When you think of someone living with depression, you might picture someone at home, curled up in bed and unable to leave. However, not everyone with the condition fits that mold.
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“You must really love that song,” my mother says, and for a moment my heart stops.
Both of us are plainly aware she need not be more specific than that. I attempt to read her body language out of the corner of my eye. Does she know? There’s no way, right?
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“Sleep in your workout clothes so all you have to do is wash your face, brush your teeth, get your butt in the car and just go,” suggested Ron “Boss” Everline, a celebrity personal trainer and co-star of the YouTube Original series “What the Fit” on Laugh Out Loud’s YouTube channel.
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As parents, we want our children to be emotionally resilient — able to handle life’s ups and downs. But parents’ ability to foster resilience in our children hinges a great deal on our own emotional resilience.
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In a clash of deeply felt testimony, parents in tears pleaded with Colorado lawmakers on Friday to pass a bill allowing their children with autism to use medical marijuana as a treatment.
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There’s someone in my on-campus job that is always rude to me. Their comments are rude and often aimed towards my gender and sexuality. I need the job, and I’m not sure if my boss will believe me or help me switch shifts. Is there anything that could be done?
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Activists, ambassadors and actors gathered at the United Nations on Thursday to underline their commitment to empowering women and girls with autism, a lifelong neurological condition that begins in childhood and is characterized by some degree of impaired social behaviour, communication and language.
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Brothers Russell, 28, and Remmick Wadsworth, 27, have autism. As kids, they had trouble with social interactions, so they often relied on each other for support during tough situations. Now, as the siblings navigate the working world, they're still looking out for each other.
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Treatments for eating disorders include therapy, education and medication. Find out what works.
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One in five young people in America has a diagnosable mental health problem, but only 20 percent receive treatment. Youth are at increased risk for anxiety and depression, and suicide rates have risen dramatically, especially among adolescent girls. We can’t sit idly by.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is an often misunderstood mental health condition that can be exhausting and debilitating for the millions of people affected by it.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, nearly 1 out of 40 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with OCD at some point in their lives.
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At some point, everyone in the workforce has had to deal with work-related stress.
Working people may be plagued with stress on a daily or weekly basis. The stress can stem from a variety of factors, ranging from the office environment, to coworkers, to too many meetings, to a lack of advancement opportunities or excessive work loads.
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Scientists have found specialized brain cells in mice that appear to control anxiety levels.
The finding, reported Wednesday in the journal Neuron,could eventually lead to better treatments for anxiety disorders, which affect nearly 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.
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Parent behavior may affect how well children with certain behavioral problems like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, perform in school, a new study suggests.Researchers discovered an association between mothers that parent negatively—using yelling or spanking as punishment, for example—and a range of problems in the classroom.
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Stress can be a killer to any business professional. It can wear you down, burn you out and create more worry that is necessary on a daily basis. Taking some time for yourself to help reduce the stress you are feeling can make you more productive at work, as well as help you develop your work-life balance.
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In an age where the world is literally at our fingertips, it’s easy to take our daily, face-to-face interactions for granted. When social or workplace relationships turn sour because of hostile behavior, it can be a recipe for confusion, isolation and discomfort.
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