Depression Articles

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• 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 ...
• Rejecting Childhood Rejection
  “I can’t figure it out,” one of the writers to Psych Central's "Ask the Therapist" column wrote recently. “My parents never give me any emotional support or even seem to like me. I always get ...
• Exercise and Depression in Pregnancy and Beyond
  Research suggests that exercise can have a moderating influence on the risk of depression in pregnancy as well as in the postpartum period. A lack of exercise during pregnancy has been associated with a higher ...
• Working and Socializing Through Acute Mental Health Episodes
  How do depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder affect work and socializing? Mental health problems can have a huge impact on lifestyle, affecting employment, socializing and family relationships. Working and feeling productive provides financial and social ...
• Pregnancy and Psychotropic Medications
  Pregnancy can be a challenging time for women with long-term mental disorders. While mental illness is common among women of childbearing age, it ...
• Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression
  Postpartum, or postnatal, depression affects a significant proportion of women after they have had a baby. It usually develops in the first four to ...
• Can Nutrition Help Fight or Ward Off Depression?
  Depression is a debilitating but widespread condition involving low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. Nutrition may have the potential to affect a person's risk of depression, its ...
• The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health
  People with depression often have worse physical health, as well as worse self-perceived health, than those without depression. Depression and other physical health conditions have separate but additive effects on well-being. For example, the combination ...
• Self-Care for Depression Caregivers
  Depression is a common disorder, affecting almost one in five people of all age groups and both genders at any time. This means that even if you are lucky enough never to suffer from it ...
• Coping with Antidepressant Side Effects
  All types of antidepressants can cause some side effects. The most common problems are sleepiness, dry mouth, constipation, nausea and sexual problems. Some people react badly to antidepressants; in others side effects can be quite ...
• Seeing Beneath the Surface with Your Teen
  Disclaimer: The characters from these vignettes are fictitious. They were derived from a composite of people and events for the purpose of representing real-life situations and psychological dilemmas which occur in families. Daniel’s Perspective Daniel was ...
• Holiday Coping Tips
  I thought I'd write a few words about the holidays and the blues, because this is the time of the year people commonly experience feelings of depression, sadness, and loss when many others are enjoying ...
• What’s the Difference Between Depression and Manic Depression?
  Sometimes people are confused about the differences between clinical depression and manic depression. And it's no wonder -- they both have the word "depression" in their names. That's one of the reason's manic depression's clinical ...
• The Depression Advantage
  Depression, like other mental illnesses, is rarely seen as a good thing. While many can articulate positive things about having a mental illness (or knowing someone who does), the illness itself is almost never ...
• Conquering Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the most difficult conditions for anyone to bear. Many who encounter life-threatening events or situations that threaten physical or emotional safety become burdened by a variety of intense ...