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Coping With Seasonal Affective Disorder During COVID-19
Seasonal affective disorder season could be more difficult than usual this year. As such, people with the disorder should take extra proactive steps in their self-care this year, since pandemic conditions may increase the severity of their symptoms.
Depression After Your Baby's Birth: Self-Care Steps To Take
Postpartum depression differs from the baby blues in that the symptoms are more severe and last longer. This type of depression affects around 13 percent of moms.
Is Your Tween Girl a Mean Girl?
Girls who are bullied face a higher risk for behavioral problems, including depression, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts and acts. Research shows that frequent bullying is more common among tweens than in older or younger kids.
Depression: Unexpected Consequence of Heart Attack, Heart Surgery or Stroke
Studies show that up to 33 percent of heart attack patients develop some degree of depression, according to the American Heart Association.
Taking Antidepressants With Opioid Results in Less Pain Relief, Study Says
The findings have important implications for the opioid epidemic, suggesting that some patients suspected of drug-seeking may in fact be under-medicated and simply are seeking more effective pain relief.
Is It an Anxiety Disorder? Or Simply Stress?
Anxiety disorders are a range of illnesses, such as phobias, panic disorder and social anxiety disorder, all of which involve excessive fear.
New Drug Therapy May Reduce Apathy in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Apathy is one of the most prevalent behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. However, apathy in Alzheimer's patients is often under-recognized or misdiagnosed as depression.
The Widowhood Effect: Is It Real or a Myth?
We've all heard romantic tales of long-time spouses dying within days of each other. Does the death of one spouse increase the risk of the other spouse dying?