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The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance ( DBSA ), formerly the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association ( NDMDA ), is a nonprofit organization providing support groups for people who live with depression or bipolar disorder as well as their friends and family. DBSA's scope also includes outreach, education and advocacy regarding ...
Depressive realism. Depressive realism is the hypothesis developed by Lauren Alloy and Lyn Yvonne Abramson [ 1] that depressed individuals make more realistic inferences than non-depressed individuals. Although depressed individuals are thought to have a negative cognitive bias that results in recurrent, negative automatic thoughts, maladaptive ...
Dewey Decimal. 616.85'27'0092. LC Class. RC537.S88. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness is a memoir by American writer William Styron about his descent into depression and the triumph of recovery. It is among the last books published by Styron and is among his most celebrated. First published in December 1989 in Vanity Fair, the book grew out ...
Here are the top supplements on Mirhom’s list for optimal mental health. 1. Omega-3 fatty acids for helping reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. An omega-3 fatty acid supplement may help ...
People with well-treated HIV are effectively healthy. However, they are still at higher risk of various health conditions related to aging, including heart disease and various cancers .
Despite the condition being so common, "we don't know exactly what causes hypochondria," says Pathak, "but it can be linked to things like a family history of severe illness, extreme levels of ...
The term depression was derived from the Latin verb deprimere, "to press down". [12] From the 14th century, "to depress" meant to subjugate or to bring down in spirits. It was used in 1665 in English author Richard Baker's Chronicle to refer to someone having "a great depression of spirit", and by English author Samuel Johnson in a similar ...
Rank theory is an evolutionary theory of depression, developed by Anthony Stevens and John Price, and proposes that depression promotes the survival of genes. [1] Depression is an adaptive response to losing status (rank) and losing confidence in the ability to regain it. The adaptive function of the depression is to change behaviour to promote ...