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When did the great depression officially end

Those war jobs seemingly took care of the 17 million unemployed in 1939. One of them, signed by three Republican appointees, concluded that there were multiple causes. Money, Gold, and the Great Depression,” Accessed Nov. In May 2008, NPR explained in their Peabody Award winning program “The Giant Pool of Money” that a vast inflow… Read More: When did the great depression officially end »

Can psychedelics treat anorexia, depression? U.S. scientists get millions to find out

Since childhood, Rachael Petersen had lived with an unexplainable sense of grief that no drug or talk therapy could entirely ease. So in 2017 she volunteered for a small clinical trial at Johns Hopkins University that was testing psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, for chronic depression. “I was so depressed,” Petersen, 29, said… Read More: Can psychedelics treat anorexia, depression? U.S. scientists get millions to… »

Perinatal Depression: How Do We Define High Risk? (Part 2)

Several weeks ago, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued recommendations that all pregnant and postpartum women should be evaluated in order to determine risk for depressive illness and suggests that women at increased risk should be referred for counseling.  The hope is that if we can identify the women at highest risk for… Read More: Perinatal Depression: How Do We Define High Risk? (Part 2) »