Depression

Depressed Lawyers: A Little Help For My Friends

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Lawyers, Depression Treatment, Mental Health, Health, Abraham Lincoln, Causes of Depression, Living News
Bruce E. Levine

Instead of viewing depression as either a character defect or a biochemical defect, depression is better seen as a strategy for shutting down overwhelming pain.

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Apple Says Economy Is Depressed

Footnoted | Michelle Leder | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: SEC Filing, Peter Oppenheimer, Depression, Apple, Economy, Recession, Business News

While some people continue to debate whether or not we're actually in a recession, Apple (AAPL) went a step further in the 10Q it filed yesterday, usi...

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Mental Recession: Like Manna From Heaven

Liz Spikol | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Seasonal Depression, Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Depression, Phil Gramm, Gramm Recession Is Mental, Light Therapy, Suicide, Epilepsy, Psychology, Spikol, Illness, Recession, Controversial Remarks, Fda, Health, Electroshock Therapy, Gramm Whiner, Denials, John McCain and Phil Gramm, Philadelphia, Mental, Phil Gramm Nation of Whiners, Headline News, Mental Recession, John McCain, Sad, Politics News
Liz Spikol

As a mental health journalist and someone who suffers with bipolar disorder, if there's one thing I know, it's how to solve a "mental" crisis.

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Panic, Anyone?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, John McCain, Herbert Hoover George W. Bush, Bear Market, Panic, Pete Seeger, Franklin Roosevelt, Depression, Barack Obama, Recession, Herbert Hoover, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.

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Ladies Who Launch: Depression Doesn't Have To Be...

Amy Swift | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Support, Suicide, Isolated, Self Esteem, Depression, Ruslana Korshunova Suicide, Model, Living News
Amy Swift

No one can ever know what's behind suicide. It's a great mystery; a tragic and wasteful one. But we can build communities of people who serve to support and sustain in the high times as well as the low times.

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12 Ways To Beat Depression

beliefnet.com | Therese J. Borchard | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression Solutions, Ways to Beat Depression, Depression, Depression Advice, Living News

My therapist helped me to build a personalized "toolbox": a list of a dozen depression busters to direct me toward mental health, and an emergency lif...

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Try a Bit of Therapy or Twelve Step Support With Your Exercise?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Depression, The Balanced Life, Antidepressants, Exercise, Anxiety, Stress Reduction, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

We have to move to activate the "feel good" body chemicals that are built into us as nature's mood stabilizers and mood elevators.

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Dick Cavett Talks About His Depression

AP | NATE JENKINS | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dick Cavett, Depression, Dick Cavett Depression, Entertainment News

LINCOLN, Neb. — Funny man and former talk show host Dick Cavett came home to talk about depression, what he called "the worst agony devised for ...

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Red Alert to Moms and Dads: Your Insomnia Could Trigger Suicidal Behavior in Your Kids

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Suicide, Insomnia, Depression, Mental Health, Children, Sleep Deprivation, Teens, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

If you suffer from chronic insomnia and have adolescent kids, they could be at a higher risk not only for insomnia themselves, but also for suicidal behavior and for using drugs that induce sleep (like hypnotics).

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The Economic Debate Has Yet to Target Key Issues

Danny Schechter | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Speculators, Oil Prices, John McCain, Food Prices, Depression, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Economy, Debate, Economic Slowdown, McCain Economy, Obama Economy, Credit Crunch, Business News
Danny Schechter

The US does not have energy independence or, for that matter, financial independence. Why? Partly because we live as if we are an island empire in an interdependent world.

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Time to Die! (Oops, I Mean Time To Quit!)

Doug Bremner | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Drugs, Cigarettes, Smoking, Medication, Health Care, Chantix, Living News
Doug Bremner

The clinical trials of anti-smoking drug Chantix excluded people with mental disorders, but smoking is increased in this population, and these people are obviously at increased risk of suicidality.

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Exercise: The Best Antidepressant Ever?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Anxiety, Depression, Stress Reduction, Antidepressants, Exercise, The Balanced Life, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

The science behind just how and why exercise can help to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression has been a much studied topic over the last two dec...

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Election Mania

Caroline Presno | Posted 05.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Therapy, Depression, Post-Election Disorder, Tim Russert, Hillary Clinton, Election Mania, 2008 Election, Anxiety, Chris Matthews, Psychology, Living News
Caroline Presno

I'm seeimg an interesting trend in my clients during their therapy sessions -- if there were actual diagnoses for this trend, we might use terms like "election mania" or "post-election disorder."

