Latest Depression News

AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

Mar. 23, 2024 08:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon. Start talking or typing about anxiety and the app generates the kind of comforting, sympathetic statements therapists are trained...

4 things to know from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon

Mar. 19, 2024 07:25 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk canceled the show shortly...

Eagles' Don Henley quizzed at lyrics trial about time a naked 16-year-old girl overdosed at his home

Feb. 26, 2024 19:48 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley was asked in a New York courtroom Monday about a seamy episode from his past: his 1980 arrest after authorities said they found drugs and a naked 16-year-old girl suffering from an overdose at the Eagles co-founder's Los Angeles home. Henley was...

A brain pacemaker helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be available to more people

Feb. 21, 2024 11:57 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. She knew the illness could kill her. Both of her parents had taken their lives. She was willing to try...

California could legalize psychedelic therapy after rejecting 'magic mushroom' decriminalization

Feb. 06, 2024 14:31 PM EST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to allow people 21 and older to consume psychedelic mushrooms under professional supervision as part of an agenda to tackle the state's mental health and substance use crises. It comes...

As investors pile into psychedelics, idealism gives way to pharma economics

Feb. 05, 2024 16:46 PM EST

Money is pouring into the fledgling psychedelic medicine industry, with dozens of startup companies vying to be among the first to sell mind-expanding drugs for depression, addiction and other mental health conditions. While psychedelics are still illegal under federal law, companies...

Mass killer who says his rights are violated should remain in solitary confinement, Norway says

Jan. 12, 2024 07:13 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway's government insisted on Friday that Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, remains dangerous and should stay in solitary confinement, rejecting his claim in a suit that his human rights are being...

Sen. Fetterman says he thought news about his depression treatment would end his political career

Dec. 31, 2023 15:57 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. He remembers thinking about his three school-age kids. “I can’t be a blueprint for my children....

Girard is set to return for the Avalanche after getting care from the player assistance program

Dec. 30, 2023 18:34 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Samuel Girard is set to make his return for the Colorado Avalanche after receiving care from the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. Girard said he'll play Sunday at home against San Jose in his first game since Nov. 18. He entered the program on Nov. 24, citing...