What Kind Of People Does Depression Affect?
Symptoms of depression can occur as a result of a wide range of medical and psychiatric disorders. In a person who has been found to not be medically ill, there are three common...
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How Depression Affects Middle Aged People
In Part one of this series we heard from My Depression Connection members Izzy and LyraStorm on what it is like to be a young adult and... Read more »
Seasonal Affect Disorder (SAD): Depression in Winter
I've written about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that is triggered by different seasons. A small amount of people... Read more »
The Multiple Sclerosis Tapestry: Interviews with People whose Lives...
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How Depression and Schizophrenia affected my Childhood Hollidays
Every year I feel the residue of Christmases of long ago. The feelings of sadness live on from year to year. Yet in the re-telling of a... Read more »
Depression's significant health impact: many Migraineurs affected by...
Migraine disease and major depressive disorder (aka clinical depression) are frequently comorbid conditions. Comorbid means that a person... Read more »
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Depression
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short... Read more »
Depression
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Blues; Gloom; Sadness; MelancholyHome CareIf you are depressed for 2 weeks or longer, you should contact your doctor, who can offer treatment... Read more »
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Depression Information
If you notice periods of depression that seem to accompany seasonal changes during the year, you may suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD).... Read more »
Depression affects 1 in 13 U.S. adults
According to a new government survey, 16.5 million Americans age 18 or older--or 1 in 13 adults--experienced at least one bout of major depression in... Read more »
Insurers' cost-cutting affecting ADHD, depression med use
Private health plans are increasing copays for their subscribers to manage drug costs, and the move is affecting how some people take prescribed... Read more »
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