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Chinese food helps when you’re depressed

Time and again, we’ve highlighted research showing a link between nutrition and mental health.

In 2011, researchers in China published a study in Public Health Nutrition about the effect specific diets have on mental health. This group of 8 researchers—along with public and school nurses, as well as interviewers—studied the eating habits of over 5,000 Chinese youth ranging in age from 13–21. They also measured their levels of depression and anxiety.

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5 natural ways to sleep better

Researchers recently published an article in International Journal of Science and Research that recommended these 5 natural ways for dealing with sleep disorders.

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What food doesn’t improve mental health?

British researchers published an article in the Central European Journal of Public Health showing a connection between diet and mental health among university students.

The study had over 3,700 students at 7 universities in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales self administer questionnaires, including a 12-item food frequency questionnaire, Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale, and modified Beck Depression Inventory.

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12 facts and trivia about your nervous system

From time to time, we shares several facts of nervous system trivia on our social media channels. We thought we’d compile a few of the facts here, facts that most people don’t know.

(Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, and Pinterest.)

Without further ado, here are 12 nervous system trivia to impress your friends:

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How Transition Support Plus can help you manage your mental health

Do you deal with withdrawal symptoms when switching medications? Are you afraid to transition away from medication to natural options to manage your mental health because of how it has made you feel in the past?

Truehope’s Transition Support Plus might be the answer.

Transition Support Plus has been specifically formulated and balanced for the human body to deliver every essential amino acid to promote and maintain health. Because the pure-form amino acids and supportive nutrients in Transition Support Plus need no digestion,

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Top 3 characteristics of ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder affects almost 10% of American children between 13 and 18 years old, as well as 4% of U.S. adults over 18. ADHD has 3 primary characteristics: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

Inattention

  • Are effortlessly distracted, fail to catch details, are forgetful, and regularly switch activities
  • Find it difficult to focus
  • Are quickly bored with projects, unless it is something they enjoy
  • Find organizing and completing tasks, or learning something new, to be challenging
  • Struggle completing or submitting homework or other assignments
  • Often lose things which are essential in completing tasks
  • Have difficulty listening in conversations
  • Daydream
  • Are often confused
  • Sometimes move slowly
  • Struggle to quickly and accurately process information
  • Have a hard time following instructions

Hyperactivity

  • Are often restless,

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What’s the difference between social anxiety and panic disorder

People often confuse two of the most prevalent anxiety disorders: social anxiety and panic disorder.

While it’s not uncommon to have both at the same time, they are separate disorders, and often, one presents more prominently than the other. Even more confusing is that people with either are commonly misdiagnosed with depression, likely because they feel depressed. However, such depression is usually caused by the anxiety and thus would more accurately be called dysthymia; when the anxiety is gone, so is the depression.

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Being around happy people can make us happy

Did you know that happiness is contagious?

Harvard researchers spent 20 years following over 4,700 people to study the long-term effects of social networks. And we’re not talking about social networks like Facebook and Twitter either. (The study ended before many of those were even conceived.) These are the old fashioned social networks of friends and loved ones who we engage and socialize with.

Here are 5 key findings from the study:

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Why quitting smoking is smart when you have depression

People have suspected for years that there was a connection between cigarette smoking and depression. However, New Zealand researchers recently discovered that they have found a causal relationship; in other words, that smoking causes depression.

Using data from 1,000 men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 years old, researchers discovered that smokers were twice as a likely to have depression than nonsmokers. Also, using computer modelling based on that data, they discovered that nicotine addiction leads to increased depression risk.

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The key to happiness: positive psychology

Have you ever heard of positive psychology?

Positive psychology is a recent branch (not even 20 years old) of psychology that focuses on personal satisfaction and growth rather than focusing on pathology (or mental illness itself), as conventional branches of psychology does.

Positive psychology research has found that being able to improve happiness is complex and can be accomplished in a variety of ways. There is no one size fits all formula for attaining happiness.

One area of research is what is called the good life,

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Talking to someone can help with your depression

When we feel down, we often keep it to ourselves, maybe because we try to be strong and take care of things on our own or maybe because of the stigma associated with dealing with mental health challenges.

Unfortunately, keeping it inside and coping alone is ineffective. Plus, it may end up creating an endless cycle of our depression or anxiety feeding on itself.

Dr. Richard Raskin, a private-practice psychologist in the United States specializing in stress management, thinks that talking through what you’re dealing with can be key to managing it effectively:

It’s important that you don’t let yourself become isolated.

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