Depression Articles

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• 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 ...
• Treating Depression and Physical Illness
  People with physical illness are at an increased risk of depression, which is linked with a worse prognosis and reduced adherence to ...
• Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder
  As an educator, I’ve become more and more convinced of the huge need for better information and openness about all kinds of ...
• Depression vs. Anger: Discovering the Lesser of Two Evils
  A few years ago, I received some news that sent me spiraling into depression. Not the kind of clinical or major depression that’s best treated ...
• Depression and Substance Abuse: The Chicken or the Egg?
  There's a saying in the recovery movement: Alcohol and drug addiction can cause mental illness but mental illness does not cause addiction. However, some mental ...
• Depression in Students
  Students may be particularly vulnerable to depression, with rates at around 14 percent according to one study in Dublin, Ireland. The background rate among the general ...
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Depression in Older Adults
  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is becoming increasingly widespread and research continues to suggest that it is an effective treatment for a broad range ...
• When The Black Dog Starts Growling: 5 Steps to Leash Your Depression
  Although the roots of the phrase itself can be traced back to a variety of origins, we’ve ...
• A Lifetime of Joy after Clinical Depression
  This is a true story, as told to us by Alice (not her real name): When I was born my mother was dismayed -- she didn’t want a child ...
• I Can’t Be Depressed… I’m a Guy!
  Over the last few years, more and more men have been strong enough to stand up and declare that they suffer with depression. That has led to some ...
• Depression Treatment in Tough Economic Times
  One of the most difficult things about depression treatment is the cost. It isn’t any more expensive than medical treatment, but it ...
• Emotions Surrounding Pregnancy Loss
  Pregnancy loss, or fetal death, can happen at any stage of pregnancy. It is more likely to occur before 12 weeks, when it is referred to as miscarriage. After 20 weeks' gestation, it is called ...