Gain a better understanding of major depression disorder including tips on how to cope w/ depression & information on causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of major depression disorder.
For many people, fall means the start of exciting new things– back to school, the fun harvest season, and the approach of the holidays and the end of the year. For others, however, there’s a creeping dread that begins as summer draws to a close. People who suffer from seasonal depression or seasonal affective disorder…
One of the most prevalent mental health conditions in the world today is depression. In the United States alone, 21 million people are believed to have experienced at least one depressive episode in their lifetime. It’s very likely that you know someone who has experienced depression, or you may be experiencing it yourself. There…
The changing of the season is an exciting time full of new possibilities, but for many people, it’s also a difficult time for their mental and emotional health. If you find yourself feeling as the weather heats up for spring and summer or cools down for fall and winter, you’re not alone. It’s actually quite…
Today’s teenagers are severely affected by mental health problems and disorders, especially depression. The World Health Organization reports that depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and that 1 in 7 young people between the ages of 10 and 19 struggle with their mental health. If you have a…
While depression can be a serious and debilitating mental illness that leaves people feeling like a shell of their former selves, it’s also extremely treatable, and with each passing year your outlook for recovering from depression only gets better! Antidepressant medications, therapy, and other treatment methods are more sophisticated than they’ve ever been, and you…
Depression has a reputation for being a problem with sadness, and while that’s certainly a component to this disorder, there’s so much more to depression than just feeling blue. It also has a tendency to affect a person’s motivation and energy levels, making it hard for them to function as normal– sometimes, making it so…
It’s a fear so intense and unthinkable that we often avoid even speaking about it as a society– the fear that someone you love will be in so much emotional distress that they take their own life. Even talking about it can feel like a taboo, like you might bring it on just by mentioning…
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses today, yet it is still very misunderstood. We often have an idea in our heads of what depression looks like that can be very inaccurate to what it’s actually like to experience it, not least of all because there is no one way to experience depression.…
