FAQ: What Is a Nervous Breakdown?
Tuesday June 24, 2008
A. Nervous Breakdown is not a term that the medical community uses. Historically people have been embarrassed by mental illness and the term nervous breakdown is a euphemism ... Read More
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Tuesday June 24, 2008
Useful depression-related content around the About.com network:
Depression Information for Men - What men need to know about depression.
Depression Over 50 - Do you know the warning sings if an older ... Read More
Tips to Reduce Sexual Side Effects
Tuesday June 24, 2008
One of the great ironies of depression treatment is that while depression can rob you of your desire for sex, the drugs that treat it can be much worse, causing ... Read More
U.S. Soldier Suicides at Record High
Tuesday June 17, 2008
On May 29, the U.S. Army announced that 115 active duty soldiers committed suicide in 2007, the highest one year total since they began keeping records in 1980.
Nearly 1000 soldiers ... Read More
Are You Working Too Many Hours?
Tuesday June 17, 2008
If you work a lot of overtime you may be putting yourself at risk for anxiety and depression, suggests a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, ... Read More
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Tuesday June 17, 2008
Useful depression-related content around the About.com network:
Nine Natural Remedies for Depression - Learn about natural alternatives for treating depression.
Are You At Risk for Postpartum Depression? - How likely are you ... Read More
Serotonin Levels Related to Sense of Fairness
Tuesday June 10, 2008
If life feels unfair, your serotonin levels may have something to do with that perception, say scientists.
In a new study reported in the June 5 issue of Science, people were ... Read More
Kirsten Dunst Confesses to Receiving Depression Treatment
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Last month, in an interview with E!, actress Kirten Dunst confessed that the reports that she had entered rehab for a drinking problem were inaccurate. “I didn’t go to ... Read More
Free Treatment?
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Perhaps the only thing worse than depression is having depression and not being able to afford treatment. I frequently get letters from those of you who are in just this ... Read More
Antidepressant, Therapy May Reduce Depression After Stroke
Tuesday June 3, 2008
In the first year following a stroke, patients who either received the antidepressant escitalopram (Lexapro) or participated in a problem-solving therapy group had a reduced risk of depression compared to ... Read More
Depression May Worsen Kidney Transplant Outcome
Tuesday June 3, 2008
According to research reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, depression was associated with double the risk of kidney failure, return to dialysis and ... Read More
Hypothyroidism and Depression
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Have you been feeling tired and depressed lately? Before you assume that you need an antidepressant, you might want to consider having your thyroid checked. Hypothyroidism, a disease in which ... Read More