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

In The News:


TopNews Singapore (press release)

Federal Recovery Efforts Saved 8.5 Million Jobs, Stopped Depression
Progressive States Network (blog)
... loosening of the money supply, and federal stimulus funds for states and individuals, helped stop a far worse potential full-out Depression that would ...
Federal efforts avoided a depression, economists concludeKansas City Star
Study argues stimulus, other action averted second Great Depression; others ...Washington Post (blog)
Blinder, Zandi Say US Bailouts Likely Averted a DepressionBloomberg
Firedoglake (blog) -Seattle Times -New York Times
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So Did We Really Avert The Second Great Depression?
The Business Insider
The old adage about it being a recession if your neighbor is out of work and a depression if you are out of work is, I think, particularly apt these days. ...
Economist say we narrowly avoided another Great DepressionCreative Loafing (blog)

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New York Times

The New New Deal: Public Money for Private Jobs
New York Times (blog)
During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration paid jobless Americans to build public bridges and paint public murals; in the wake of the ...
Job Subsidies Also Provide Help to Private SectorNew York Times
Does Direct Government Stimulus Create Private Sector Jobs?The Atlantic

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Indie Wire

In the Works: Vega-Starrer “Summer Song,” Flower Taxi, Depression, Domestic ...
Indie Wire
Having been diagnosed with clinical Depression when I was 20, I have alternately felt confused, angry, embarrassed, sad, responsible, hopeless, ashamed, ...

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10 Celebrities Who Had Postpartum Depression
Right Celebrity
By Danity About 10 percent of new mothers suffer from postpartum depression (PPD). And just because they are rich and famous doesn't mean that celebrity ...


PsychCentral.com

Effects of Mania and Depression on Work, Social Life and Family Life
About - News & Issues (blog)
A Spanish research study has found that the more manic episodes and hospitalizations you've had, the more likely you are to be on or trying to get ...
Bipolar Disability Affected by Prior EpisodesPsychCentral.com

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Analysis: Can a business-led recovery keep US above water?
Reuters
Companies, on the other hand, last year slashed any cost they could find and hoarded cash amid panic the world was tipping toward a depression. ...

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HDFC exec had shown no signs of depression
Hindustan Times
The family said he showed no signs of depression. On Tuesday, he reportedly distributed sweets to his neighbours saying an important work he had been ...

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