Lonely or Alone

MENTAL HEALTH • OCTOBER 19, 2026 Feeling Lonely Even When You’re Not Alone? What New Research Reveals About Mental Health Photo: MART PRODUCTION / Pexels You can have a full calendar, a family group chat, coworkers who greet you every morning, and still feel alone. Sometimes the hardest part is not the absence of people. […]

Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: What a New 2026 Trial Really Found

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BRAIN HEALTH PSYCHIATRY • SEPTEMBER 2026 Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: What a New 2026 Trial Really Found A new randomized clinical trial offers encouraging evidence for IV ketamine in a difficult-to-treat form of bipolar depression—but it is not a do-it-yourself treatment or a universal answer. Royalty-free supporting image from Pexels. Bipolar disorder is often […]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Caring for Your Mental Health Through Cance

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH • MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS TOO Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Caring for Your Mental Health Through Cancer Because caring for the mind is part of caring for the whole person. Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is filled with pink ribbons, awareness campaigns, survivor stories, and reminders to schedule mammograms. But Breast Cancer […]

Is Online Psychiatry as Effective as In-Person Care? What a New 2026 Study Found

It shows a cozy home environment with a focus on a telehealth session via tablet, Karoline Mion can be seen in the iPad image having a video consultation with a patient.

BRAIN HEALTH PSYCHIATRY • SEPTEMBER 2026 Is Online Psychiatry as Effective as In-Person Care? What a New 2026 Study Found A study of more than 813,000 patients found encouraging outcomes for video mental-health care—but the details matter. Free-to-use stock photo: Pexels / Kaboompics. Telehealth is no longer a temporary workaround for mental-health care. Video appointments […]

What Depression Does to the Brain: New Research on Major Depressive Disorder

BRAIN HEALTH PSYCHIATRY • SEPTEMBER 2026 Depression and the Brain: New 2026 Research Finds Changes in How New Neurons Develop A new Nature Medicine study gives scientists a closer look at the biology of major depression—and why the findings are promising without being a new diagnostic test or cure. Free stock supporting image; no patient […]

Could Better Sleep and Strength Training Support Your Mental Health? What New Research Says

BRAIN HEALTH PSYCHIATRY • SEPTEMBER 2026 Could Better Sleep and Strength Training Support Your Mental Health? New 2026 research offers a useful reminder: mental health is connected to sleep, movement, stress, biology, relationships, and treatment—not just one habit. Royalty-free supporting image from Pexels. If you have ever gone through a period of anxiety or depression, […]

Alcohol abuse

ADDICTION • ALCOHOL • SUBSTANCE USE Alcohol and Substance Abuse: When Is It Time to Ask for Help? Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and substance use problems do not always look dramatic from the outside. Sometimes the first sign is realizing that something you once controlled is starting to control you. 💙 You do not have […]

Immigration and mental-health

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Saúde Mental da Comunidade Imigração nos Estados Unidos: Como a Incerteza Está Afetando a Saúde Mental dos Brasileiros Para alguns brasileiros nos Estados Unidos, notícias sobre imigração trazem mais do que preocupação passageira. A possibilidade de perder estabilidade, enfrentar mudanças no processo migratório ou ver a família separada pode pesar emocionalmente. A saúde mental dos […]