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We typically think of deep, unrelenting sadness as the hallmark of major depression, and for many people that’s true. But depression...

Feelings of guilt are common in many psychological disorders. It’s part of a sometimes bewildering array of negative emotions that comes...

If you’re feeling like your mental health has worsened during the lockdowns dominating the first half of 2020, you’re not alone . The...

We give time and thought to our relationships with others, but rarely work on the relationship we have with ourselves. This is...

Mindfulness and mindful awareness has received a lot of media attention over the last several years and for good reason. Mindful...

The immune system works hard to keep us healthy. Its billions of cells, called lymphocytes, travel throughout the bloodstream, destroying...

“You are what you eat” is more than a trite cliché when it comes to mental health. Many studies over the last twenty years have shown...

Living with a psychological disorder places a drain on our mental and emotional resources during the best of times, and during a global...

There are many circumstances that pour stress on everyone. After all, in today’s world, the sources of severe stress are endless. Just...

The actions we're taking to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic are necessary but may be harming our mental health. For those of us...

People with bipolar disorder have long periods of depression followed by normal moods, punctuated by episodes of mania. People with...

When we’re healthy and feeling great, we don’t think much about the immune system, with its tissues and roving lymphocytes keeping us in...

When spring comes after the long cold and dark days of winter, we expect to feel renewed, freed from our hibernation, yet for many of us,...

The spread of a novel coronavirus, COVID-19 , throughout Spokane and the United States has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to our...

The immune system is a complex array of disease and infection-fighting cells and tissues that work hard to keep us healthy. It’s a tough...

Perhaps the most powerful source of fear in these days of the coronavirus pandemic is uncertainty. We don’t know how much worse the...

Know anyone whose only concern is themselves? Maybe someone who lives for the praise they think they richly deserve? If a few more...

Spring is upon us and with it comes a feeling of renewal. You’re probably going to toss out some items you’ve got no use for to make way...

Everyone gets anxious from time to time. After all, anxiety is a normal response to a threat, challenge or otherwise dangerous...

Mental illness is both common and devastating, affecting almost 47 million adults in the United States alone. That’s about 20 percent of...