Videos Teach About Depression Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management in Short,...
By Christine Leccese Wondering if there are steps you can take to manage your depression symptoms? How about whether seeking help could hurt your military career? Have you heard that meditation can...
View ArticleWomen: Some Steps You Can Take to Manage Your Depression
By Adrian Zupp Twice as many women as men struggle with clinical depression – something in the order of 10 million women across the United States. It is worth considering how women experience...
View ArticleThe Danger of a ‘Happy’ Face
By Lynda MacFarland There’s an old show tune, “Put On a Happy Face” that I always loved. As someone who went through life with the belief that attitude is everything, this song always resonated with...
View ArticleWhat Does Your Provider Know About Depression?
By Darlene Powell Garlington, Ph.D. Most of us have experienced a day when we didn’t want to get out of bed, felt sad and temporarily lost interest in activities that we typically enjoy. We may have...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Country United On One Thing in Presidential Race: Depression...
By Adrian Zupp It’s Election Day, and all around the country people will vote for members of Congress, senators and, of course, the next president of the United States. This is all important stuff that...
View ArticleUse Your Phone To Help You With Calming Breathing for Stress Relief
By Dr. Nancy Kao Rhiannon Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger, whether it’s real or imagined, the...
View ArticleLife After the Homecoming Photo: Visit AfterDeployment.org for Help With...
We all love a great homecoming picture. The joy on a child or spouse’s face when a service member comes home is nothing short of miraculous. The family is back together, the service member is home safe...
View ArticleHow to Make the Most of the Holidays After a Death
By Christine Leccese Holidays are a time to celebrate family, friends and tradition. While it’s great to honor those things, the holidays are also a time when people who have recently lost a loved one...
View ArticleIf You’re Holiday Cheer is Mixed With Depression, You Can Take Steps to Make...
By Adrian Zupp To many people, the celebratory spirit of the holidays and the darkness of clinical depression might seem like strange bedfellows. Well, the only message to broadcast on that one is,...
View ArticleDeployment and the Holidays — Making the Best of It
By Adrian Zupp The holiday period can magnify the sense of longing for deployed military personnel and their families back home. Stress, depression, anger, lethargy…there are a variety of negative...
View ArticleA Good Defense Against Depression: Learning
By Adrian Zupp There is a variety of studies that support the contention that learning new skills can play a significant role in battling age-related brain dysfunctions like dementia and Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleEasy Yoga Poses That are Tough on Depression
By Adrian Zupp Yoga has become increasingly popular in the U.S. over the last couple of decades. Still, there are plenty of people who don’t regard it as their cup of tea. But perhaps they don’t know...
View ArticleThe ABCs of Accessing Mental Health Care for Military Families
By Michelle Winning Military family members come in many forms. You could be a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or friend. Supporting a service member means that you are facing unique challenges that...
View ArticleWorried About a Friend or Loved One’s Moods? You Can Help
By Katie Hickey Often, when a friend or loved one has a mood or behavior change, those around the person notice. However, it can be difficult to determine whether or not it is appropriate to mention...
View ArticleDispelling Five Common Myths About Depression
There are more than 19 million adults in the United States living with depression and many more people could be suffering but are unaware that what they are feeling is depression, according to the...
View ArticleA Quick Screen Can Tell You if Your Child May Be Depressed
October is Depression Awareness Month, and it’s important for people to understand that depression is an illness and can be successfully treated. Children can experience depression, too. Children...
View ArticleHow to Cope When PTSD Symptoms Bring You to a Dark Place Emotionally
By Michele Rosenthal My first client, Sabine, was a suicidal 50-year-old woman with posttraumatic stress disorder. She was clearly in a very dark place. As a PTSD survivor who has had her fair share of...
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