Depression is on the rise world-wide and most of us know someone who has been seriously depressed at some time in their lives. The World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative, one of the most comprehensive studies ever done, found that over 120 million people suffer with depression and it is responsible for
Nelson Mandela spent a lot of his life confronting violence. In the introduction to the World Report on Violence and Health he says, “The twentieth century will be remembered as a century marked by violence. It burdens us with its legacy of mass destruction, of violence inflicted on a scale never seen and never possible
Most of us don’t want to think about suicide, but it is part of the human condition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), suicide is a major public health problem in high-income countries and is an emerging problem in low and middle-income countries. Here are some things everyone should know: Suicide is one of
Being a health-care professional offers no guarantee that I know how to lose weight and keep it off. In fact, I’ll confess that for most of my life I’ve done a pretty lousy job of it. When I was in medical school, there were no courses on health and nutrition. In fact, most everything
Dear Dr. Jed, I read your book and I believe my husband is suffering from male menopause. He’s angry all the time and blames me for everything that is wrong. He calls me names, yells at me, looks at me with such hatred, I want to disappear. He’s never hit me, but I’m afraid of
This was supposed to be your time together. The kids are growing up and don’t need as much of your direct attention as they once did. Financially, things may not be great, but you have some money that you can spend together. But just when you thought things were looking up, you’re blindsided. For some
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