Stacker-Mental Health

Understanding whether you’re experiencing depression or just going through a lazy period can be life-changing. While both can look similar on the surface — reduced productivity, staying in bed longer, avoiding responsibilities — the underlying causes and required interventions are vastly different. Misidentifying depression as laziness can delay crucial treatment, while mistaking laziness for depression might

A few years ago, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a formal advisory describing loneliness and social isolation as an epidemic — the same kind of warning used in the past for public health matters like smoking. He compared the physical health impact of chronic isolation to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Loneliness doesn’t always mean being alone,

Oct. 10 marks World Mental Health Day, a great opportunity to review your business’s emergency plan. For small businesses, that plan can slip through the cracks because it doesn’t feel important enough, but preparing before an incident is key to staying in good legal standing. Mental health crises can present in many different ways. An

When parents talk about needing a village, they generally mean the people who show up when they need support, like a neighbor who watches their kid for an hour when they’re stuck at work. As a new school year starts, that village is doing more than the phrase implies. Parents of school-age children now name

Executive functions (EF) are the brain’s management system, and control key skills like focus, planning, and managing emotions. Anyone can have trouble with executive function from time to time, especially if you’re short on sleep or dealing with a lot of stress. But for many people with ADHD or other forms of neurodivergence, these executive

As daylight hours shrink and winter weather settles in, millions of Americans brace for a familiar seasonal shift: lower energy, declining motivation, and a noticeable drop in mood. But which cities feel the “winter blues” more than others, and how are Americans coping with the seasonal slump? To find out, Rapid Garden POS analyzed hundreds of

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is brought on by the changing seasons. It can be an overwhelming, jarring type of depression. Most people, when first dealing with it, aren’t sure how to cope with seasonal depression. They begin feeling sapped of energy and interest during the fall, and their condition continues to worsen as winter progresses.

When a loved one struggles with addiction, it’s easy to become resentful. Families see the addicted person prioritizing their substance above all else, but what they often don’t see are the underlying challenges leading to those actions. For many people who struggle with addiction, as AdCare Rhode Island explains below, there’s a mental illness for

Type “ADHD test” into a search bar and millions of results likely appear in under a second, many promising an answer in just a few minutes. It’s easy to see the appeal of taking an online test: a few questions, a few minutes, and the guarantee of an answer. But here’s the catch: Most people

If you’re experiencing symptoms like trouble sleeping, brain fog, and issues with mood, you might be thinking, “Am I in perimenopause, do I have ADHD … or is it both?” The easiest way to tell the difference between ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) and perimenopause symptoms is to think about timing. Perimenopause symptoms show up during

Burnout is a response to chronic workplace stress that can leave people feeling exhausted, detached from their jobs, and less effective at work. Unlike everyday tiredness, burnout tends to build gradually and may be influenced by workload, lack of control, unclear expectations, and limited support.   Burnout develops from chronic, unmanaged workplace stress and often

There aren’t many losses in life that compare to grief after suicide. It’s intense, unique, and devastating. Many people can’t understand this type of grief unless they’ve experienced it themselves. Suicide grief is complicated and can be more isolating than other forms of grief. Your pain might feel so deep that it seems like you’ll

If you’re someone who’s more suspicious than stoked about AI, it can be stressful to see just how ubiquitous it’s becoming in basically every aspect of your life. Your day-to-day routine now involves dodging and deciphering AI-generated content, watching once-useful apps get cluttered with unwanted AI features, and begging customer service chatbots to let you

A lot of emotional pain stays private for many people, and the loneliness around it can make speaking to another person feel harder than saying nothing at all. But AI has moved into daily life faster than expected, and some people are now typing personal concerns into a chatbot that they have never brought to

The term neurodivergent is everywhere lately — in headlines, in conversations, in captions on your social feed. Maybe you use it to describe yourself. Maybe someone you love uses it, and you want to understand it better. Either way, it’s a word worth understanding, since it covers a lot of ground. This article from Understood

Addiction acts as a wrecking ball not only for the life of the person struggling but to their entire family unit. Author David Sheff summed up the experience in his memoir “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction”: “Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows

  Suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S. and around the world. Research from 2023 found that one person died by suicide every 11 minutes in the U.S. Despite this, suicide is considered preventable — especially when you’re familiar with suicide warning signs. Most people who take their own life exhibit warning

  Most people don’t spend much time thinking about loss until it arrives on their doorstep. Grief is one of the most universal experiences humans share, and yet it’s still one many rarely feel ready for. After experiencing loss, people can be left reeling, unsure how to grieve, and often wondering whether or not what

  People have never had more information about their sleep. With smartwatches and sleep trackers, readiness scores, recovery metrics, and viral “sleepmaxxing” advice, Americans are constantly searching for the perfect night’s sleep. But for some people, that pursuit is actually making sleep worse. The condition is called orthosomnia, an unhealthy obsession with achieving perfect sleep.

  Have you ever texted through an argument? Sent a meme or reel to break the ice after a confrontation? Used a dating app? Digital tools and technology are already part of relationships today, so it may not come as a surprise to learn that artificial intelligence (AI) is also entering the field of therapy.