Depression is more than just sadness. People with depression may experience a lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or excessive sleeping, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
The Depression page contains articles and information from the New England. The first antidepressant in a new class, for treatment-resistant depression. The team developed a three-hour curriculum for health teachers to share the facts about adolescent depression with their classes. The goal was to convey two primary themes: number one, depression is a treatable medical illness, and number two, if kids are concerned about themselves or a friend, talk to an adult.
Depression is the most common mental disorder. Fortunately, depression is treatable. A combination of therapy and antidepressant medication can help ensure recovery.
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
What You Can Do
- Seek the right kind of social support Social isolation increases the risk of depression. But it turns out that spending too much time discussing problems with friends could actually increase depression as well.
- Exercise Helps Keep Your Psyche FitExercise is an effective, cost-effective treatment for depression and may help in the treatment of other mental disorders.
Getting Help
- Depression and How Psychotherapy and Other Treatments Can Help People RecoverDepression is a real illness and carries with it a high cost in terms of relationship problems, family suffering and lost work productivity. Yet, depression is a highly treatable illness, with psychotherapy, coping and cognitive-behavioral techniques, and medication.
News
- Sinus problems tied to higher risk of depression, anxietyMarch 6, 2019, Reuters
- For teens, a push for confidential medical adviceMarch 6, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
- FDA expected to approve nasal spray for depressionMarch 4, 2019, NPR
- Abuse in childhood tied to brain changes and later depressionMarch 21, 2019, U.S. News & World Report
- Ketamine may relieve depression by repairing damaged brain circuitsApril 11, 2019, NPR
- Children at risk of depression and ADHD more likely to be bulliedApril 3, 2019, Newsweek
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