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Anti-anxiety Medications
Psychiatrists, family doctors or other doctors can prescribe medications for anxiety disorders. These doctors often work closely with psychologists, social workers or therapists...
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Antidepressants
Depression can make you feel hopeless and worthless and cause you to lose interest in everyday activities such as work, hobbies or sex. Depression is a common illness that costs..
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Antipsychotic Medications
Antipsychotic Medications The word psychosis is used to describe conditions that affect the mind, causing a loss of contact with reality. Psychosis is most likely to occur in..
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Anxiety Disorders
You are in the grocery store when suddenly, for no apparent reason, you are gripped by terror. Your heart races, you can't catch your breath, your muscles tense up, your hands..
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Anxiety Disorders - Overview
If you've ever been described as "painfully shy, " you know that's no exaggeration. Extreme shyness can be agonizing. It keeps you from living a normal life, trying new things,..
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Anxiety in Older Adults
Have you ever had the jitters before having surgery, while driving on icy roads or after seeing a snake? We all feel on edge at times, but some people feel anxious all the time...
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Are Antidepressant Side Effects Getting You Down?
You've started taking an antidepressant prescribed by your doctor. Now, you are getting headaches and having trouble sleeping. You were looking forward to feeling better, not..
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Are You Happy?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy are you? Not an easy question, is it? If you base your response on how you feel at this moment, you may answer one way. If you base it on your..
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Caring for a Dying Loved One: The Final Days
Even if you've had months to prepare, it's natural to feel anxious and afraid when someone you love is dying. Will it be painful for your loved one? Will he or she be scared?..
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Depression and Breast Cancer
One in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. Along with chronic health conditions comes an increased risk of stress and depression. Learn about..
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Depression and Heart Disease
Dealing with chronic health conditions such as pain or heart disease can increase your risk of getting depression. Learn more about Depression and Heart Disease...
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Depression in the Elderly - Recognizing the Symptoms
By Eve Glicksman, Staff Writer Harry lost his wife. Then his hearing. Now 76, he struggles to pay his bills for food, rent and medicine...
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Depression in Women
Depression can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity or social status. Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression. Learn more..
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Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
Depression affects both women and men, but women get it nearly twice as often. What is it about women that make them more likely to have depression? Learn more...
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Emotions and Behaviors Associated With Grief
Even in its healthiest manifestations, grief is complex in nature. It often includes a variety of emotions, which may overlap at times, occur in sequence, cycles or waves. Here..
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Exercise Your Depression Away
Are you running from depression? How about walking from it? Or, for that matter, maybe even biking. You should be...
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Finding Help for Depression
It can be particularly difficult for someone who is depressed to make that first step toward reaching out. Fight back against the helplessness and hopelessness by making a phone..
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Happiness Is Ageless
The late actress Bette Davis once said, "Getting old is not for sissies. " Nor is it for people who think that aging is all about sickness, disability and mental decline...
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Holiday Depression Among Seniors
The holidays: A time of celebration, or of loss? For many, holidays are a time for happiness and celebration. It is also the time of the year when more people become depressed...
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How Stress Affects Your Health
You know you're stressed. Your heart beats faster, your muscles tense, your stomach gets tied in knots. But the effects of stress don't stop there. Stress could be affecting your..
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Illness: Is it All in Your Head?
Famed billionaire Howard Hughes was so frightened by germs and illness that he wouldn't shake hands with anyone. His personal staff even included several doctors...
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Is it Grief or Clinical Depression?
In some cases, the grief reaction is extreme. Symptoms may include any or all of the following:..
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Is Online Therapy for You?
Many people who shy away from a therapist's office for help with personal problems are finding cyberspace a more comfortable place to let their hair down...
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Is Your Partner Depressed?
Marriages are built on love and respect, but what happens when depression casts a shadow over your relationship? It may be hard for a depressed partner to show affection. He or..
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Managing Depression
Many people are affected by depression. Learn the facts about depression and how to manage the symptoms...
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Men Get Depressed Too! What You Can Do About It
Bill had been feeling "out of sorts" over the past few weeks. In addition, he'd also been experiencing stomachaches and back pain regularly. His wife Wendy had noticed that he..
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Mental Health Glossary
Adjustment disorders A type of condition with emotional or behavioral symptoms that occur in response to identifiable stress in a person's life...
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Mood Stabilizers (Anti-manic Medications)
Anti-manic medications treat a mental illness called bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive illness, is characterized by cycling mood changes: severe highs..
