Depression

Solutions For Depression

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:35 am

This article is aimed at helping people who are often in a state of depression. I have had many of periods in my life where I have found it difficult to carry on and where in truth I have wished that my life would just end. Depression affects people in many different ways. From a [...]

Seven Tips to Rescue Christmas from Bipolar Disorder

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:31 am

Christmas can be a nightmare for people with bipolar disorder. As the philosopher Posidonius observed in the fourth century, ‘Melancholy occurs in autumn whereas mania in summer.’ Here downunder in Australia, Christmas is summer time, party time, spending time, hurry time, family time. This is a potent mix of triggers and seasonal vulnerability and many [...]

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Tanning Salons

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:28 am

With the arrival of the cold season, besides cold-driven nuisance, some persons experience drawbacks regarding the general state, lack of energy and depression of unknown origin. It was scientifically ascertained that the lack of light favors the production of melatonin by the pineal gland, a hormone inducing sleep. That is why, during the cold seasons [...]

Searching for a Sign of Anxiety Attacks

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:21 am

Searching for a sign of anxiety attacks is kind of looking for a needle in a haystack. The thing it is not quite as concrete. At least with the needle, once you’ve found it you know that it’s a needle; it feels like a needle, it looks like a needle, and it likely is a [...]

Run For Your Life From The Mental Illness Ghetto

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:17 am

‘Who put the boys in the club house? You did, baby, you did.’ The song ‘Keep a Lid on Things’ by the Crash Test Dummies sums it up. Psychiatric rehabilitation organisations are often there to simply keep a lid on things (clients’ behaviour) rather than to get them back in the mainstream of society. Their [...]

Recognizing the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:16 am

Bipolar disorder is a treatable brain disorder marked by extreme shifts in a person’s mood and disposition. Periods of intense mania are followed by bouts of severe depression, often with periods of normalcy in between. While on either end of the spectrum, sufferers of bipolar disorder often find it difficult to concentrate and maintain functionality [...]

Prevention of Suicide is Everybody’s Business

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:14 am

Prevention of Suicide is Everybody’s Business We are losing approximate one million human lives a year worldwide due to suicidal deaths. It is not only the case of death and births subject, which keeps statistics of human counts. Today is September10, an international suicide prevention day . International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) a world [...]

Pregnancy Depression: What it is and how to deal with it…naturally.

By Health Team at 25 July, 2011, 8:13 am

Pregnancy is a period in a woman’s life when needless to say, several internal and external changes are occurring on a daily basis. There is a life, a whole new person growing inside of you and when this person is born, he or she will be totally helpless and dependent on you. To some women, [...]