By Sarah Conover — 2021
Raison believes depression isn’t a single thing but a cloud of related mental and physical states unique to each person; there is no one symptom that every depressed person experiences.
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Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, has acknowledged that after the 2012 games, his longtime depression was so overwhelming he thought about killing himself.
Some experts view ketamine as a tool to unravel the biological causes of depression and, perhaps someday, cure it.
To treat depression, the neurons which control the hormones serotonin and dopamine in our brains seem to get all the attention.
Most of us will resist getting out of bed, even if it’s just a second of internal grumbling. But if you experience depression, getting your day started may not be so much of an annoyance as it is a seemingly impossible feat.
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There are some things you can do to cope with your symptoms and improve your quality of life. Here are eight tips for living with depression.
Nothing about depression is easy. But the way it affects a person’s daily life is arguably the most difficult part of the disorder.
What is the difference between symptoms that may arise in response to situational stress compared to signs of serious depression? How do you know if what you feel is normal and will pass, or needs further attention?
To fight a rising tide of depression and suicide, psychiatrists need to do more than just fill patients up with pills.
It is understandable if the coronavirus pandemic has put you in a funk, but depression should be evaluated and treated.