Chronic Depression: Disease or Charcter Flaw?

A major survey on depression symptoms from the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), released in july 2001, revealed a dramatic degree of progress in public understanding. Yet even amid this promising trend, the survey sheds light on the difficulties faced by millions of people striving to manage this sometimes chronic,... Read More

The Patients Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

INTRODUCTION Everybody has a story. My story is the one I know best and can write about. It is not a memoir of chemical dependency or self-abuse. Those subjects have been written about many times. This is a story of my winning battle against depression and... Read More

Depression in Teenagers: Now What Can We Do?

No doubt you have seen the recent news headlines about a federal panel that recommended to the FDA that anti-depressant medications carry the strongest possible warning label for use in children and teenagers. This recommendation to the FDA shook the medical community, especially those who work with depressed young people.... Read More

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Depression Are Not The Same Thing!

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a very misunderstood illness and this is perhaps why there are so many myths about it. Perhaps the most common myth about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is that it is effectively a mental condition, and another name for depression. ... Read More

New Treatment for Chronic Depression

Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Treatment-Resistant Depression About Vagus Nerve Stimulation VNS is not brain surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of the brain. Vagus Nerve Stimulation uses specific stimulation of the vagus nerve to send stimulation to specific parts of the brain that are involved... Read More

ADHD and Depression -- More Common Than Thought

"Thanks for Noticin' Me" says Eeyore. He walks slowly. He looks sad. He doesn't accomplish much. He's just glad to be noticed. This is Eeyore, the stuffed donkey who is so often in need of his tail being pinned back on. Eeyore is a good picture of life is like... Read More

5 Tips to Reduce Depression

While war and poor economic conditions begin to affect people all over the world, more and more people suffer with depression. The more we focus on news events and the business climate, the more we are depressed. Whatever the reason you feel is the cause of your depression, the following... Read More

7 Things You Can Do Immediately To Ease Depression

1. Get out now and walk fifteen minutes. It will get your feet moving and help you feel you are at least able to do something.2. Go immediately and be with someone who loves you. It will give you the feeling that you are wanted.3. Religious? Say a prayer. Ask... Read More

Is it ADHD or is it Depression?

During the assessment process it is of great importance for the physician or clinician to consider other possible causes of inattention, impulsivity, or hyperactivity in your child, or teen, or yourself. In fact, this is probably the most important element of a good assessment. There are several possible causes of... Read More

St Johns Wort and Depression

The bright yellow flower of the St Johns Wort (hypericum perforatum) with it's ray-like petals, represents the power of the sun that forces away the darkness. This already points to the anti-depressant effects of the St Johns Wort which are highly respected, even in conventional medicine.St. John's Wort, a perennial... Read More

Hindustan Times
New parents more prone to depression--study
The Money Times
Researchers, theorize that parents with a prior history of depression, those who have children at a ...
Having Kids, Especially Young Ones, Ramps Up DepressionTIME (blog)
New Parents at Risk for Postpartum DepressionWebMD
Fathers get postnatal depression tooThe Guardian
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Suicides, depression costs Japan $43B
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Suicides and depression cases cost Japan's economy about ¥2.7 trillion ($43 billion) last year, the government said yesterday, releasing the data for the ...
Depression costs Japan's economy $32 billionThe Associated Press
Suicide and Depression Cost Japan $32 Billion in 2009The Epoch Times
Suicides, Depression Take Toll on Japan's Stagnating EconomyBusinessWeek
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Hallucinogens Show Promise for Anxiety Patients
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The Beck Depression Inventory depicted elevated mood that reached a notable significance at six months. Other findings revealed that the Profile of Mood ...
Shrooms help reduce depression and lift mood in cancer patients says new studyExaminer.com
Depression Can Be Kept At Bay with Ingredient of 'Magic Mushrooms': ResearchersTopNews United States
'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report saysLos Angeles Times
About - News & Issues (blog) -TIME -Modern Mom
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Avoiding a 'Second Depression' »
New York Daily News (blog)
Obama did acknowledge the anger people feel at him and some of the programs he's pushed to head off that postulated depression. “Some of the very steps that ...
Why Obama is going after John BoehnerWashington Post (blog)
Obama Rejects Tax Cuts for the Rich, Calls for Big Oil to Pay Fair SharePolitical Affairs Magazine
Deficit spending helps during a recessionAuburn Citizen
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Hurricane Hermine, Now Tropical Depression, Floods Texas
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The remains of Hurricane Hermine, downgraded to a tropical depression on Tuesday, have caused massive flooding in parts of Texas, The Associated Press ...
Tropical Depression Hermine still a "big deal" for TexasCNN (blog)
Tropical Depression Rains on KS & OKKNSS
Hermine downgraded to tropical depressionThe Associated Press
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
The nation's weather
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By WEATHER UNDERGROUND AP Tropical Depression Hermine was expected to continue producing significant rainfall as it lifted northward into southern Kansas on ...
The nation's weatherThe Associated Press

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New Parents at Risk for Depression
New York Times
Both mothers and fathers face an increased risk of depression after the birth of a child, and remain at some increased risk well into a ...

New York Times
KRUGMAN: Don't forget Depression's fiscal lessons
Sacramento Bee
Within a few years, the Great Depression was over. But it's instructive and discouraging to look at the state of the United States circa 1938 — instructive ...
A World War Would Not Help Our Stagnant EconomyNew York Observer
Fiscal policyThe Economist (blog)

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Former Olympian discussing depression and suicide in WI
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(AP) -- Former Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton is using her experience with depression and suicide to help others. She's recorded a series of public service ...
Ex-Olympian Hamilton Starting Mental Health CampaignWHBL Sheboygan (blog)
Suzy Favor Hamilton Talks about Her Brother's Suicide, Facing Her Own DarknessWSAW
Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton promotes suicide prevention campaign in WisconsinWisconsin Rapids Tribune

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The Hindu
Internet 'can help fight depression'
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Internet can help teenagers fight depression, says a study by an Indian-origin researcher. Dr Suvena Sethi of the University of Sydney and his ...
Teens can fight depression using InternetCIOL

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