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More Than Just the Blues
On a diving board nearly two stories high, Wendy Williams was the picture of perfect control. Off the board, however, was another story. Starting in her teen years and continuing..
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Not Feeling So Jolly?
Amid the flurry of putting up decorations, giving gifts and seeing family, you may not realize it. Underneath all the hoopla, though, you could be feeling sad. It may be time to..
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Participating in Treatment: Selecting a Therapist And Knowing Your Rights & Responsibilities
Learn the facts about your rights and responsibilities when selecting a therapist or mental health providers...
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PHQ9 Introduction 09
Did you know that Depression is almost as common as the flu? Nearly 19 million adults in the U. S. suffer from depression every year. People most at risk for depression include..
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Q&A: Men Need Help for Depression
Each year in the United States more than 6 million men are overwhelmed by depression, with many going untreated. Depression is diagnosed when someone feels low or hopeless for..
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Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Pain Medicine
How much medicine should I take? How often? If I don't get relief from my pain, can I take more medicine? If the dosage is increased, how much of an increase should there be?..
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Sleepless Nights Depression Warning
Yet another restless night. And then the alarm goes off. Maybe you woke up throughout the night. Maybe you woke too soon...
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Suicide and Seniors
Every 90 minutes, an elderly American commits suicide. Most are white males, over the age of 85. Among the young, there is about one suicide for every 100 to 200 attempts. In..
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Surviving the Holidays When You've Lost a Loved One
When someone you love has died, the holiday season can magnify your feelings of loneliness, loss and grief. If you're wondering how you can face the holidays after the loss of a..
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Surviving the Loss of A Partner
When you lose a partner, you experience a unique, inexplicable pain that seems unending. Just putting one foot in front of the other and getting through each day becomes an..
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The Benefits of Exercise
Can people with arthritis exercise? Yes, in most cases. However, the right amount and type of exercise depends on which joints are involved, the amount of inflammation present,..
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The Healing Power of Friendship
Bob is 50 years old, divorced and living alone. After a stressful day at work, Bob heads home, heats up a frozen dinner and relaxes in front of the television, where he..
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The Healing Power of Friendship
By Lila Havens, Staff Writer Bob is divorced and lives by himself. He's also a loner. After a stressful day at work, he does what he usually does. He heads home, zaps a frozen..
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The Importance of Compliance in the Treatment of Depression
Depression is common and treatable. But, the most important part of treatment is your participation, especially when it comes to taking medications as prescribed and following up..
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Time to Talk to Somebody?
Life may seem a bit harder these days. You feel down and discouraged, and you feel like you're not functioning very well. Talking to your family and friends isn't enough. Maybe..
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Tips for a Good Night's Sleep
Practicing sleep hygiene "Sleep hygiene" is a term used to describe practices that are sleep-friendly. If you're having trouble falling or remaining asleep, review this checklist..
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Treating Depression with Antidepressant Medications
Depression is common. It affects more than 19 million people in the US. Symptoms of depression can include:..
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Treating Depression with Antidepressant Medications
Depression is common. It affects more than 19 million people in the US. Symptoms of depression can include:..
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Types of Depression
For 20 percent to 35 percent of depressed people, a normal routine is all but impossible. Others have episodes of depression followed by feelings of well-being. Still others have..
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Understanding Depression
Sometimes life can get you down. The loss of a loved one, a serious health problem, job changes, moves or a big disappointment can all get people down in the dumps. But if you..
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What Causes Depression?
Mental illness has a biological basis. Experts have been able to trace how early life experiences can change certain brain structures, through the over-activation of certain..
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What Is Grief?
Grief is a natural, necessary and therapeutic reaction to loss. According to the National Mental Health Association, some 8 million Americans suffer through the death of someone..
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What Is Psychotherapy?
Millions of Americans have found help changing some aspect of their life through psychotherapy, also known as talk therapy or counseling. Psychotherapy involves talking with a..
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What to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving
It is difficult to find the right words to comfort a grief-stricken friend or co-worker. Some things we say with the best intentions can make a grieving friend feel worse. Grief..
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When an Adult Child Dies
It's something you never imagined. Your child, who has gone into the world, finished college, started a career and maybe even a family, has died...
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When Older Friends and Loved Ones Die
A few years ago, you were socked in the chest when you lost your spouse of 30 years to a heart attack. Last year, your best friend from high school died of bone cancer. Your..
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Who Can I Talk to?
When you are feeling troubled or wish to make some kind of change in your personal or professional life, seek counseling from a trained mental health professional...
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