signs of depression

Dysthymia is another name for chronic depression. Although not as serious as Major Depression, this is a severe illness. Many people don’t even realize that someone they know is burdened with Chronic Depression. Typically someone with this illness can live a regular life. They go to work or school and go about their daily lives without so much as to cause a ripple in the ...

Women are twice as likely to develop depression in their lifetime. Depression can affect all areas of our life and can be quite severe. To learn how to treat this illness, it is imperative that you understand the symptoms of depression in women. The biological causes of depression in women are hormonal inconsistencies such as menstruation, menopause and childbirth. This is why many ...

How to spot the signs of depression? Well you have many symptoms that you may be facing when your depressed. One of the most prevalent will be a feeling of just being down. Perhaps you always think that everything is bad. You may feel like the world is dead set against you at some points. Normally you will not sleep well, but you can also want to sleep all the time. It’s like you ...

Depression is a mental illness.  This does not mean that those who suffer it are lower forms of life.  It does not insinuate that you are a nut case or crazy.  It simply means that you have a disease that affects the mind and requires treatment to be cured.  Do not allow yourself to be drawn into the stereotype that those with mental illness are head cases.  If you are even slightly under ...

Teresa was a thirty-year-old pharmacy technician who realized that she had a drinking problem. For example, within the past seven months she has experienced the need to have a few drinks before going to work, four months ago she failed to pass a random hair alcohol test at work, five months ago she got stopped by the police for a DWI, and last but not least, for the last five months she has ...