Depression and the Healing Desert
Nature offers solace for a man living with depression—and a lesson in acceptance for his anxious partner. By Jana RichmanAuthor In a dark time, the eye begins to see. Theodore Roethke…
Winter blues and the story of SAD
For some people, winter is literally depressing. In ‘Chasing the Sun’ Linda Geddes shows how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD) thanks to one enthusiastic mood diarist,…
Do Stress and Depression Increase the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease?
A recent study from Sweden found people with a history of chronic stress or depression had a heightened risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. By Dr. Yen Ying LimAssociate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental HealthMonash University By Ivana ChanPhD candidate, Clinical Psychology, Turner Institute for…
How I Escaped my Anxiety and Depression Through Architecture and Poetry
After social anxiety led him to introversion and silence, the brutalist architecture of London’s Barbican Estate inspired Rhael ‘LionHeart’ Cape to find liberation in poetry. Here, he writes about his…
On Nature Cures and Taking the Waters
Nature has long been framed as a cure for human ailments. When Jessica J Lee began swimming and walking on Hampstead Heath, she wondered how it might help her recover…
Depression in Pregnancy: Why Doing Nothing about it may be a bad idea
Depression after pregnancy has been studied for a while, but less attention has been paid to depression during pregnancy, which occurs in one in 10 women. By Dr. Ardesheer TalatiAssistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology, PsychiatryColumbia University Pregnant women face a number of…
Depression Isn’t Just Sadness – It’s Often A Loss Of Pleasure
‘Anhedonia’ affects up to 75% of people with depression. By Dr. Ciara McCabeProfessor of Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Mental HealthUniversity of Reading Introduction It’s often thought that if someone is depressed, they will feel sad…
How Depression Ruined my Relationship with Sleep
Clinical depression can result in a number of coping strategies, one of them being sleep dependence. By Lauren GeeWriter and researcher Ngadi SmartArtist Introduction Sleep feels a strange thing to…
Why You May Feel Depressed and Anxious When You’re Ill
Research suggests we should embrace feeling down when ill. By Julie LasselinResearcher in PsychoneuroimmunologyStockholm University Winter illnesses are all around us at the moment – from the common cold, COVID-19 and flu to…
Despair About The Climate: Hope Is A Right We Must Protect
By Morgan FlorsheimWriter, educator, and optimist Recently I read an essay that kept me up at night. The piece, Under the Weather by climate journalist Ash Sanders, left me with an unsettled…
