--- title: Mental Health Blog (34) description: Mental health blog for families, patients and health professionals in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area (34) --- # Minneapolis St. Paul Mental Health Blog Select Category addiction ADHD ADHD in Children ADHD in Teenagers ADHD Minnesota Adolescent Mental Health Adults advanced practice nurses Aggression Aging air quality alcohol in kids Alcohol use Alzheimers Alzheimer's studies anxiety Anxiety Help APRN Minnesota APRN support ASD austim Autism Behavioral Problems benzodiazepine Bi Polar in children Binge Drinking biofeedback bipolar borderline personality disorder Brain Injury Bullying Caffeine Caffeine poisoning Cannabis Use cardiovascular events CBD Celiac Disease Children Mental Health clinical studies CNS Mental Health Coffee Cognitive Disorder corona virus Covid-19 and our Health dementia Depression Depression in College Depression in Men Depression in Women Depression studies help diabetes Diet Diet and Mental Health Drug Addiction Drug Overdose e-cigs Eating Disorders eating healthy ECT electronic devices evidence based improvement Excercise Exercise for Mental Health exercising mental health Expansion Medicaid Family Fasting fatigue and Covid FDA recall Fear and Phobias fibromyalgia Fish Oils fitness food and mental health Friday point of view Gender Identity Guns and Mental Health Gut Health hallucinations Headaches hearing heart attacks High School and Depression hospitalizations Hypertension IBS Insomnia internet gaming addiction ketamine kratom loneliness love and Mental Health Low Vitamin D Marijuana Use maternal health Medication discontinuation help Meditation Menopause Mental Health Mental health access Mental Health and eating Mental Health coverage Mental health help mental health in pregnancey Mental Health in Pregnancy Mental Health Risk Mental Health Studies Mental health Teenagers Mentally ill Metabolism methamphetamine use Migraines Minnesota APRN mood disorder Music Nightmares Nurse Practitioners Nutrition Obesity OCD Omega 3 Opioid Recommendations opioid use opposition to bill H.F.2803 pandemic Physican Assistants post partum depression Postpartum Depression pregnancy pregnancy and depression Prescription help psilocybin PTSD SAD help Schizophrenia scope of practice Seasonal Affective Disorder self care Senate 511 bill Serotonin S.F. 511 SF511 HF435 Sleep sleep apnea sleep help smartphone Smoking social isolation social media social support SSRI use Stigma and Mental health stimulants stress Stress Help Stroke Substance Abuse Disorder Sugary Drinks Suicide Supplements synthetic drugs Taurine TBI and Sleep TD Teenagers The Sheridan Story TMS Type 1 Diabetes vaping Violence vitamin D warfarin use withdrawl Women Depression Help Womens Mental Health youth depression This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ![Snip20151024_1.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Snip20151024_1.png) [TMS](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/tms) ### [TMS for Depression and/or Insomnia | Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/tms-for-depression-and/or-insomnia-mental-health) Thu, Oct 12, 2017 @ 06:00 AM ## Evidence is building in favor of using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) ... early in the course of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and in other cases, Insomnia. 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[MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/treating-major-depression-and-pain-ketamine) ![ADHD_and_Abuse.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/ADHD_and_Abuse.png) [ADHD Minnesota](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/adhd-minnesota) ### [Treating ADHD | is it tied to lower car crash risk?](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/treating-adhd-is-it-tied-to-lower-car-crash-risk) Wed, Oct 04, 2017 @ 09:00 AM People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are already at increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, but it is significantly reduced when they are taking ADHD medication, a 10-year study finds. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/treating-adhd-is-it-tied-to-lower-car-crash-risk) ![Ketamine for Depression](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Snip20151024_1.png) [ketamine](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/ketamine) ### [Data for Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effect | Treating Depression](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/data-for-ketamines-antidepressant-effect-treating-depression) Fri, Sep 15, 2017 @ 06:00 AM ## Patients who took ketamine reported depression half as often as patients who took other drugs for pain, ...according to an analysis of 8 million reports from the US Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database. [MaryAPRN Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/data-for-ketamines-antidepressant-effect-treating-depression) ![bad-decisions-collection-carol-005.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/bad-decisions-collection-carol-005.png) [sleep help](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/sleep-help) ### [Difficult Sleeping? This effects your Mental Health, seek help.](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/difficult-sleeping-this-effects-your-mental-health-seek-help) Wed, Sep 13, 2017 @ 06:00 AM ## Sleep difficulties can both cause and result from psychiatric disorders, and clinicians must be sure to treat the conditions simultaneously..... 