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Times are tough, economically, for most Americans. Although my husband and I have faced challenges in the past, financially, things right now are probably the grimmest they've ever been for us. We actually could almost qualify for food stamps. I've spent the morning going over our budget, slashing our expenses to the bone to see if we'll be able to pay our bills. As long as we have no emergencies and eat a lot of beans and rice, we might be able to make it.
Part of the problem is that we pay a hi...
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Health Guide
Depression Treatment
Depression is a treatable illness, with many therapeutic options available. Increasingly, professionals are viewing major depression as a chronic illness (the condition nearly always returns... Read more »Depression Issues: How is depression treated?
......treated continuously with mood-stabilizers and psychosocial therapy. Lithium is the standard manic depression treatment and the anticonvulsants valproate (trade name Depakote) and carbamazepine... Read more »Treatment-Resistant Depression
It is frustrating for all involved when someone does not respond to treatments for depression that work for most other people. But we can’t accurately predict who will respond to a particular... Read more »Depression significantly impairs health but is unrecognized and untreated
“Treatment for depression should at least be on a par with that for other chronic diseases.” 2 An article in this week’s edition of The Lancet based on World Health Organization (WHO)... Read more »Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Medications
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