How To Help Someone With Depression
Depression is an isolating illness that can drive you apart from your loved ones. This is why people with depression need all the love and support they can get. However,…
Chronic Pain-Associated Depression
Millions of people suffer from chronic pain and, as a result, depression. Major studies have shown “that up to 85 percent of patients with chronic pain are affected by severe…
Are Psychedelics the Next Big Treatment for Depression?
In 2019, the FDA made a groundbreaking decision to approve a form of ketamine as a clinical treatment for patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression, a condition which is estimated to…
What is Manic Depression?
The National Alliance of Mental Illness has identified four types of bipolar disorder:
Overcoming Depression with Ketamine
17.3 million American adults suffer from major depressive disorder each year. For many this means living with more emotional lows than highs, though. Many times, these lows define much of…
5 Treatments for Depression & Anxiety
Somewhere around seven percent of the US population, or about seventeen million American adults, suffer from depression each year. Depression may occur only once, but for some, depression typically occurs…
The Passage of Time: A Brief History of Depression Treatments
Depression has been around for a really long time. However, despite its old age, the approach to treating this pernicious condition has only recently evolved into the form we are…
Seasonal Affective Disorder Treatment
About half a million people in the U.S. suffer from Season Affective Disorder (SAD), with women making up three-fourths of the affected population. SAD is type of depression that occurs…
Helping a Loved One who is Depressed
Dealing with depression means struggling daily to enjoy even the simplest gifts that life has to offer. But watching someone you love deal with depression is an equal struggle—it’s common…
CBT For Depression May Fail After 1-2 Years…And Then What?
According to recent research, the benefits of an important form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) used to treat chronic depression appears to fade within 1-2 years of its discontinuation. This…