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Why Scientists Are Using Sleep Deprivation to Treat Extreme Depression
Over time, lack of sleep can cause problems from obesity and cardiovascular disease to a variety of mental health problems. Yet, surprisingly, scientists are actually using sleep deprivation to treat...
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The Rock Explains How He Wrestles With Sadness and (Sometimes) Wins
During the press tour for Rampage, the most recent installation in the video game turned live-action movie canon, The Rock, who recently has been vocal about his battle with depression, opened up about...
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Children’s Hospital Prepares For The Worst As Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” Debuts
The first season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why significantly increased suicidal thoughts among its young viewers, studies have shown, and may have contributed to self-harm and actual suicides. Now, as...
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Is It Irresponsible to Have a Child If You’re Depressed?
You shouldn’t let your mental health struggles end your dreams of parenthood. Because while it’s true that depressed men and women have children who are at increased risk of attachment issues, learning...
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Surviving Fatherhood, Depression, and Suicide All at Once
Nearly 14.8 million Americans suffer from major depressive disorder — that’s about 6.7 percent of the population over ages 18 years or older. For many, a shift occurs around the age of 32, well into...
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How Stubbornness Intensifies Depression in American Men
Ryan’s father is the most stubborn man Ryan knows. Ryan, who asked not to be named in this article, describes him as a Sopranos character minus the ties to organized crime. He’s a son of Italian...
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How to Help Someone With Depression While Being Fair to Yourself
The path forward after a partner or spouse has been diagnosed with depression is hard to see and harder to follow. There’s a fine line between being supportive and being overbearing. There’s a risk of...
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How to Stop Being So Damn Grumpy All the Time
Every joy of fatherhood brings an equal and opposite toll, tolls that add up into the emotional mélange you know too well: exhaustion, aggravation, irritability, a low bubbling anger, your favorite...
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I’m a Dad Who Suffers From Depression. Admitting That Saved Me.
One day, last summer I was home alone with my youngest daughter. She was five-years-old. I was in rough shape. A few weeks prior, I’d ruptured my Achilles tendon playing basketball. Even getting out of...
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The Democratic Party Needs to Talk About Men’s Issues
There are many possible issues for Democratic candidates to discuss, but one set that is almost certain to be absent: the myriad problems facing American men. The very phrase “men’s issues” conjures...
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8 Tips to Make the Most Out of Online Therapy
As coronavirus deaths surge past 100,000 and quarantine continues, our collective mental health is suffering. Millions of Americans are stuck at home, struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship...
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5 Things That Truly Helped Us Be There For Our Son’s Mental Illness
Unlike other illnesses, mental illness has a stigma attached to it, and we as a society are just not that equipped to help those suffering in our midst. Despite the rising cases of depression, anxiety,...
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Depression Is My Personal Death Star. Here’s How I’ve Learned to Handle It
Dads take care of their kids. We make sacrifices. It’s what we’re called to do. Except when it results in a planet getting blown up.Picture it: Luke’s in his X-Wing, hurtling down the Death Star...
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Havening: The Weird Hugging Technique That Will Fix Your Anxiety
Small daily rituals can help keep sadness and anxiety at bay. Running, yoga, deep breathing, spending time in nature, and turning off news alerts on your phone do real work. Exercise releases...
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How to Find a Good Therapist
In early July, about 39 percent of adults in the U.S. reported symptoms of anxiety or depression compared to about 11 percent in the first half of 2019. This is not surprising. Between parenting and...
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Being Open About My Depression Helps Me Be a Better Father
It’s a weekday morning and we are actually on time. It’s myself, my five-year-old and my three-year-old en route across town to their school. As a talkative five-year-old would, my son is squeezing out...
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Traditional Ideas of Masculinity Trap a Lot of Men. It’s Time to Escape.
Masculinity can be constricting. Every guy has at least one memory of feeling self-conscious or physically inadequate compared to their peers.“When you press us on this, oftentimes these stories are...
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How to Check on an Aging Parent’s Mental Health From Afar
Keeping up the connection to family has been particularly difficult this year. With many holiday gatherings now relegated to Zoom or FaceTime, many seniors are more isolated than ever. Although video...
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The 6 Best SAD Lamps for Seasonal Depression — And Why They Work
We made it through the winter solstice, and the days are finally getting longer — but not by much. The nights are still long and it still gets dark… a few minutes after lunch. If the sun setting at 5...
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Is Weed Bad For You? A Close Look at the Drawbacks and Benefits of Marijuana
Marijuana has been on the receiving end of a no-holds PR campaign that has for decades painted it as a gateway drug, a substance that causes schizophrenia and promotes laziness, a plant that can lead...
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