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At the start of the 2010s, rates of teenage mental illness took a sharp upward turn, and they have been rising ever since. Among US college students, diagnoses of depression and anxiety more than doubled between 2010 and 2018. More worrying still, in the decade to 2020 the number of emergency room visits for self-harm rose by 188% among teenage girls in the US and 48% among boys. The suicide rate for younger adolescents also increased, by 167% among girls and 91% among boys. A similar trend has been observed in the UK and…

Cognitive behavioral therapy effectively reduces anxiety symptoms and alters brain activity in children with anxiety disorders, offering insights for personalized treatment approaches. Credit: SciTechDaily.comNIH researchers found widespread differences in the brains of children with anxiety disorders that improved after treatment.Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found overactivation in many brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes and the amygdala, in unmedicated children with anxiety…

ISRO chief S Somanath expressed his happiness after Aditya L-1 entered Halo orbit on Saturday. On the successful completion of the journey of ISRO's satellite near the Sun, Somanath said, “So it is very satisfying for us because it is the end of a long journey. 926 days from lift-off to now, it has reached the final point. So reaching the final point is always,…

A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing 127 people in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years.The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just before midnight on Monday, injuring more than 700 people, damaging roads and knocking out power and communication lines in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, officials and Chinese media reports said.WATCH | Aftermath of the earthquake: See…

Not getting enough sleep is bad for both your physical health and your emotional well-being, as new research shows. The study, a review of existing data from clinical trials, found that even short bouts of sleep deprivation can reduce people’s positive emotions and make them more anxious.Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023For the research, scientists at Montana State University and elsewhere reviewed and analyzed data from over 50 years of experimental research on the effects of sleep deprivation. In total, they looked at…

Whether or not you’ve ever held a newborn baby in your arms, most of us know how fragile they are. They cannot hold their head up properly, so you have to make sure to support it. They also have a self-destruct button on the top of their heads, also known as a soft spot or fontanelle. In other words, one has to be extra careful when dealing with them. But can one not be too careful?In the following story, the mother of a newborn girl is very protective of her child. Maybe a little too much so as it’s starting to worry…

The fintech companies appear to be worried, courtesy the reports of the impending entry of Jio Financials in the market. An anxious lot of digital lending startups and their investors are said to be watching from the sidelines as Jio Financial Services gets demerged from Reliance Industries. What is worrying fintech players is Reliance Group's wide reach and its deep pocket. The company's entry both in retail and telecom segments led to a disruption in these spaces. If the Jio Financials follows the same playbook, it…

via 20th Century Fox Fact: The excitement for Deadpool 3 is palpable now that the movie has officially begun filming. Second fact: The Merc’s addition to the MCU spells exciting opportunities for the studio’s somewhat shaky future. However — and this is a big however — the claim from comic book writer and co-creator of Deadpool, Rob Liefeld that the threequel will be “more of a Wolverine movie” is giving me serious pause, and for a very good reason.  The last time we were presented with a major superhero’s…

My earliest reading memoryDad would read Winnie-the-Pooh to me, doing all the voices. He did a particularly excellent Rabbit.My favourite book growing upI was 11 when I found A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley in my new school library. Published in 1939, it tells the story of Penelope, a dreamer who can move between the centuries, becoming enfolded in a plot to save Mary, Queen of Scots. To a girl in 90s south-west London, Uttley made it seem absolutely plausible that if I opened my mind enough, I might pass through the…

Dog ownership is a lot of furry companionship, tail wags and chasing balls, and ample unconditional love. However, some dog owners are also managing canine pals struggling with mental illness.A newly published study in PLOS One has examined the brain scans of anxious and non-anxious dogs, and correlated them with behavior.The research team at Ghent University, Belgium, found that our anxious dog friends not only have measurable differences in their brains linked to their anxiety, but these differences are similar to…