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Depression affects over 20 million Americans in any given year. The disease is quite treatable, and yet a majority of people with depression suffer through the symptoms of the disease without getting help; some people suffer with symptoms of certain forms of depression for decades, or a lifetime. Learn about depression symptoms, causes of depression and effective depression treatments for different types of depression, and find out how you or a loved one can improve your mental health and start feeling a whole lot more joy and happiness in everyday life.

Teen Depression
As many as 5% of adolescents will suffer a major depression, and depression dramatically increases the risks of suicide, the 3rd leading cause of teenage death. Thankfully, teen depression, if recognized, is very treatable. Top of Page
Teen Suicide Risk Factors and Warning Signs
Teens with depression and other mental illnesses or those that abuse drugs or alcohol are at a greatly elevated risk for suicide. Learn the risk factors and warning signs of this preventable tragedy. Top of Page
Depression in Men
Men are often reluctant to get help for a mood disorder, feeling that complaining about "feelings" is somehow, unmanly; yet millions of American men live with depression, it is truly an equal opportunity mental illness! Learn the facts about men's depression, the different ways men display symptoms of the disease and learn how and why to get treatment that works. Top of Page
How to Help a Loved One Cope with Depression
9 ways to help a person with depression Top of Page
Sexual Dysfunction and Anti Depressants (SSRIs)
Depression can cause sexual dysfunction and depression medications can actually worsen the problem. Here are the facts about SSRIs and sexual dysfunction, as well as solutions to the problem. Top of Page
Depression - Lifestyle Changes That Can Help You Feel Better
Although lifestyle changes should not replace professional treatment (medication and psychotherapy) combining treatment with a few easy changes to your daily routine can accelerate the healing process. Top of Page
The Different Types of Bipolar Disorder
The signs and symptoms of the 4 basic varieties of bipolar disorder Top of Page
Recognizing Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that causes alternating periods of mania (an emotional high) with periods of depression (an emotional low). Top of Page
Bipolar Disorder Treatment Options
An overview of common treatment approaches for bipolar disorder Top of Page
Depression Statistics
Major depression, bipolar disorder and dysthymia affect well over 20 million Americans in any given year. Learn the true scale and scope of a disorder that affects so many families, yet remains so stigmatized. Only a fraction of these people get the treatment they need. Top of Page
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Depression
An evidence based (proven to work) kind of psychotherapy for the treatment of depression; CBT helps people change the way they think, so they can change the way they feel. Top of Page
Is It Grief or Depression? (Or Complicated Grief?)
Understand the difference between grief, complicated grief and grief that triggers a major depression. Top of Page
Nutritional Remedies for Depression
Poor nutrition can cause depression and worsen or prolong depressive symptoms. Good nutrition can protect you from mood disorders and if you're already depressed, help get you feeling better faster. Learn what foods to eat lots of and what foods to avoid, and eat yourself well again! Top of Page
SSRIs and Suicide; What Are the Risks?
Should you take an SSRI? Find out about the FDA's black box warning on SSRIs for those under 25 years of age. Top of Page
Why Women Are at a Greater Risk of Depression
One woman in 8 will succumb to depression during a lifetime. Why are women at a greater risk of this disorder than men? Scientists aren’t yet sure, conclusively, but they have some theories. Top of Page
Why Am I Depressed? The Causes of Depression
A list and explanation of the common causes of depression Top of Page
What Are the Symptoms of Depression?
A list and explanation of the common symptoms of depression. Top of Page
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
For as many as 15% of people in some parts of the country, as autumn days shorten into winter nights, life gets harder. SAD is a seasonally induced depression that begins as the days shorten and doesn't lift until the first sunny days of spring. It's a common but very treatable disorder. Top of Page
Atypical Depression
People with atypical depression can sometimes feel joy and happiness in appropriate situations. This is called mood reactivity, and it's what differentiates atypical from clinical depression. Top of Page
Postpartum Depression
Most women experience a period of moodiness after childbirth (the baby blues) but a small percentage of women experience something much worse. Top of Page
The Geriatric Depression Scale
An easy to administer 30 question yes or no test for seniors, used to evaluate the existence and/or severity of depression. Top of Page
Dysthymia
Like a case of the blues you just can't shake, some people struggle with dysthymia for decades. Dysthymia is a chronic, milder form of depression. Top of Page
Depression in Seniors
More than 2 million Americans over the age of 65 suffer from major depression, and another 5 million suffer from a less severe form of the disorder. Top of Page
Childhood Depression
All children feel sad sometimes but children can also get clinically depressed, just as adults can. If a child seems sad for more than a couple of weeks, and feelings of sadness affect social, school or family life, that child might be one of the 2.5% of children that experience major depression at some point in childhood. Top of Page
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Still a controversial procedure, electroconvulsive (electroshock) therapy is a valid and effective treatment for severe medication resistant depression. Top of Page
SSRIs - FAQs
Answers to common questions about a frequently prescribed class of anti depressant medication. Top of Page
St John's Wort for Depression (Hypericum Perforatum L.)
A herbal supplement that can work as well as anti depressant medications for the treatment of some forms of depression. Top of Page
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
A new and non invasive technique for people with severe depression who do not respond to conventional therapies. Top of Page

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