by Sue Robbins | Dec 10, 2020 | Adolescents and Children
Yes, this is an anxious time, and yes, everyone is anxious, but it is particularly hard to be an anxious kid in an anxious time. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders in children and adolescents (and this was true before the pandemic), and they...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 7, 2020 | Migraine
Understanding the relationship between migraine, depression and anxiety with Dawn Buse, PhD AHS: What do we know about the relationship between depression and migraine? DB: Depression and migraine share a common relationship, and one may actually come before the...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 18, 2020 | Miscellaneous
This winter the pandemic is expected to intensify the depression experienced by many people with the syndrome known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. We hadn’t yet switched back to standard time, with its shortened hours of afternoon daylight, when I began to...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 15, 2020 | Wellness
Amid a global pandemic, climate change, racial unrest and a 24/7 news cycle, self-care is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. Collective stress and anxiety have surged in 2020. Almost 50% percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 said they’ve...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 2, 2020 | Wellness
Can’t concentrate? Losing sleep? Binge-eating your feelings? In a year of unprecedented stress, the nation collectively appears to be heading toward peak anxiety this week. People are sharing stories of stress eating, clearing their calendars (who could sit through a...
