How Do I Know If I, Or A Loved One, Have Depression? By Hayley Hirschmann, Ph.D.

This is a question I am commonly asked at dinner parties, other community gatherings, and of course, in the office. It’s no surprise since the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reports that major depression is the most widespread mental disorder in the United States, with roughly 21 million adults having had a Major Depressive […]

Depressing Math and Happiness, By Richard B. Dauber, Ph.D.

I recently read two articles in the New York Times that got me thinking. In “How to Get Back the Time Covid Stole,” Tim Urban points out that our lives are time-limited, and by using “depressing math,” we can calculate approximately how many times of a certain activity we have left. For example, if you […]