Mental Health

There’s a relief that comes with an absolute diagnosis. It gives a person validation that what he or she is experiencing is real. Unfortunately, not all conditions come with such clear-cut answers. Depression is one of those illnesses. Not only are its symptoms highly variable — for instance, some depressed people sleep or eat more […]

In South Korea, public health officials have identified internet addiction as a full-blown national epidemic. An estimated 1 in 10 Korean teenagers is believed to be in the grips of an online addiction — mostly gaming, but also pornography and social media — and the Korean government spends millions of dollars to help kids get […]

Right now, about 3 to 5 percent of Americans are suffering from depression. It could be your friend who confides in you she’s been feeling blue. Your elderly mother. Your partner or child. There are mild to severe forms of the disease, and the risk for any one of us suffering a depressive episode in […]