What causes teenage depression and how can you help your teen prevent it?
Find the causes of depression and learn how you can prevent it in your teenager. Take steps to cure it if the symptoms arise. It is often thought that genes and the environment work synergistically to produce the effects of teenage depression. Aside from genetic influences, some environmental influences could include being immersed in a [...]
Psychologist vs psychiatrist: Should you contact a psychiatrist or a psychologist for the treatment of a mental illness?
January 2, 2012 No Comment
Different training for psychologists and psychiatrists helps determine their functions in mental health. Are you convinced you or someone you love is suffering from depression or an obsession, but you don’t know who to call? A local hospital may be able to refer you to a psychiatrist or a psychologist, but what is the difference [...]
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Is Grandpa getting more and more grumpy and curmudgeonly in his elder years? Is Grandma complaining about everyone and everything, but refusing to go out and enjoy herself? Has Aunt Mildred stopped teaching piano lessons because, she says, she “can’t be bothered any more?” These may seem typical senior citizen behaviors, but they’re more probably [...]
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Introduction : Depression is the time when you feel a cloud covering the face of the sun and stealing the color from your world. It makes you stressed and feel very sick at heart. Causes : 1. Fear of failure 2. Social rejection 3. Bodily sickness 4. Bullying or abuse 5. Childhood memories 6. Thoughts [...]
Continue reading …Depression Signs in Women – How to Recognize a Major Depressive Episode?
November 18, 2011 No Comment
Everyone is sad or “gets the blues” from time to time. That’s part of the human condition. But major depressive disorder goes far beyond “feeling down.” It’s characterized by one or more depressive episodes, during which the following symptoms are present: a persistent sad or “empty” mood. a lack of interest in all, or almost, [...]
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Children and teenagers, like adults, can become depressed. Depression can be a normal reaction to disappointments or situations children encounter in their daily lives. When depression becomes ongoing and persistent for a long period of time, a child or adolescent passes from depression that is a normal reaction to a situation to that of an [...]
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It is unwise to try to overcome depression by yourself. When symptoms are relatively mild, psychotherapy or counseling is the most common way to treat depression. If your symptoms are more serious (for example, involving sleep changes or difficulties with day-to-day functioning), you may need medication and psychotherapy. Psychotherapy can give you some support and [...]
Continue reading …Anxiety Disorders – The Most Common Psychiatric Illnesses Affecting Both Children and Adults.
November 12, 2011 No Comment
It is normal to experience a certain amount of anxiety or fear from time to time, and everybody knows what it’s like to feel anxious – the butterflies in your stomach before a date, the tension you feel when your boss is angry, the way your heart rate increases when you’re in danger. Anxiety rouses [...]
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Some people suspect that Migraine is a fancy name for headache. It is not so. A Migraine, with its specific symptoms that occur before, during and after attacks, differ profoundly from other types of headaches. Migraine as defined in the Englhish dictionary is “Recurrent throbbing headache that usually affects one side of the head, often [...]
Continue reading …Stress Managment – How Does Stress Affect the Body and How to Deal With Stress
November 3, 2011 No Comment
What is Stress? - What are Stressors? – Common Symptoms of Stress - Managing Stress – Conclusion What is Stress? Stress is defined as “the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it” according to Dr. Hans Selye. Our bodies are continuously adapting to the environment that surrounds us. Stress is the [...]
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