Merely Me’s post, Recovery from Depression: What Does it Mean?, poses a question that I've put to myself a lot in the last few years. As she says, the self-help quick fixes don't work because there's no short-cut formula to recovery. It takes a lot of hard work, but getting back the ability to enjoy a full life again can and does occur.
There's no single definition of recovery, just as there is no single route for getting there. The comments on Merely Me's post illustrate the varieties of...
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A new study published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry has found that peer support groups may do more to treat depression than the standard... Read more »
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