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Working from home. Is it really less stress for success?
You probably know one. Or maybe you are one: a telecommuter, a work-at-home employee or a virtual commuter. Amazingly, in just over a decade, the number of U.S. employees working from home-based...
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Is there time for one more episode?
If your eyes are burning and you have lost all track of time, unless cramming for exams, you probably just finished streaming and binge-watching the latest new or returning television series.No longer...
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Mental Wellness During the Holidays
The holiday season, the jolliest time of the year. Or, is it? There is no doubt that the holiday season brings a significant amount of joy into our lives. However, the holiday season can also have...
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The Dark Side of Black Friday
Black Friday--the beginning of the holiday shopping season has officially begun! But do you anticipate the day of spending with excitement and elation or dread and trepidation? Some people are buoyed...
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Mental Health Care for Seniors in Long-Term Care
The good news, familiar by now, is that people are living longer. We also know the world’s population is aging. With the maturing of North America’s largest demographic group, thebaby boomers (people...
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Toddler tantrum or mental illness?
True or false: babies and toddlers can suffer from mental health illnesses.If you answered false, you are not alone. But you are incorrect.In fact, at the turn of this new century, parents,...
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A Prescription for the Great Outdoors to Soothe Anxiety
Eco-therapy is the practice of using nature-centric activities to cope with mental or physical illness. It is typically combined with other therapies and/or exercises. The concept that spending time in...
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The Anxiety of a Generation
The newest generation of adults is also the most anxiety-ridden. They are the Millennials. Depending on which definition one uses, they are members of the group roughly between the ages of 18-33.Also...
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Is Nomophobia ruining your life?
Do you become anxious when you briefly misplace your smartphone?Do you feel nervous when circumstances (driving, social rules of engagement, etc.) cause you not to be able to check your smartphone for...
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This is Your Brain on Exercise
Long before weight-loss and exercise guru Richard Simmons jumped and flexed across television screens in the 1980s, it was clear that exercise is good for the body. From helping to maintain a healthy...
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Therapist Heal Thyself
Should mental health professionals be upfront about their own battles with mental illnesses? Would you sooner go to one psychologist over another if she suffered from and/or overcame the same illness...
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Make Mental Health a Priority in the Last Days of 2017
Mental illnesses do not take time off for the holidays. And while schools, colleges, and offices are taking a break to celebrate the festive season and ring in the New Year, now is not the time to take...
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Where should the blame lie when suicides are posted on social media?
In January 2017, outrage followed the livestreamed suicide 12-year-old Katelyn Nicole Davis posted on Facebook Live of her own final moments as she ended her life at home in a small U.S. town in...
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The scent of a partner plays an important role in stress reduction
The latest research out of a Canadian university last week suggested psychology should never underestimate the power of the nose. A recent study from the Department of Psychology at the University of...
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Psychedelic drug therapy may soon be integral to mental health care
In a throwback to the hallucinogenic, mind-altering, drug-infused days of the ‘60s, the U.S. and Canada are very close to seeing a psychedelic drug approved for use in treating some mental health...
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The pressure for perfection can be devastating
It isn’t groundbreaking news, but it needs to be repeated: "Perfection, by definition, is an impossible goal.” The quote is credited to social psychologist Thomas Curran, Ph.D., of Britain’s University...
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Are children too quickly diagnosed with ADHD?
Current trends show the number of North American children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) continues to rise. Recent parent-reported data collected by the National Survey...
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The unconscious mind may help reduce the anxiety of decision making
The answer to a difficult problem or decision comes to you after a good night’s sleep. You realize a different way to approach a challenging task after going for a run in the park or after seeing a...
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First Study Of Its Kind in Canada Looks At Biological Embedding of Adverse...
As the general population moves towards a greater understanding and awareness of mental illness in campaigns such as Bell Let’s Talk in Canada and Time To Talk in the U.K., scientists, doctors and...
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Caring for a survivor's mental health after beating cancer
Sunday, February 4, 2018 was the 18th annual World Cancer Day, and with it came media coverage of cancer survival rates continuing to improve in North America. In fact, according to the American Cancer...
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