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[MaryAPRN Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/diet-soft-drinks-and-the-high-risk-of-stroke-/-dementia) ![Health-04.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Health-04.png) [Depression](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/depression) ### [Depression in Children | information for Parents / Caregivers](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/depression-in-children-information-for-parents-/-caregivers) Thu, Sep 07, 2017 @ 09:00 AM Depression is a serious disorder that can cause significant problems in mood, thinking, and behavior at home, in school, and with peers. ## Depression in Childrean | It is estimated that major depressive disorder (MDD) affects about 5 percent of adolescents. Research has shown that, as in adults, depression in children and adolescents is treatable. Certain antidepressant medications, called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), can be beneficial to children and adolescents with MDD. [MaryAPRN Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/depression-in-children-information-for-parents-/-caregivers) ![insomnia studies Minnesota](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/exhausted-collection-carol-001.png) [Sleep,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/sleep) [Insomnia](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/insomnia) ### [The Effects of Insomnia on Mental Health | cause and effect](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/the-effects-of-insomnia-on-mental-health-cause-and-effect) Thu, Aug 31, 2017 @ 06:00 AM ## Insomnia may also be associated with increased risk of suicidal ideation, inflammation, heart disease, breathing problems, hypertension, and chronic pain. Sleep difficulties can both cause and result from psychiatric disorders, and clinicians must be sure to treat the conditions simultaneously, Psych Congress co-chair Charles L. Raison, MD, said at the Psych Congress Regionals meetings. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/the-effects-of-insomnia-on-mental-health-cause-and-effect) ![Soda-Pop.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/Soda-Pop.png) [dementia,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/dementia) [Stroke](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/stroke) ### [Diet Sodas | 3x risk of Stroke & Dementia Study](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/diet-sodas-3x-risk-of-stroke-dementia-study) Tue, Aug 29, 2017 @ 06:00 AM People who drink diet sodas daily have three times the risk of stroke and dementia compared to people who rarely drink them, researchers reported. It’s yet another piece of evidence that diet drinks are not a healthy alternative to sugary drinks, and suggests that people need to limit both, doctors said. While the findings do not prove that diet drinks damage brains, they support other studies that show people who drink them frequently tend to have poorer health. The researchers, led by Matthew Pase of the Boston University School of Medicine and colleagues, studied more than 4,000 people for their report, published in the journal Stroke. “We found that those people who were consuming diet soda on a daily basis were three times as likely to develop both stroke and dementia within the next 10 years as compared to those who did not consume diet soda,” Pase told NBC News. “Both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks may be hard on the brain.” “Our study provides further evidence to link consumption of artificially sweetened beverages with the risk of stroke,” the team wrote. “To our knowledge, our study is the first to report an association between daily intake of artificially sweetened soft drink and an increased risk of both all-cause dementia and dementia because of Alzheimer’s disease.” The team did not ask people which artificial sweetener they used. Some of those in the diet drinks were likely saccharin, acesulfame, aspartame, neotame, or sucralose, the researchers said. To their surprise, the team did not find the same risk for sugar-sweetened beverages. But they found other troubling signs. “In our first study we found that those who more frequently consume sugary beverages such as fruit juices and sodas had greater evidence of accelerated brain aging such as overall smaller brain volumes, they had poorer memory function and they also had smaller hippocampus, which is an area of the brain important for memory consolidation,” Pase said. And other experts pointed out that sugary drinks are a major cause of obesity, diabetes, stroke and other ills. “Both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks may be hard on the brain,” Dr. Ralph Sacco, chairman of the neurology department at the University of Miami, and colleagues wrote in a commentary in the same journal. Sacco, a former president of the American Heart Association, led another study that found women who drank diet sodas had a higher risk of stroke, heart attack and other types of heart death. “Now with the growing number of studies that suggest a relationship between artificial sweetened beverages and vascular risk, I would say reach for a bottle of water before you reach for your artificial sweetened beverages,” Sacco stated. 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