Tag: depression
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About Depression
Read more: About DepressionAn infopage from the New York Times all about depression. Symptoms, causes, treatment. Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. True clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss,…
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Cyber Bullying and Depression
Read more: Cyber Bullying and DepressionCFAH: In Cyber Bullying, Depression Hits Victims Hardest Young victims of electronic or cyber bullying – which occurs online or by cell phone – are more likely to suffer from depression than their tormentors are, a new study finds. Traditional bullying, the kind that occurs in the school building or face-to-face, is different. Victims and bully-victims – those…
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CBT v. Loneliness
Read more: CBT v. LonelinessScience Daily: Addressing Negative Thoughts Most Effective in Fighting Loneliness [T]he four interventions that helped people break the cycle of negative thoughts about self-worth and how people perceive them were the most effective at reducing loneliness. Studies that used cognitive-behavioral therapy, a technique also used for treating depression, eating disorders and other problems, were found…
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Music Therapy?
Read more: Music Therapy?PsychCentral: Music Prescription for Depression Researchers are investigating how the emotionally soothing effect of music can augment the treatment of depression and the management of physical pain…This could make it possible, within a few years, to develop computer programs which identify pieces of music that will influence a individual’s mood (e.g. to motivate them when exercising…
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Postpartum Depression (for Dads Too)
Read more: Postpartum Depression (for Dads Too)Study: Fathers As Well As Mothers Have Higher Depression Risk During First Year Of Child Being Born Approximately one-fifth of all fathers and over one third of all mothers experience an episode of depression within the first 12 years of their child being born, with the first year having the highest risk, says a British study