The causes of moodiness and depression are varied and it is often difficult for parents to determine whether their child is suffering from depression or the typical mood variations of childhood. Children, adolescents and adults respond to and adapt differently …
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The winter months can be gray and dreary and seem very long, especially in Columbus, Ohio! There are fewer activities and opportunities to be outdoors in the sunshine, which can physiologically and psychologically take its toll. While some people may feel a …
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Many of us handle stress and other negative emotions by eating. We may tell ourselves we are hungry, but most likely we are stressed, bored, depressed or some other emotion that we are trying to appease with food. We eat crunchy, …
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In a study reported in Reuters, January 29, 2008, researchers at Britain’s Warwick University found that two million middle age people in eighty countries reported heightened depression and anxiety, as opposed to people in their twenties and people in their …
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Sometimes you just feel blue. Most of us can relate to this statement, because human beings have various moods that are not necessarily “diagnosable”. However, it may be extremely helpful to share your feelings with another person when you are …
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I watched an interesting interview on a morning television program with a well-known actress sharing her lifetime battle with depression. She described quite a dramatic account of the effects of depression throughout her life. She described feelings of despair and …
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About half of all women who have recently given birth experience a heightened state of emotions that are often defined as “baby blues”. This state only lasts for a few days to a couple of weeks after delivery. A woman …
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