Pregnancy and Depression
How do you know if you have depression when pregnant? I know winter doesn't help but how do you know?
I've never had depression, nor do I know what it really is but I've been feeling different. N ...
Major Depressive Disorder
I am a person, a unique complex individual. My diagnosis does not define who I am. It only describes some of the things that I experience. Major depressive disorder is one way to describe how I feel ...
Diabetes and Depression May Be Linked
According to a recent report from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, depression can up the chance of contracting diabetes among older people. Researcher Mercedes Carnethon, an a ...
Sadness and Binge Eating
According to researchers, the urge to binge-eat is definitely tied to emotional turmoil and depression. If you find yourself turning to food after a traumatic experience, like a breakup or the loss of ...
The Secret Life of Manic Depression
This is the BBC booklet which goes with the Stephen Fry series - The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive (dvd available on amazon.co.uk btw)
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/headroom/bipolar/bipolar.pdf
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Beat Depression with Qigong
Qigong, an ancient Chinese practice involving meditation, breathing exercises, and body movements, has been found to relieve depression in a new study. Qigong is similar to tai chi and has been perfor ...
Need a Mood Enhancer? Eat Fish!
Need a mood booster? Scientists say that working omega-3 fatty acids into your diets can stabilize your mental health. Of course, you can find them in fish; in fact, a New Zealand study revealed tha ...
Exercise for Your Health (Physical and Mental)
Runners know the feeling: you've made it halfway through, and those endorphins kick in, and you feel like you could go forever. What began as something you had to push yourself to start becomes a tr ...
Yoga and Depression
According to researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, yoga postures and the deep, controlled breathing associated with yoga might help to ease anxiety and depression. Brain scans of ...
