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Mindfulness and Depression: Learning to Feel Good Again
How Mindfulness can overcome depression, teach us how to ignore unwanted thoughts and help us choose what is healthy for ourselves.
Depression, Chronic Pain & Opioid Misuse
Learn how opioids can lead to depression, how depression worsens pain and what to do when you have both pain and depression.
Gut Bacteria Protect Your Mental Health. Learn How to Protect Your Microbiome
Imbalanced gut bacteria may increase your risk of anxiety, depression, obesity and a host of other diseases. Learn how digestive bacteria can cause anxiety and find out how dietary changes can help you instill or protect an optimal balance of beneficial bacteria.
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.
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.
Antidepressants and Alcohol – A Guide to SSRIs in Addiction Treatment
Should you take an antidepressant during early recovery - or while still drinking/using? Does your substance abuse cause your depression or is it the other way around? Read on for an overview of your options and for more information on when SSRIs will help, and when they won’t.
Diagnosing Mental Health Problems - Why You Need to Start with a Medical Checkup
Both physical and mental health problems can cause symptoms like: feeling tired, not wanting to get out of bed, not enough energy to go do “fun” things, sadness, feeling “hyped-up,” unable to calm down, worrying about everything all at once, too much energy to settle down, not being able to sleep, constant arguing, constant fussing, constant irritability...
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.
How to Spot and Treat Psychosis in the Pre-Illness Phase (It Never Has to Get Fully Symptomatic)
Psychosis: it affects 3%, but if you spot and treat it in the pre-illness phase you can stop the symptoms before they even get started. Learn the warning signs of the prodromal phase.
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.
Depression Self-Help: An Action Guide to Planning Your Time and Feeling Better
If you’re struggling with depression and lacking the energy or motivation to get out of the house as much as you should try this easy diary activity to schedule in a few more worthwhile activities each week.
Depression: 4 Supplements That May Reduce Symptoms of Depression
A review of the effectiveness and risks of 4 clinically tested supplements for the treatment of depression (SAMe, L-methylfolate, St John’s Wort and 5-HTP).
Antidepressants, SSRIs - FAQs
Answers to common questions about a frequently prescribed class of antidepressant medication.
Yoga as a Treatment for Depression - Yoga Causes Increase in Natural Antidepressant (GABA)
Researchers at Boston University Medical School show that sustained yoga practice results in increased levels of one the body’s natural antidepressant neurochemicals, GABA, in the brain.
Seasonal Alcoholism – The Link between Seasonal Affective Disorder and Substance Abuse
Don’t try chasing away those winter blahs with a few drinks to lift your spirits, you may be suffering from undiagnosed Seasonal Affective Disorder and by using alcohol as self medication you are greatly upping your risk of a substance abuse problem.
Tai Chi for Better Mental Health – The Evidence
Tai Chi is known to yield physical health benefits like improved muscle strength and balance, but can it also alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety, reduce stress and improve mood and self esteem? Read on to find out what clinical researchers say about Tai Chi as a treatment for psychological well-being.
10 Easy Ways to Raise Your Self Esteem and Enjoy Life a Little More Each Day!
Make a few minor changes, take on a few of those tasks that have been weighing on you, pamper yourself a little bit and learn to accept yourself for the great person - with strengths and weaknesses - that you already are.
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.
Is It Grief or Depression? (Or Complicated Grief?)
Understand the difference between grief, complicated grief and grief that triggers a major depression.
What Are the Symptoms of Depression?
A list and explanation of the common symptoms of depression.
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.
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!
Why Am I Depressed? The Causes of Depression
A list and explanation of the common causes of depression
How to Help a Loved One Cope with Depression
9 ways to help a person with depression
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Is Your Teen Depressed? Learn the Signs
Depression in teens more than doubles the risks of substance abuse and dependency. Learn how to spot it, and what to do if your teen is depressed.
Self-Medicating Harm Reduction: Tips for Safer Self-Medication
Are you self-medicating to cope with stress, anxiety or depression? If abstinence is impossible right now, consider a harm reduction approach to limit the consequences of your self-medication choices.
5-HTP for Depression - Does It Work? Is It Safe?
Thinking about taking the natural supplement 5-HTP for depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia or any number of other serotonin linked conditions? Well, read on to find a summary of the clinical research on its effectiveness and a discussion on the risks and side effects of its use.