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by Anna Allen - 2007-02-08
Do you suffer from Depression? If so, you are not alone. Millions of people suffer from this terrible illness. Many people find it hard to cope. Many people experience Depressive Episodes. If you...
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by Moses Wright - 2007-02-06
Dealing with loss of family can be especially difficult for those who suffer from manic depression. Not only are they trying to cope with the traumatic experience, but they are also trying to remain s...
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by Moses Wright - 2007-02-06
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock therapy, is a controversial medical treatment that induces a seizure by passing electricity through the patient's brain. ECT was a common ps...
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by Moses Wright - 2007-02-06
People with bipolar disorder are at an increased risk for suicide. Someone with bipolar disorder who is severely depressed, may also become suicidal, as they sometimes hear their voices urging them to...
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by Rich Fuller - 2007-02-06
Depression is a mood disorder involving more than just "feeling down in the dumps" but also includes symptoms such as sleep disturbances, fatigue and loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness and inap...
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by Chas Oliver - 2007-02-06
Contrary to what some people may think, being in a down mood is not a cause for concern. What is a cause for concern is being in a constant elevated or unconcerned mood: these states are symptomatic o...
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by Zeeshan Parvez - 2007-02-05
Malaria is a disease which requires anti-malarial drugs. Diabetes is a disease which requires insulin injections. But depression is not a disorder which can be treated with anti-depressants alone.Depr...
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by Julie Redstone - 2007-02-04
The origin of depression may not be visible at all on an outer level where wealth, family, relationships, and success may all be in place and operating as signs and symbols of a successful life. Yet ...
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by Jeffrey L Wilson - 2007-02-03
Many professional and lay people today think depression is caused by a biochemical imbalance in the brain even though none of the "imbalance" theories of depression have ever been verified. This theor...
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by Jeffrey L Wilson - 2007-02-03
The growth of western psychiatry has resulted in an over-reliance on psychiatric labels and expensive drugs. Vast sums of money are spent on treatment that doesn't address the underlying cause, only m...
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by Mark Thompon - 2007-02-02
We all feel down and depressed at times.What we don't realize is the word 'depressed' is used so much nowadays that we have lost the meaning somewhere. We seem to all be depressed and really don't min...
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by Jeffrey L Wilson - 2007-02-01
Not long ago I was the poster child for psychotropic drug use. Over a 23 year period my doctors had sequentially assigned to me the labels of Depression, Adult ADD and Bi-polar Disorder. With each dia...
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by John Delaware - 2007-01-31
Approximately 20 percent of depressed Americans, or approximately four million people, experience chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression that has failed to respond to multiple antidepress...
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by Pauline Logan - 2007-01-31
Loneliness can be such an over whelming thing and isn't just when you are alone, sometimes you can be in a crowded room, office, classroom, at home or in a busy street and yet you still feel so alon...
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by Eddy K Elgin - 2007-01-31
A lot people who are suffering from depression, panic attack or anxiety are not aware that they can control these chronic symptoms and live a better life ahead.Have you ever seen someone ever experien...
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by Steve Valentino - 2007-01-25
Clinical depression is a condition of grief, dreariness, or anguish that disturbs an individual's societal performance and actions of daily life. Clinical depression is a medical diagnosis and hence n...
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by Merri Ellen Giesbrecht - 2007-01-24
Are you suffering from physical symptoms of depression?Depression, burn out, mental fatigue - whatever you may call it affects your entire body. For some reason, we have separated our minds from our b...
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by Jiing Huey Pang - 2007-01-23
In this fast-paced society that we are living in today, depression has become quite a common sight as the general stress level of the public increases with the intensity of the workload. Be it demands...
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by Marvin Perry - 2007-01-23
Have you ever noticed that a common buddy or characteristic of anxiety are bouts of sleepless nights or insomnia? Sleep deprivation, or insomnia, is a common companion with attacks of anxiety. Some ...
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by Lara Honos-Webb, PhD - 2007-01-22
Depression is a signal that one has gotten off track - that your life is not in alignment with your deepest needs, values, interests and gifts. What does that mean? What track have you gotten off of? ...
