Types Of Depression
Manic Depression
Manic depression – also known as bipolar disorder – is a mental health condition that will cause a drastic change in a person’s mood, energy, and their ability to do anything. The symptoms that are associated with this common type of depression are considered severe. They are nothing like the normal ups and downs that [...]
Childhood Depression
Most people believe that depression is a condition that only teenagers and adults are affected by. What they do not realize is that there are a number of young children who will have the exact same problem. In order for the parent to find help for these children they must learn to identify the symptoms [...]
Clinical Depression
Clinical depression is a medical condition that is very serious and is able to affect the way in which you feel and how you think and behave. People who are diagnosed with clinical depression do not have the ability to function like they once did. Most have lost all interest in physical activities that they [...]
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
Sometimes a person can have a terrible, traumatic experience, which can result in depression due to posttraumatic stress syndrome. This problem can stay with a person for many years and they sometimes do not know why they are having bouts of depression.
Here are some examples of this form of depression:
Soldiers who return home after fighting: [...]
Winter Blues – Light Therapy
While in some countries, men toil under the blazing heat of the noon sun, in yet other places, people’s faces break into smiles when they see the sun peep out of clouds!
The Swedish, the English and the Americans often curse the unpredictable winter weather and long for some sunshine. When the skyline is filled with [...]
Postpartum Depression
Postnatal blues also called postpartum depression or postnatal depression affects almost 16% of all women after birth. In fact, the numbers may be even higher because many women never report the situation and try to get through by coping on their own. Postnatal blues tends to occur about 10 days after giving birth. Women may [...]
