A new study suggests that falling involvement in organized religion among middle-aged white Americans with less education may have contributed to the rise in what are known as “deaths of despair.” ...

If that sounds like a high bar for hope, that’s because, when it comes to our most ambitious goals, it is. On our own, none ...

In a world that can often feel hopeless, Despair Sanctuary at a Brooklyn church acknowledges the power of doom and gloom In the past year, I have become too familiar with despair and grief. I’ve lost ...

COVID-19 has directly claimed tens of thousands of U.S. lives, but conditions stemming from the novel coronavirus — rampant unemployment, isolation and an uncertain future — could lead to 75,000 ...

Deaths of Despair, a new book by Princeton economics professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton, begins with some sunny facts. For a little more than a hundred years in the United States, beginning in 1900 ...

Diagnosis of diseases of despair increased by 68% between 2009 and 2018 among a cohort of people studied in the U.S. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

I recently had the pleasure of co-teaching a Continuing Education seminar here in Los Angeles titled "Clinical Despair" with fellow PT blogger S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., director of the Mood Disorders ...

Deaths of despair have risen during the coronavirus pandemic, and the latest research suggests the increase has been dramatic. The pandemic and recession were associated with a 10% to 60% increase in ...