Recent Posts Tagged With 'depressive symptoms'

• Sleepless and depressed: postpartum depression

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 01:43 in depression, sleep deprivation, postpartum depression, depressive symptoms, poor sleep quality, sleep disturbnaces

  Postpartum depression (PPD): only mothers have the bad luck of going through such an ordeal. Fortunately, in most cases, PPD is not permanent but rather reversible. Tell me about it. I’ve had it myself - an extended one actually because I had t...

• Depression in bypass patients: non-drug treatments work

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 04:43 in depression, heart surgery, cognitive behavior therapy, depressive symptoms, heart bypass, non-drug treatments, standard care, supportive stress management

  It is a known fact -surgery may mend the body but it may also depress the mind. This is especially true with heart surgery. It is estimated that 1 in every 5 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery suffer from major depress...

• Is prolonged grief a mental disorder?

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 01:27 in depression, grief, featured, mental disorder, depressive symptoms, prolonged grief disorder

  Resource post for June It can happen to anybody - losing a loved one - a child, a partner/spouse, a sibling, a parent. We grieve because grief is an extension of our capacity to love as human beings. But after some time we have to move on and carry o...