Depression Articles

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• Depression For Dummies: A Reference For The Rest Of Us
  Laura L. Smith, Ph.D. and Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D. have a hit on their hands with the easy-to-understand guide to everything you ever wanted to know about depression but were afraid to ask, Depression for ...
• Conquering Depression in the Golden Years
  Chances are, at some point, you or someone you know will encounter a friend or family member who is a senior and struggling with or exhibiting signs of depression.  This is an illness that is ...
• 14 Strategies for Sleeping Better
  For you the idea of sleeping well might be as far-fetched as a unicorn sighting. And in our productivity-driven society, sleep is usually the first thing ...
• The Depression Cure
  Upon reading Stephan Ilardi’s book The Depression Cure, a quote from Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club continued to pop up in my mind. In one chapter, a character by the name of Tyler Durden explains ...
• Depression Is Contagious
  Essentially a self-help book for ordinary people who may be looking for ways to overcome depression, Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.'s Depression Is Contagious also offers those in the mental health world practical tools for their ...
• Strategies for Overcoming Depression
  There are a lot of articles on the Internet about overcoming depression. They suggest things such as changing your thinking, changing your mood, and voilà! ...
• Struck By Living: From Depression to Hope
  Any memoir opening with “I tried to kill myself three times” has the imperative to deliver on the promise of importance, conflict, and resolution inherent within that declaration.  For author Julie K. Hersh, Struck by ...
• The Efficacy of Postpartum Depression Screening
  How effective is postpartum depression screening? More than one in 10 new mothers is thought to experience significant postpartum depression. The condition has a substantial impact on the whole family, and while effective treatments are available, ...
• What to Expect from an Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Treatment
  Electroconvulsive Therapy -- or ECT as it's commonly known -- is a brief medical procedure that involves applying short electrical bursts to the brain through external electrode pads on your head. These electrical ...
• Risks of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
  Modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is generally considered a safe and effective treatment for severe, chronic depression and treatment-resistant depression, although it may occasionally be used to treat other conditions as well. Despite its general safety ...
• Depression and Teenage Pregnancy
  Research suggests that childbearing does not necessarily cause psychological distress among teenagers. Dr. Stefanie Mollborn of the University of Colorado and her team investigated stress ...
• The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Pregnancy
  How important are omega-3 fatty acids in a pregnant woman's diet? Pregnant women are advised to eat about 12 ounces of fish ...
• An Overview of Depression and Money Issues
  Being in debt, broke, and unemployed can lead to depression but the converse is also true: Depression can precipitate financial meltdown. There is ...
• A High School Project on Depression
  I tutor a number of students from my local high school, which offers a remarkable English course called Psychology and Literature. What an idea! Although I’d never heard of such a course at any other ...
• Edward Cullen and the Allure of Depression
  It's fairly clear at this point that Twilight's leading vampire, Edward Cullen, is the heartthrob of the generation. Millions of teen ...
• Depression and Alcoholism: Five Tips for Recovery
  Alcoholics go through a period of grieving when they give up drinking. For those dually-diagnosed with alcoholism and depression, the grief over ...
• Depression and Teenage Identity Building
  One day of high school, I distinctly remember realizing that I had more friends who were taking some form of psychiatric medication than friends ...
• Top 10 Daily Habits To Keep Depression Away
  There are certain things that, done regularly, help keep my depression symptoms at bay. Some are very familiar while others ...
• Depression Myths and Facts Demystified
  Almost 15 million Americans suffer from clinical depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Depression is also the leading cause of ...
• Three Faces of Depression
  Is depression a single thing? It seems to me that depression has many faces. One of the fascinating segments of my job as a private tutor ...
• Replacing Your Negative Thoughts
  Negative thought replacement is a method for reducing the amount of depressive thoughts in a person's mind. In the first article of this series, ...
• Depression and Letting Go of Negative Thoughts
  When negative thoughts hit your brain, it's tempting to struggle with them and try to shove a more positive thought in there. ...
• Becoming Aware of Your Depressive Thoughts
  When you are in a really down mood, the negative thoughts just keep firing one after another. No matter what happens, these ...
• Stop Fast-Forwarding Your Depression Healing
  "You were such a happy baby," my mom told me on the eve of my 21st birthday. "I'd come into your room in ...
• Depression and the Fishbowl
  I like fish. Fish live in a world all their own, but one that can teach us something about our human problems, including depression (have ...