The Atlantic reports: “Several researchers now believe depression, one of the most common medical diagnoses in the U.S., might be one underlying cause that’s driving some patients to seek out prescription opioids and to use them improperly. People with depression show abnormalities in the body’s release of its own, endogenous, opioid chemicals. Depression tends to exacerbate pain—it makes chronic pain last longer and hurts the recovery process after surgery.” Read the rest of the story here.
How Untreated Depression Contributes to the Opioid Epidemic
The Prisoner of Stress: What Does Anxiety Mean?
From Louis Menand at The New Yorker Magazine, a review of the new book “My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind” by Scott Stossel. Read the News
Meaning is Healthier Than Happiness
The quest for happiness is a dominant theme in contemporary psychology. But according to this article in The Atlantic Magazine, is it healthier than a quest for meaning in one’s life? Read the Blog
