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Chronic Depression: Disease or
Charcter Flaw?
A major survey on depression symptoms from the National
Mental Health Association (NMHA), released in july 2001,
revealed a dramatic degree of progress in public understanding.
Yet even amid this promising trend, the survey sheds light on
the difficulties faced by millions of people striving to manage
this sometimes chronic, life-long illness.
The Patients Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression
INTRODUCTION Everybody has a story. My story is the one I
know best and can write about.
Depression in Teenagers: Now What Can We Do?
No doubt you have seen the recent news headlines about a
federal panel that recommended to the FDA that anti-depressant
medications carry the strongest possible warning label for use
in children and teenagers. This recommendation to the FDA shook
the medical community, especially those who work with depressed
young people.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Depression Are Not The Same
Thing!
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a very misunderstood illness and
this is perhaps why there are so many myths about it. Perhaps
the most common myth about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is that it
is effectively a mental condition, and another name for
depression.
New Treatment for Chronic Depression
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Treatment-Resistant
Depression About Vagus Nerve Stimulation VNS is not brain
surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of
the brain. Vagus Nerve Stimulation uses specific stimulation of
the vagus nerve to send stimulation to specific parts of the
brain that are involved in mood. |
