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Depression Blog with Nancy Schimelpfening April 2005 Archive

By Nancy Schimelpfening, About.com Guide to Depression since 1998

Could Postpartum Depression Have Been Useful to Our Caveman Ancestors?

Monday April 25, 2005
Researchers at Edinburgh University believe that the biochemical changes associated with postpartum depression may have been a useful coping mechanism for our ancient ancestors. They speculate that mothers would ... Read More

Living with a Depressed Spouse

Sunday April 17, 2005
Lovemy2labs writes: "My husband is clinically depressed and was diagnosed almost a year ago. He has tried so many different meds and none seem to help him. He also ... Read More

Cognitive Therapy: Lasting Effect Against Depression Relapse

Monday April 11, 2005
A study reported in Archives of General Psychology indicates that Cognitive Therapy can be just as effective at preventing relapse as keeping patients on medication. This is good ... Read More

Depression in the Bible

Tuesday April 5, 2005
Although I'm not a Christian myself, I know many visitors to this site are and I believe the following resource would be very helpful to them. It gives many ... Read More

Groww.org

Tuesday April 5, 2005
This support site has chat rooms for a wide variety of grief situations, including suicide, loss of child, death due to drug abuse and many more topics too numerous to ... Read More

Grief and Loss Resources

Monday April 4, 2005
Grief is a normal and healthy response when you lose someone or something important to you. Learn more about how grief affects different groups, how to survive overwhelming grief ... Read More

Forum: Anyone Depressed That the Pope Died?

Sunday April 3, 2005
"I am not feeling overly depressed except for when Princess Diana and JFK JR were in accidents there was more press coverage than when the Pope was dying. As ... Read More
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