Posted April 13th, 2008
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Depression has often said to be a natural part of the aging process?but that?s not true. There?s nothing normal about depression, though according to the National Institute of Health (NIH) roughly 35 million Americans over the age of 65 are suffering from depression, 2 million are experiencing major depression.
The elderly have unique circumstances that […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Men are not like women. Yes, I know that this is stunning news. Alert the media! It?s true though; men are different from women in more ways than one would normally think. Due to their differences they are more vulnerable to some serious side effects of depression.
?Vulnerable? isn?t a word that?s often […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Your sex is a factor in determining whether or not you?re more at risk of developing depression.
Women are twice as likely as their male counterparts to suffer from this form of mental illness, whether it?s because they actually do or because men feel uncomfortable asking for help and saying they feel vulnerable is something that […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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You?re down and feeling blue. Someone ate all your chocolate ice cream or moved your cheese or something has simply made you feel bad. Perhaps things are not going well at work with your boss and you?re worried a pink slip is in your near future.
Are you depressed? Maybe. Is it serious? […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Chemical Depression
You?re feeling kind of down. You?re not exactly certain why you don?t feel like getting out of bed in the morning and after all, that?s a fairly common feeling isn?t it? The desire to ignore the alarm clock when it goes off and pull the covers over your head and sleep the […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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The teenage years are emotional mine fields. Sometimes you may feel that your teenager is always depressed because that seems to be the mood they project a great deal of the time.
They don?t want to be with the family, prefer to be closed up in their rooms, perhaps listening to dark music and preferring to […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Welcome to the holidays, a sure-fire recipe for angst, familial discord and credit card debt. Add those ingredients together, fold in days of dark skies with no hope of sunlight, sprinkle with a smattering of work stress, simmer until ready to boil and you have a tried and true recipe for depression.
Depression runs rampant during […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Got the Blues
Do you ever feel down in the dumps?
Like youve got the blues? Do you feel sad without any reason?
Don’t feel alone. Millions of people share these same feelings. Feeling depressed can be brought on by a wide variety of things, anything from a sad song to the loss of a loved one.
Studies show […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Depression
Depression is referred to a downturn in mood.
This “mood” is usually transitory and is usually caused by something trivial. Depression is another way of term for being sad, feeling blue, discouraged, hopeless or “down in the dumps”
Depression is often the result of many factors. These factors join together to cause feelings of depression or may […]
Posted April 13th, 2008
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Is Depression a State of Mind?
Is a mood an excuse used to avoid personal interactions? Or maybe it’s an attempt to illicit sympathy? Or is it an actual disease?
Actually, it can be all of those things. Clinical depression is a major depressive disorder affecting about 7-18% of the population at some in their lives. But […]