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Depression : Health & Medical
Antidepressants May Lower Suicide Risk
The surge in antidepressant use over the last decade may have played an important role in suicide prevention.
Changing Your Antidepressant Medication
WebMD explains what you can do if your antidepressant isn’t working the way it should
Aromatherapy - How to Beat the Blues Naturally Using Essential Oils
Is your life filled with stress? Would you like to learn how to use natural essential oils to help you create a happier life? If so, read the article below to learn how essential oils can make your life less stressed and more joyful.
Building Yourself Up When You Feel Down
We've all had those bad days, where all we feel like doing is staying home and crying, because nothing else seems to be able to please us. Well, believe it or not it's actually quite normal to feel down from time to time. The problem arises when we let this depression overpower us, or take
Emotional Abuse and Depression - 5 Signs Your Depression is Not You
Depression is caused by many factors, but one that is often overlooked is the effect of emotional and psychological abuse on the victim.Here are 5 signs that your depression may be linked to your relationship.
B Vitamins: Something For Everyone In The Treatment Of Depression
Normally, our experience in life affects our mood, and this controls the hormones released in our body. Depression results when our hormones control us. Effective depression treatment can be strengthened by supplementing with B vitamins. Find out how in this article.
Depression and Self Help - Is it Possible?
Like a thief in the night depression can steal away years of your life.No one is safe from this illness and there are no sure fire cures.When first diagnosed with depression many people feel ashamed but they shouldn't.Some of the greatest thinkers in history have suffered from depression and on
FDA Panel Advises Stronger Child-Suicide Warning for Antidepressants
The FDA should put out a stronger warning about the risk of suicide in kids who take antidepressant drugs, an FDA advisory panel says.
Helping Others Who Suffer From Depression
Depression can destroy lives. One of the worst things in life is the possibility to suffer for a family member or friend who is going through this condition. You want to be as vigilant as possible but you also have to consider your own needs.
Depression - 3 More Self Help Ideas and Self Congratulation
The necessity to relax is most important. Don't think that for one moment you're relaxing simply by sitting in your favourite chair and brooding! Sitting down doesn't equal relaxation. The important steps are to calm your emotions.
Recognizing the Physical Symptoms of Depression
One of the problems with the associated with the physical symptoms of depression is the misdiagnosis of the depression itself. Doctors, when presented with these physical symptoms, will test for and diagnose a physical illness and prescribe treatments to treat these symptoms not knowing or understan
3 Ways To Beat Depression
With the most recent world event putting the spotlight once again on mental health, I feel the need to offer some help to those who may suffer from one of the major disorders, that being depression. Depression is a silent killer that has a main root and can be defeated if the one suffering would lik
Learn How To Be Anxiety Free
If you suffer from Anxiety, I commend you for making a choice to learn more about what it is, what you can expect and the steps you need to take to get your anxiety disorder under control and finally how to be anxiety free.
A Broken Heart - Depression Raises Risk of Heart Failure
It may be possible to die of a broken heart, after all, according to a new study. The Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study explored the relationship between heart disease and depression. While other studies have examined a correlation between the two in the past, this study is the first to specif
Manic Depression
Bipolar or Manic Depression is a condition that causes extreme shifts in a persons thinking, mood and behaviour, that is characterized by feelings of elation or euphoria when high, to feelings of deep despair and hopelessness, when low. During an episode of mania a person may impulsively charge up h
Is Depression More Common in Women?
Depression is a mental illness that is found in both men and women. However, women tend to suffer from depression more due to many reasons. Women experience pregnancy, pre-pregnancy and post-pregnancy depression.
Foods to Help You Feel Better
Nutrition experts say that the foods you eat can help you feel better – or feel worse.
Suicide Prevention: 12 Universal Laws
Suicide is always a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Always. Even if it doesnt look or feel temporary, it is. Also, you dont get to come back. You dont get to see how many people attend your funeral. Its permanent.
Important Facts About Depression
Is mental illness a sign of spiritual weakness? Can pastors ever become depressed or mentally ill? Do Christians ever really become depressed? These are all reasonable questions.
Did You Stop Taking Your Antidepressant? Those Might Not Be Flu Symptoms!
If you're feeling fluish after recently stopping an antidepressant it may not be a bug you've come down with. Many antidepressants can cause withdrawal symptoms.