8 Things To Do to Help Beat Depression
Improve the quality of your life by taking control of depression before it takes control of you. Depression can sometimes be managed with a few techniques. A few suggestions to try when you begin to...
View ArticleWhat Causes Depression
There is no single known cause of depression. Rather, it likely results from a combination of a number of factors. Psychology textbooks like to talk about “nature versus nurture”: are people’s problems...
View ArticleTEENAGE SUICIDE: WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Unfortunately teenage suicide is relatively common. It is the 3rd leading cause of death among teenagers (White, 1999), with thoughts of suicide occurring in as many as 29% of teens, 19% having made a...
View ArticleTEENAGE SUICIDE: PREVENTION: WHAT TO LOOK FOR (PART 3)
WARNING SIGNS!! LOOK FOR WARNING SIGNS! (part 1; part 2) SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN “NORMAL” BEHAVIOR: While there are occasions when someone may significantly hurt him or herself “out of the blue”, most...
View ArticleIs My Child Depressed?
It is difficult to know how many children (pre-teens) suffer from depression. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that, at any given time, 11% of children under the age of 18 meet...
View ArticleHow Many Kinds of Depression Are There?
There are many different types of depression. We will look at four major categories of depression. Brief reactive depression. This type of depression is often known as grief, and occurs in response to...
View ArticleCauses of Depression
Depression may be caused by one or more factors. One factor contributing to depression is a bio-chemical or other medical disorder. These may include a genetic predisposition toward depression as...
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