One of the most common questions that we all ask ourselves is whether the feelings that we are experiencing are in fact those of depression or not. However, on the other hand, the mere fact that we are asking ourselves such a question is not reason enough to begin reaching for the nearest anti-depressant at […]

For some people, a bad day is more than a bad day. It is more than a bad week or a bad month. It is clinical depression, and for all of its popularity, it remains a vastly misunderstood disease. Depression interferes severely with a victim’s everyday life—activities that once were pleasurable will suddenly feel empty, […]

The oldest depression treatment that was known to man was removing a patient’s colon or teeth in a bid to cure the problem, though in more recent times a more humane approach has been followed including using drugs such as Prozac that have been used with more success. Times have indeed changed and no longer […]

When it comes to postpartum depression, there still seems to be a lot of confusion as to what exactly it is. Most people already know that it is a form of depression that can happen after a woman gives birth but it is not something that all women experience. One thing that should be kept […]

Everybody goes through phases of life, when he/she is feeling down, or depressed, for a shorter stretch of time; it may be after a painful emotional experience, like losing a loved one, or breaking up with a partner, or even increased stress, and the feeling that one is not capable of doing his/her daily duties […]