Depression is a serious medical illness that can interfere with everyday life. Unfortunately, many people do not recognize that depression is a treatable illness, there are ways that may help take the steps that may save your own or someone elses life.
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Research shows that infants of depressed mothers are at increased risk of behavioral problems, emotional difficulties, and delays in growth and language development. If the mother's depression is not treated promptly, the baby can be greatly affected. With a combination of proper medication and therapy, postpartum depression is treatable.
The article is about the psycho-emotional problem of depression that afflicts millions of people today. The article also goes through the symptoms, effects, and possible treatments for depression. It also makes a case for the use of alternative, non-drug remedies to treat depression.
This article focuses on postpartum depression that most women experience after their pregnancy. There are three categories that go from mild to severe depression, and tackles different ways to cope with such. New mothers can get information from this article since it gives out ways in dealing with postpartum depression.
Depression is a disorder that does not get nearly enough attention. Depressed people are often told to "cheer up" or to "look at the bright side" of things, and may spiral even deeper when they are unable to simply snap out of the mood that has such a hold on them. While depression can often lead to fatigue and listlessness, it has a close cousin by the name of anxiety. Anxiety causes the opposite effect, putting our bodies into the "fight or flight" mode that protected us in the wild.
This article focuses on eating disorders of women and how they are closely related to family problems, negative emotions, and depression. A lot of young girls experience this and is more prone to such eating disorders. With self help and counseling, any girl can control their way of eating in to a much more healthier way.
Depression can feel overpowering at times. Medication can help, but it certainly does not do everything. So what else can you do? I suggest the following interventions to many of my patients. Try adding one or two at a time to see what helps.
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Most of us just feel better if we are in an environment that is clean, organized and pleasing to the eye. Try to keep your main living areas tidy. If you are like me and have a husband, children and pets, that is not al...
This article is about the psychological problems of US President Abraham Lincoln, who, at that time, was diagnosed with melancholia. The article also details the many failures and heartaches that Lincoln suffered, all of which may have cumulatively caused his depression.