The Cognitive Symptoms of Depression The cognitive symptoms of depression tend to receive less attention than other symptoms of this difficult illness. Namely, symptoms such ...
I Am Not Silent: Our Zoloft and Depression Story The intersection of our mental health and criminal justice systems is one that is fraught with complications. Numerous questions arise when a defendant has a history of mental illness. For Gail Schmidkunz, this reality became ...
Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment Social Anxiety Disorder -- also known as social phobia -- is commonly treated by either psychotherapy or certain types of psychiatric medications. ...
Surviving Depression: My Agonizing Struggle with Sanity Robert L. Hamlett’s Surviving Depression offers a window into the life of a man to whom many people can relate. His style may not be as eloquent as some, but Hamlett does get his point ...
Living with Depression: Why Biology and Biography Matter Dr. Deborah Serani's new book, Living with Depression: Why Biology and Biography Matter along the Path to Hope and Healing is a solid entry in the self-help depression book genre, once you get past the ...
How Long Do Antidepressants Take to Work? A common treatment for clinical depression is a type of medication called an antidepressant. Antidepressants come in a ...
SSRI Discontinuation or Withdrawal Syndrome After some people stop taking a type of antidepressant known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), they experience a variety of symptoms. ...
Depression’s Links to Heart Disease Persistent depressive symptoms are common after angina, heart attack, or other heart problems.
Depressive symptoms also are thought to increase the risk of further heart problems and mortality.
Dr. Michael Rapp from St. Hedwig's Hospital, Berlin, and ...
Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed class of medication in the United States. But Dr. James S. Gordon questions the use of drugs to treat depression:
This book will challenge the prevailing “medical model” of depression ...
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 ...
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 ...
After Her Brain Broke: Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity As mental illness becomes less stigmatized, many individuals are coming out and sharing their experiences with a variety of disorders. The majority of books published on the topic are personal accounts of their struggles. Susan ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
