People with depression are simply not able to carry on their lives normally. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years. When these symptoms become very intense, they start interfering with ones ability to normally carry out even the daily chores. The person feels unable to do anything about it; other people need […]
Within the last five years there have been several substantial breakthroughs in research toward finding the true biological cause of bipolar affective disorder. This research has lead to the development of several new bipolar affective disorder medications. A few of the more popular latest medications for bipolar affective disorder are described below.
Abilify, or Aripiprazole, […]
Although there are no scientific proofs that depression would cause alcoholism, the two disorders are commonly met together in the same patient. 30 - 50 percents of all alcoholics are suffering from major depression.
What one should know about alcoholism and depression:
* People are predisposed to alcoholism and depression if they have family history of […]
Well they are children and life should be joyful and childlike in happiness. However, that is not always the case since depression in children can strike children just as clinical depression can strike adults.
Has your child not been acting like themselves lately?
Have you noticed that your child is not eating as much as usual?
Are your […]
One bipolar symptom is hypomania. It is a mood state wherein the patient experiences relentless and pervading elation or irritability. This bipolar symptom is differentiated from mania by the absence of psychosis-related symptoms and the lower level of impact on functioning. Some mood disorders like bipolar II disorder and cyclothymia are characterized by hypomania. Cyclothymia […]
Heres a depression self help secret you can use to make depression a part of your past, not your future:
One of the fastest ways to get yourself into a state of anxiety or depression is to get lost in what I call the Valley of Overwhelmed. The Valley of Overwhelmed is also a place of […]