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Losing Touch: Another Drawback of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Affectionate touches tap into the nervous system’s rest and digest mode, reducing the release of stress hormones, bolstering the immune system, and stimulating brainwaves linked with relaxation.

Dying to Leave, Trying to Live: My Depression Journey
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Trigger warning: suicide, self-harm “I’m done living.” It was a few days after Christmas and I was sitting in a car outside our Central New York hotel, with heavy snow swiftly obscuring the world o...

What Missionaries Need to Know About Burnout and Depression
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Isolation, burnout, and depression are reality factors for people everywhere. They may be aggravated by the stresses of living overseas.  This book should be a help to all who read it -- espec...

When Depression Doesn’t Look Like Depression
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Fatigue. Feelings of worthlessness. Loss of interest. We recognize these as classic signs of depression. But according to Terry Real, MSW, LICSW, these symptoms aren’t always the way men experience...

Depression (Major Depressive Disorder) - Symptoms and Causes - Mayo Clinic
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

An overview of major depressive disorder, its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment. 

By: Mayo Clinic

New study links phone use and mental health issues in teens
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

A new study in the journal Child Development shows nighttime usage of a cell phone can increase anxiety and depression in teenagers and reduce self-esteem. This is the first study that shows a dire...

Signs Of High Functioning Depression You Shouldn't Ignore | BetterHelp
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

High Functioning Depression is also known as Dysthymia and it differs from Depression. While Depression is a severe mental illness that impacts a person’s quality of life to the point where they ca...

Behaviors in men that could be signs of depression
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Depression in men may be masked by unhealthy coping behaviors, so it often goes undiagnosed and can have devastating consequences when untreated.