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Over many centuries, journals have served as tools for recording history, as emotional outlets, and as creative stimulants. In the current age of self-care and self-optimisation — not to mention digital overload — logbooks are resurging, this time as a means of supporting one’s mental health.

Guided notebooks that borrow principles from cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness are aiming to put mental-health tools in the hands of the people.

How are you doing?

Deirdre Lawson was living her best life before the pandemic -- if she wasn't traveling, she was going to concerts, movies or doing other activities with friends -- often at the spur of the moment.

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Osaka revealed she has suffered "bouts of depression" since 2018. • 13 min read More than 30% of teen girls suffer from depression: Poll After Naomi Osaka’s dramatic withdrawal from the French Open this week to protect her mental health, the decision is putting a spotlight on the issues young women face.Rob Prange/Shutterstock When tennis star Naomi Osaka dropped out of the French Open this week after b...

What is languishing? What is burn out? What is emotional exhaustion? A mental health glossary to explain what youre feeling.

Walmart just made a big leap into telehealth Walmart Health, has purchased mental and medical telehealth provider MeMD, which provides 24/7 mental and medical telehealth services to roughly five million members across the United States. Walmart acquires MeMD Walmarts acquisition of MeMD still must undergo regulatory approval. The deal is expected to close in a few months, Beckers Health Review reports. According to Cheryl Pegus, EVP of health and wellness at Walmart, the acquisition will enab...

Therapy on Aisle 7: Retailers Are Entering the Mental Health Market Call it the ultimate in ‘retail therapy.’ Now you can shop for mental health services at CVS, Rite Aid and other national chains. A CVS health clinic in Spring, Tex. The pharmacy chain has started including mental health services in some of its stores.Credit...Reuters May 7, 2021 Finding a therapist can be a tough and time-consuming process involving multiple phone calls, waiting lists and insurance hurdles. But what if you...

Employers Advised to Prepare for Pandemic’s Mental Health Fallout as Employees Return By Arianne Cohen | May 6, 2021 From casual Fridays to after-work drinks, those weekly rituals once taken for granted are returning as Americans head back to the office. And while masks, plexiglass and empty conference rooms will alter the cubescape, employers are nevertheless invested in getting things back to normal—or at least as normal as possible. But that won’t be...

Taking the kids: What about Thanksgiving? Eileen Ogintz, Tribune Content Agency © Dreamstime/TNS ogintz-thanksgiving-20201105. Thanksgiving or Christmas? In my Jewish family, Thanksgiving was the big holiday get-together, one the extended family traveled across the country to join, young kids and homemade pies in tow. For my husband’s Catholic family, it was Christmas with plenty of hijinks and gifts for the grandkids. As my kids were growing up, first in Chicago and then C...