Tag: depression
group name: depression
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January 28, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Depression is more common in women than in men all over the world, and in the United States, the ratio is two to one. One out of eight women will have an episode of major depression at some time in her . . .
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August 02, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
I frequently read stuff by parents of kids with Asperger's, but haven't seen much from individuals who have lived through it themselves. I'm a 54 year old woman. When I was growing . . .
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March 03, 2008 11:09 AM EST --
When I treat patients for anxiety, depression, or other mental health problems, I usually recommend psychotherapy as part of the treatment plan because it helps in recovery. Some patients ask two logical . . .
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October 01, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
From time to time, people ask me whether diet really can have an effect on mood.
The answer is yes, though diet doesn’t usually provide a quick fix for depression. It may seem silly to say it, but . . .
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November 12, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
I was waiting on the checkout line at the hardware store the other day, when a man in front of me started yelling at his son, who was about six or seven years old. The boy had grabbed a candy bar, and . . .
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November 19, 2007 10:11 AM EST --
A few years ago, a patient of mine noticed some changes when he exchanged his brand-name antidepressant for the generic form. For the next month or two, he felt slightly apathetic and made some mistakes . . .
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January 04, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
About 20% of people who make an appointment with a mental health professional never show up, and another 20% never come for a second visit. Forty percent of patients who start taking an antidepressant . . .
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August 16, 2007 02:12 AM EDT --
I did not know it at the time, but back in the early 1990's while I was on active duty and stationed in Germany, I was moving into one of my lowest points in my life. I was extremely irritable, . . .
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April 18, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
As a general internist, much of my work involves assessing people's symptoms and helping them decide what we can do to help them feel better. It is very common for me to notice symptoms of depression . . .
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February 04, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
Depression is so common that it is sometimes easy to overlook. This is especially true when it occurs in men, who seem to have a harder time than women recognizing it in themselves. And they also are . . .
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February 28, 2008 11:33 AM EST --
For those who don't live in the sunshine states, the winter can seem endless. For people touched by seasonal affective disorder, the depression that accompanies the cold weather and lack of light . . .
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March 10, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Several patients I'm treating for depression also suffer from migraine headaches. One of them asked me recent if there is any connection between the two. Definitely—but it's a bit complicated. . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, only about 40% of people with major depression receive adequate conventional treatment, so it’s important to get a better understanding of . . .
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December 03, 2007 12:55 PM EST --
I have suffered from anxiety disorder and depression for many years. I am not currently taking any meds for either. Although, for the past several months I have been dealing with it fairly well. . . .
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December 03, 2007 05:55 PM EST --
One of my colleagues is married to a man who suffers from severe depression. “Sometimes I get so frustrated,” she told me recently. “I know this is an illness, but when he becomes depressed . . .
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October 29, 2007 12:43 PM EDT --
It’s been an unseasonably warm October here in the northeast, so it is hard for me to imagine that winter is coming soon. But it is, and some of us will be taking it hard.
A sunny disposition . . .
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July 07, 2007 09:57 AM EDT --
I am a 45 year old female. The first time I was diagnosed with depression was while I was in college. I faced a tramatic event, and in trying to deal with this event, I went into a deep depression and . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Depression in bipolar disorder is a condition that lasts longer than mania and causes more suffering and disability. Because the symptoms of bipolar depression often combine despair with agitation and . . .
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June 09, 2008 05:28 PM EDT --
Depression often accompanies other types of medical conditions, for complex reasons.
As reported in Harvard Medical School's special health report, Understanding Depression , medical illnesses . . .
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October 09, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
I know a lot of people who worry when a loved one — especially a spouse or a child — gets into therapy. They fear the therapist will drive a wedge in the relationship.
And in some cases there’s . . .
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