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Many women, after having a baby, experience bouts of mood swings. During such a period, it is not unusual to see them happy and elated one instant only to burst into tears the next. This condition is known as the “baby blues” – or more precisely, “postpartum depression.”

When it comes to traditional medical treatments for depression there are really just two types of treatments: psychological counseling to deal with the mental components of depression and drug therapy to treat the physiological causes of depression. Most doctors prescribe anti-depressants for patients even though some anti-depressants can have terrible side effects. Some [...]

Psychotic depression is the most serious type of depression. Most of the time people that have psychotic depression end up hospitalized to try and control their symptoms and keep them from harming themselves or others. Of the people that are admitted to the hospital for depression every year, one in four of those [...]

Chronic depression is also called dysthymia. Chronic depression is, as the name implies, a type of depression that lasts for a long time. Usually, chronic depression goes on for at least two years, sometimes longer. Unlike some of the other intense depressions, chronic depression isn’t debilitating.

Depression is categorized by doctors as a mental health disorder even though it does have physical components. It is a disease; it isn’t “just all in your head” and it is not simply a matter of needing to cheer up. Depression is more than just a feeling of sadness. Depression is usually considered to be [...]

Manic depression, otherwise known as bipolar disorder, is an illness wherein the individual suffers rapid shifts in mood of such import that they affect the individual’s ability to function normally.

If depression is considered as serious condition to adults, how would you consider depression in children? Actually, depression in children is the same as in adults’ with only a few exceptions. Therefore, this only means one thing – depression in children should be given immediate attention and care, especially they can’t make out the exact [...]

There are a lot of different types of depression medicines which are now available for the treatment of depression. Newer depression medicines have become obtainable that are safer and more effective than the older depression medications and have a fewer side effects. It is important to take note though, that all types of depression medicines, [...]

A very common condition, depression is believed by many experts to be the number one cause of disability in the world. In the United States alone, studies show that 17% of the population will experience the symptoms of depression at some point in their lives. Currently, there is an estimated 19 million people suffering from [...]

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or simply rTMS for Depression, is one of the newest technology developed for the treatment of depression. It is a type of non invasive technique that uses a powerful electro magnet placed on the scalp of a person with depression. The magnetic impulses from the rTMS for Depression machine are said [...]