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Symptoms of Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Recurrent depression is a form of Major Depression, where the depressive episodes recur on a regular basis, with intervals of no depression present in the individual. The specific diagnostic critera for recurrent depression are: A. ... Read more... »

Chronic Major Depression

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Chronic major depression can be diagnosed as a form of Major Depressive Disorder. This specifier applies to the current or most recent Major Depressive Episode in Major Depressive Disorder and to a Major Depressive ... Read more... »

Medications: Symptom Relief, Not Cure

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Just as aspirin can reduce a fever without clearing up the infection that causes it, psychotherapeutic medications act by controlling symptoms. Like most drugs used in medicine, they correct or compensate for some malfunction in ... Read more... »

Beating the Holiday Blues

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Joy to the world! 'Tis the season to be jolly! Festive music fills the air; holiday cheer abounds. Everyone is happy at holiday time — right? Wrong. Truth be told, many people feel lonely, sad, ... Read more... »

Not in the Holiday Mood? It Might Be the Blues

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

It's that time of year again. Multicolored lights twinkle across houses and front yards. Parents and squirming children form long lines to sit on a Santa look-alike's lap. Red and green decorations adorn every store window. ... Read more... »

You May Be Depressed! What Do You Do Now?

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

When you are depressed, it is often very hard to think clearly or make any decisions. It is also hard to think of anything to do to help yourself feel better. This brochure will help ... Read more... »

Wrung-Out by Ringing-In the Holidays: Dealing with Post-Holiday Blues

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

"The Holidays," generally defined as the period from Thanksgiving through New Years, can be an emotional roller coaster. We're expected to be (and would like to be) filled with joy, cheer and love for all ... Read more... »

Feeling Worthless and Depression

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Depression is often lurking in the shadows. When you are depressed, most often you think that you are worthless. The worse the depression, the more you feel this way. Fortunately, you are not alone! ... Read more... »

Why Do Women Get the Blues?

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare, 1600-01 Diagnosing Depression in Women Did you know that women are twice as likely to experience ... Read more... »

Talking Turkey: Managing Unhappy Relatives at Holiday Time

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Almost all families seem to have at least one member who has made a career of being unhappy. In their distress, these people accuse, complain, sigh, and make it difficult for others to enjoy the ... Read more... »

Suicide: Not a Good Idea

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Experiencing psychiatric symptoms is horrible. Many people who try to live with these symptoms every day sometimes feel so discouraged they want to end their lives. Suicide is never a good idea. Why not? Psychiatric symptoms ... Read more... »

Suffering in Silence: When Your Spouse Is Depressed

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Betty sits alone in the kitchen late at night, tearfully reviewing the current state of her life and marriage. Things looked so promising when she married Arthur after meeting at school! A modest home in ... Read more... »

Shedding Light on Winter Depression

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Thirty days hath September, April, June and November, All the rest have thirty-one Except for February— Which has 258! We extend our apologies to ... Read more... »

Developing a Wellness Toolbox

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

The first step in developing your own Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is to develop a Wellness Toolbox. This is a list of things you have done in the past, or could do, to help ... Read more... »

Coming Out of the Mire

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

There is a hard, dark, very murky lump that aches a bit in the middle of my chest. It is gray, but not the warm, gray of tree trunks or chickadees. It is a foreboding ... Read more... »

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