mental health history was a blow from which the Missouri […]
The way a person's brain responds to stress following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, may help to predict their long-term mental health outcomes, according to research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. The research, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, is […]
Trying to ride the wave of functional adulthood is a struggle. Between working, mom-ing, and trying to stay sane, it’s easy to lose yourself and get caught up in a seemingly never-ending grind of just white-knuckling it through each day. As a person who’s suffered from anxiety and depression, I’ve searched for many different ways […]
You may not be baking your sourdough any more but there’s one lockdown trend that has survived into the post-pandemic era — wild swimming. It’s an activity that has spawned the Right To Swim movement in areas prohibited to dippers but you don’t have to be in water to experience its benefits. Scientists are now […]
Former urban designer, Karina Withers (29) from Leeds, has had eczema since she was a child, dealing with painful rashes on her arms, legs and neck. She now says that years of being prescribed strong steroid creams and oral steroid tablets affected her skin so badly she was forced to quit her job. At 21, […]
When the gyms shut during lockdown, writer Caroline Barry realised that she’d lost her best line of ADHD medication. Here she explores why exercise is such a powerful tool for maintaining mood, concentration and energy. I don’t know at what point I became a ‘gym person’ but the transition certainly wasn’t borne out of a […]
Three months after she announced she would be taking a leave of absence from work to look after her mental health, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has returned to parliament – and spoken out about the challenges many in her position still face. Nadia Whittome has spoken out about the challenges faced by those who need to […]
If you're agonizing over the long hours tweens and teens spend scrolling through and posting to Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other social media sharing and messaging platforms, new UC Berkeley research has some enlightening news to share. When it comes to screen time, the problem is not so much the number of hours they spend […]
If lockdown has left you with fists clenched in frustration, you might find relief in the growing trend for women’s boxing. Middleweight boxer Lauren Price’s gold-medal win in the Tokyo Olympics last Sunday was the icing on the cake — and the stress of the past few years has seen a huge growth in women […]
Anyone else feeling a little frazzled? While we are thrilled we can see our friends and family in the flesh again, it’s been difficult adjusting back to our ‘pre-pandemic’ lifestyles. After a year from working from home and having virtually no plans (apart from the occasional walk and the ever-so-slightly-forced Zoom social), we’ve been thrown […]
