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Your Happy Place App Helps Fight Depression An app, called HappyPlace, helps you fight depression with your smartphone. Available on itunes, HappyPlace manipulates a person’s perception of ambiguous facial expressions. If apps can monitor your daily steps taken, take your pulse, or measure your exercise levels, why not have an app to treat depression? Our…

  Myths about depression create needless pain and confusion. Myths about depression can keep people from asking for help or getting proper treatment.  You start blaming yourself as if it’s somehow your fault you’re depressed. Fear about being locked up or put away can be real depending on the life circumstances of the person. But not everyone who…

There’s lots of misinformation about depression. These myths can cause a person who needs help to stay silent. When you start breaking down depression myths, you realize that depression isn’t something to hide or stay silent about. Do you know what is a depression fact or myth? 7 Depression Myths Depression doesn’t affect me. In the United States,…

  Imagine predicting suicide risk with apps and blood test. According to the Washington Post, it is possible. Scientists have developed a system of blood tests and apps that can 90% predict if someone will start thinking about suicide or attempt it. A study published by researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine took a look at…
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