World of Psychology

Stress may cause depression

By John M Grohol PsyD
April 20, 2006

Stress may cause depression

While not untrue in terms that stress can indeed contribute to the cause (or be the primary) cause of depression in some individuals, drug treatments affecting this issue are many years away. In the meantime, there are dozens of stress relieving strategies one can do in one’s life to help relieve stress. Oh, and here’s 20 more tips.

No need to wait, start putting those strategies into practice today!

Long-term exposure to stress may cause some types of mood disorders, including depression, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and its affiliated psychiatric care facility, McLean Hospital, both in Massachusetts.


1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (3 votes, average: 1 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...

You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Links to This Article

vdnkmejxea (12/14/2006)

0 Comments to
“Stress may cause depression”

Join the Conversation! Post a Comment:


(Required, will be published)

(Required, but will not be published)

(Optional)


    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 20 Apr 2006

 


Recent Comments
  • FU.: After you find out how high is up,what’s beyond that?
  • Nepal Expedition: Great list i am agree with this pages
  • GeneB: Dr. Grohol, I’d be interested in finding any information on the “cyber life” of one who is...
  • jose pluma: does size matter?
  • bonnie: I dont know if any of you watch Glee. Well, it is not a deep show, but in the last episode I actually got...
Article Tools
Bookmark
Print
Email Friend


Stumble It!


Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter


Users Online: 859
Join Us Now!




Follow us on Twitter!

Find us on Facebook!