Persistent, Pervasive Symptoms of Depression During Wintertime Could Be SAD

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Persistent, pervasive symptoms of depression during wintertime could be SAD

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ANSWER: Because your symptoms get worse as the seasons change, you could have seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a form of clinical depression. If so, several treatment options are available that may help. SAD is a type of depression that affects …
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Postpartum depression in a primary-care setting

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The other two clinical syndromes are postpartum blues — the mildest syndrome, experienced by more than half of mothers during the first few weeks after giving birth — and postpartum depression (PPD), a type of major depression that is experienced by …
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Holiday Depression: How to Overcome the Blues When You Dread the Holidays

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Holiday depression is different than a clinical disorder like Major Depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder in that it doesn't derail your whole world. It generally starts just after Halloween, kicks into second gear before Thanksgiving, and hauls …
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Clinical depression: Lawrences story – Lawrence has depression. He explains how easy it was to ignore the symptoms, despite being a psychiatric nurse, and the problem this caused in his working life