Category Archives: Depression

Prescriptions Without Meds for Anger, Depression and Anxiety

Much has been written of late of the downsides of taking medications for emotional difficulties. Try these alternative options.

Ketamine Treatment for Depression: Worth a Try?

An interview with former CNN medical correspondent Jeff Levine helps answer if ketamine really conquers depression.

Is an Elder You Care About at Risk for Depression? Do This!

Research has confirmed the potency of this remarkable antidepressant.

How to Feel Better When You’re Feeling Bad

When you feel down, discouraged or frustrated, Buddhist concepts and techniques that focus you in the immediate present can offer surprising relief. Here's an accessible guide.

How to Prevent Your Marriage From Making You Depressed

Can marriage cause depression? These 9 findings can help you understand the connection.

Got the Post-Election Blues? Sad, Mad, or Scared?

The election and its aftermath has precipitated post-election depression—plus anger and anxiety—for many voters. Here's a strategy for returning to a state of well-being, asap.

Depressed and Don’t Know Why? Or What You Can Do About It?

If you or someone you know has been feeling uncharacteristically irritable, discouraged, self-critical, or down, help is available.

Depression In Pregnancy—How To Keep It From Harming the Baby

A new study suggests that depression during pregnancy can harm the baby's brain. Yet pregnant moms are advised not to take antidepressants. Fortunately, here's other options.

Antidepressants: A Research Update and a Case Example

What experiences do people have if they take antidepressants?

Are Antidepressant Medications the Next Drug Abuse Epidemic?

Congress has passed legislation to slow the epidemic of pain-killer addiction. What about the epidemic of drug use for treating the emotional pain of depression?