Depression
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Depression After Brain Injury- A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers
Is This Guide Right for Me? Yes, if: You have experienced a mild, moderate, or severe injury to your brain
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Is This Guide Right for Me? Yes, if: You have experienced a mild, moderate, or severe injury to your brain
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Depression Symptoms
When the blues don’t go away Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings usually pass within a couple
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When the blues don’t go away Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings usually pass within a couple
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Men and Depression (NIMH)
Depression is a serious medical condition that affects the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way one eats and
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Depression is a serious medical condition that affects the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way one eats and
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What Military Families Should Know about Depression
USU Military Families-Depression Depression is one of the most common and treatable mental disorders. Service members and their families experience
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USU Military Families-Depression Depression is one of the most common and treatable mental disorders. Service members and their families experience
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Women and Depression
What is depression? Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually fleeting and pass within a couple
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What is depression? Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually fleeting and pass within a couple
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Facts
Facts About Depression
What Is Depression? Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad. But these feelings are usually short-lived and pass within a couple
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What Is Depression? Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad. But these feelings are usually short-lived and pass within a couple
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Tips
Eat a More Healthy Diet
What you eat affects the chemicals in your brain which in turn influence your moods, energy level, food cravings,
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What you eat affects the chemicals in your brain which in turn influence your moods, energy level, food cravings,
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Get Adequate (6 to 8 hours) of Sleep Each Night
Your mood is definitely related to the amount and quality of sleep you get each night. People who are chronically
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Your mood is definitely related to the amount and quality of sleep you get each night. People who are chronically
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Limit my Alcohol Consumption
Problems with alcohol abuse or dependence increase your risk of developing depression. Cutting back on the amount of alcohol you
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Problems with alcohol abuse or dependence increase your risk of developing depression. Cutting back on the amount of alcohol you
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Try a Type of Meditation called “Mindfulness Meditation”
Instructions: Sit on a straight-backed chair or cross-legged on the floor. Let your breathing become slow and regular. Inhale through
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Instructions: Sit on a straight-backed chair or cross-legged on the floor. Let your breathing become slow and regular. Inhale through
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Participate in an Activity or Event You Used to Enjoy
When you are feeling depressed, it is hard to imagine enjoying any of the activities that used to give you
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When you are feeling depressed, it is hard to imagine enjoying any of the activities that used to give you
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Spend time with other people, laugh with a friend and/or confide in a trusted friend or relative.
When you are depressed, spending time with other people may not seem very appealing. You may feel more like isolating
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When you are depressed, spending time with other people may not seem very appealing. You may feel more like isolating
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Start and Stick with a Regular Exercise Program
Exercising the equivalent of brisk walking for about 35 minutes, 4 to 6 days a week, can reduce depression symptoms
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Exercising the equivalent of brisk walking for about 35 minutes, 4 to 6 days a week, can reduce depression symptoms
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Talk with a Trusted Chaplain
Many are trained in pastoral counseling, and can help you with the issues that are causing you to feel depressed
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Many are trained in pastoral counseling, and can help you with the issues that are causing you to feel depressed
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Take a Screening
To take a free, anonymous mental health screening click here.