Long before prescription drugs, the herb St. John's Wort was prescribed as a proven depression remedy. It is still an affordable and popular choice today to treat mild to moderate depression. But it is not the only effective natural alternative to standard depression drugs. In this article I to......[Read More]

Winter depression is still a mystery to scientists who study it. But researchers agree that people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder are particularly sensitive to light, or the lack of it.......[Read More]

Many times I have been asked by you as to what is my definition of friendship. I have generally responded by saying something like "it is someone you can count on". Well over the last couple years I have taken my share of hard knocks and some of those friends that I thought I could count o......[Read More]

As you no doubt already know, there are millions of people suffering from depression nowadays, irrespective of what walk of life they come from. In fact, the number of people suffering from depression is increasing at an alarming rate. While many people suffer from depression temporarily at some poi......[Read More]

Do you know how to recognize the warnings signs of suicide? Becoming familiar with these signs can help you help someone you love if they should become suicidal.......[Read More]

You can see it on your face, stress. That stress not only makes us age, but that stress can actually wear our bodies down so that we get sick. In our society, it seems that we are constantly fighting the battle for Stress Health, but more often than not, we find ourselves losing the battle. There is......[Read More]

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The depression pills known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most widely prescribed medication for depression. SSRIs work by blocking the reuptake of a chemical transmitter called .........[Read More]

Teenagers' depression is often associated with chronic drug and alcohol abuse. Those in a depressed emotional state always show some unusual signs and symptoms. As parents, you should pay close attention to these signs. If they are left unnoticed, they are most likely to result in depression. H......[Read More]

Coping with depression isn't always easy. It's rough at first, it does require time and effort, however if you keep trying and you have the WILL, you'll get there and then you'll be free of depression in no time.......[Read More]

There's actually a big, albeit subtle, difference between someone who's simply 'down' or 'discouraged' and someone who's depressed. The depressed person is 'stuck' in their thinking and often can't shut off their mind and therefore they can't co......[Read More]

Dealing with depression and anxiety is no easy task. On the other hand simply doing nothing often makes both depression and anxiety much worse and can create a serious downward spiral where both your personal and profession lives can be put in jeopardy.......[Read More]

How to deal with being alone when depressed.......[Read More]

The secret of depression is that it is a none life threateningcondition being treated by the medical industry with moodalternating drugs which can threaten you life, even destroy yourlife and are very profitable for them. None life threatening means that the depression will not directly cause your b......[Read More]

Anxiety and depression more often than not occur together. It is normal for a person to experience fear of some sort but when it goes out of proportion and the severity is quite abnormal, this becomes a disorder. At the same time, it is also normal for one to become depressed due to loss of someone ......[Read More]

Depression did not exist in the past. The mental condition is very well the child of the industrial revolution. Depression as a mental disease was discovered quite recently if you compare the number of centuries man has lived on the face of this earth.......[Read More]

A description of the causes, symptoms and treatment of serotonin syndrome, a dangerous buildup of serotonin in the central nervous system.......[Read More]

Most of us look forward to Monday about as much as we would a trip to the dentist. We anticipate the arrival of Friday with great enthusiasm, as it signals the end of the work week for most of us. But by Sunday evening the impending onset of Monday begins to weigh on our minds. Our R&R time never se......[Read More]

Loneliness in a relationship is the hard truth about long term relationships. It is important to be aware of this shortcoming and take evasive action to make things better for each other.......[Read More]

The automatic behavioral programs decide on our behalf what we will do all the time, even though we think we are doing everything we do because we ourselves have decided to do so. We can't really perceive that our reactions are automatic and we think that we can control our behavior completely.......[Read More]