How to Go Back to Sleep After Waking up With Anxiety Learn tips to destress and go back to sleep. By Mark Gurarie and Julia Hong Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Waking up with anxiety in the middle of the night can disrupt your sleep. When you’re lying awake with anxiety, you may have trouble drifting back to sleep. Anxiety and sleep are…
How to Manage the Post-Holiday Blues—And When to Seek Help Feelings of sadness or disappointment after the holidays aren’t uncommon—but pay attention to how long those feelings last. By Alyssa Hui Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Fast Facts The holiday season—from Thanksgiving until New Year’s Day—can be a joyful and relaxing time for many people, but once the festivities wind down, sadness…
Why Parents Should Encourage Their Teens To Play More Play helps adolescents figure out their identity, passions, and interests—and protects their mental health. By Kathi Valeii Parents are generally aware of the importance of play for younger kids. But when kids hit the tween and teen stage, it can be confusing to know what play looks like because kids of this age…
Selena Gomez says acts of service help her stay mentally resilient—and it may be a valuable tool for you, too By Renée Onque “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me” spotlights the singer-actress’s battle with managing anxiety and depression while performing on her “Revival” tour in 2016. Following what her team thought was a stellar rehearsal before one of her shows,…
Selena Gomez on the Powerful Vulnerability of Her New Documentary By Chloe Schama There is a moment early in Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me, the new documentary premiering November 4 on Apple TV+, in which the star admits to the people gathered in her dressing room: “My body is very young.” She’s talking about the way a certain outfit emphasizes—or doesn’t—her figure,…
8 Ways To Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder Thanks to effective treatments for seasonal depression, you don’t have to feel as low. By Karen Pallarito Medically reviewed by Stella Bard, MD When daylight saving time ends, you may gain an extra hour of sleep but lose something precious: sunlight. As daylight slips into darkness earlier in the day, depression diagnoses increase.1 Millions of Americans…
Latina Actress Rita Moreno Talks Mental Health & Diversity By Lara Bradley On Tuesday, Sept. 20, CU Boulder’s Cultural Events Board held a conversation in the Universal Memorial Center with actress, singer and activist Rita Moreno. Moreno’s career has spanned over seven decades and 40 feature films. She is one of only 17 individuals to win the prestigious series of…
12 Books by Latinas on Mental Health for All Ages By Sofía Aguilar Many of us in the Latinx community have heard our families dismissing the importance of mental health and the reality of mental health struggles. It’s common to hear our relatives refusing to go to therapy, belittling those who do or take it as a personal offense, and neglecting their mental…
Why Women with Serious Mental Illness Receive Worse Care By Hannah Furfaro Serious mental illness is more common among women than men — but women with serious conditions are often overlooked in psychiatric research, treated less effectively with psychiatric drugs, and face discrimination and stigma by medical professionals who diagnose them and oversee their care. The pandemic likely made a bad situation worse. Health…
Rachel Aviv Challenges Mental Health Stereotypes in New Book The award-winning writer for “The New Yorker” discusses her new book. By Dina Gachman What if the story of your life, as you see it, veers wildly from the narrative placed upon you by others — by society, institutions, family members, or psychiatrists? That question propels each chapter in award-winning New Yorker…