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The Five Stages Of Political Grieving: Acceptance Comes to Camp Clinton

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Five Stages of Grief, Depression, Michigan Delegates, Unity Ticket, Barack Obama, Grieving, Denial, Acceptance, Obama/Clinton Ticket, Obama/Clinton, Anger, Florida Delegates, North Carolina Primary, Hillary Clinton, Bargaining, North Carolina, Indiana Primary, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

Psychology may be too "elite" for the new Clintons, but it seems clear they're more than midway through the five classic stages of grieving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

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Worth His Salt: The Well-Seasoned Passion of Mark Bitterman

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Salt, The Greenbrier Food Writer's Symposium, Food Trends, Culinary Journalists, Diane Morgan, Tori Ritchie, The Meadow, Dorie Greenspan, Depression, 1929, Mark Bitterman, Living News
Elissa Altman

Where arugula and iceberg used to be the politically defining culinary bellwethers of choice (you figure out which party goes which way), it's now, alas, salt.

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Is Your Birth Control Pill Driving You Bananas?

Doug Bremner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Contraception, Ocp, Birth Control Pills, Depression, Drugs, Medication, Anxiety, Yasmin, Living News
Doug Bremner

A collective howl is going up amongst women over at medications.com over the birth control pill, Yasmin.

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Growing Up Green! - Fulfilling a Mission and Empowering Parents for a Healthier Next Generation

Deirdre Imus | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Toys, Pesticides, Depression, Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, Adhd, Learning Disorders, Toxic, Baby, Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids With Cancer, Healthy Kids, Heart Condition, Bipolar, Growing Up Green, Imus Ranch, Obesity, Vaccines, Toxins, Green This, Hackensack University Medical Center, Child, Severe Allergies, Asthma, Ocd, Pdd, Living News
Deirdre Imus

If most childhood diseases are preventable...why are so many on the rise? Because toxic chemicals are everywhere and not enough attention is being given to prevention.

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If Prescription Meds Don't Kill You They Might Drive You Crazy

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Zyflo, Montelukast, Accolate, Side Effects, Singulair, Asthma, Suicide, Zafirlukast, Anxiety, Living News
Doug Bremner

It's bad enough that it can drive you crazy trying to get your prescription medications filled, but now it looks like sometimes your prescription meds themselves can make you, well... nuts.

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George Soros: "We Are in the Midst Of The Worst Financial Crisis Since the 1930s."

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Recession, Depression, George Soros, Decline of the Dollar, Housing Crisis, Communism, Dollar, Hillary Clinton, Pound, Forbes, Bank of England, Barack Obama, Business News
Blake Fleetwood

If Soros is right and foreigners lose confidence in the U.S. economy, they will want their money back, the dollar will fall, and foreign investments will tumble.

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Keeping Your House, But At The Expense Of Your Credit

MarketWatch | Ruth Mantell | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Housing Administration, Bankruptcy, Homeowners, Depression, Consumer Advocates, Business News

For many people, filing for bankruptcy is seen as a scary, worst-case scenario, but consumer advocates say this last resort could be a real help for b...

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Out of Harm's Way

Marvin Kitman | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Gore, Depression, Post-Election, Obama, Mccain, Democratic Party, Bush, Hilary, Politics News
Marvin Kitman

Whoever emerges victorious in Denver is going to lose the election. Why am I so pessimistic?

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Is Depression Contagious?

ABC News | RADHA CHITALE | Posted 03.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression Spouses, Causes of Depression, Depression Couples, Depression, Depression Contagious, Living News

Spouses are at high risk for depression when one party has a clinical disorder like depression or bipolar disorder, because they spend a large amount ...

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What I Said On Larry King Live

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Cnn, Larry King, Climate Change, Economy, Media, Depression, Recession, Wolf Blitzer, Debt, U.S. Economy, Larry King LIve, Bush Economy, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Collapse, Personal Finance, Business News
Anya Kamenetz

We, the people, must rewrite the rules of the market, to limit environmental degradation, the unregulated speculation that has brought our financial system to the brink of ruin, and the concentration of wealth.

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Is The Fed Giving Wall Street A Free Ride?

BusinessWeek | Chris Farrell | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed, Credit Crisis, U.S. Economy, Economic Downturn, Wall Street, Fed Rate Cuts, U.S. Trasury, Recession, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Bear Stearns, Credit Crunch, Fat Tail, Depression, Business News

Booms and busts are inevitable in a capitalist system. Right now, the Federal Reserve and, belatedly, the U.S. Treasury, are out to avoid facing the t...

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Business To Security Analysts: Shut UP

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank Write Downs, Citigroup, Chuck Prince, Corporate Sanity, Credit Suisse, Business Stories of the Year, BS, Security Analysts, Character Issue, Excessive Exit Packages, Debt, Hedge Funds, Bear Stearns, Bogus Dudes, Depression, Self-Inflicted Injuries, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I've been in business for about 5,427 dog years and at no time during my career has there ever been a day when somebody wasn't worried about what some security analyst was writing about us.

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