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This space is intended as a helpful resource on depression-related topics for patients, caregivers and healthcare providers alike. Here, we share our learnings, insights, research and stories to bring awareness to these topics.

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Men’s Mental Health: A Panel Discussion with Mental Health America

“Is manning up bringing men down?”, a panel discussion held on June 25, 2024, was a joint effort between Mental Health America (MHA) and Myriad Genetics to recognize Men’s Mental…

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Academic Pressure: How to Help Stressed Students

Teens have long felt academic pressure to perform well in school and prepare for their futures. However, new research shows that today’s teens, even more than previous generations, are worried…

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Battling Common Back-to-School Anxieties

Battling Common Back-to-School Anxieties It’s normal for your child to feel butterflies in their stomach at the thought of going back to school. However, when those butterflies become knots —…

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Depression, Cancer and Chronic Illness: How do they relate?

The symptoms involved with a variety of chronic conditions–rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer, –may require some serious lifestyle changes. And one of those symptoms may be depression. In…

Patient Update: Courtney N. Shares How She Prepares to Go Back to School

TW: Suicidal thoughts Courtney N. loves being a schoolteacher. She gets excited about going back to school, like it’s New Year’s Eve. So, when she had to take a leave…

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Mental Health and South Asian Men

During Men’s Mental Health Month in June, South Asian actor Namish Taneja opened up to the Times of India about his own mental health. Taneja, who has starred in many…

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Battling Common Back-to-School Anxieties

October 9, 2024

Battling Common Back-to-School Anxieties It’s normal for your child to feel butterflies in their stomach at the thought of going back to school. However, when those butterflies become knots — and your child’s worries and fears make them not want to go to school at all or negatively impacts their experience — they may be... Read More

The Model Minority Myth and Mental Health

September 3, 2024

How Clinicians Can Help Support Their Patients Who Are Being Bullied

August 30, 2024

Cyberbullying: Unique Challenges and Impacts

August 30, 2024