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Mindfulness Vs. Antidepressants

Mindfulness Vs. Antidepressants

A new study sheds light on the effectiveness of mindfulness when compared to antidepressants in treating patients with depression and anxiety disorders.

The study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy helped patients as much as antidepressants without the harmful effects that the medications can have.

Can Video Games Help With Anxiety?

Can Video Games Help With Anxiety?

A Naturopath recently wrote about how video games helped a patient of hers with the anxiety of surgery.

...“Research has shown that gameplay can help to interrupt the cycle of anxiety because it breaks the cycle of attention.” Dr. Walker used a video game with one of her patients who then reported better energy and less anxiety with just 20 minutes of video gameplay a day...