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About half of patients who are diagnosed with a Major Depressive Disorder have had significant symptoms prior to the first diagnosed episode.

In some the symptoms may be experienced fairly suddenly or acutely while…

Exactly what causes depression is not known, but research has revealed several possible causes and contributory factors. These include both biological/physical and social/psychological factors. There is often a combination of factors at play in…

Depressive disorders are common and approximately 6-10 percent of the population will experience a depressive episode in any given year. More women than men are affected (2:1) with some estimating that as many as…

Between 80-90% of all depressed people respond to treatment and almost all sufferers who are appropriately treated will experience at least some symptom relief.

The first aim of treatment is to ensure the safety…

Major Depressive Disorder is a recurrent illness. While each episode usually responds to treatment it tends to be a chronic disorder and patients do tend to relapse (the condition deteriorates again before an episode…

Depression affects different people in different ways. Some people may present predominantly with physical symptoms such as backache, headache or stomach complaints that do not respond to treatment.

Others may complain mostly of disturbed…

There are several different types and sub-types of depressive illness just as Heart disease may present in different ways. Three of the more common forms are:

Depression, which must be distinguished from sadness or “the blues” is a common and legitimate medical illness. Everyone feels down or low at some stage, but when these lows last for long periods and…

Panic disorder is characterised by the occurrence of repeated panic attacks, which last anything from a few seconds to a few minutes, but which are experienced as extremely frightening and uncomfortable.

Typically, someone who suffers…

Do you have an intense fear for animals, heights, blood, injections, planes? Would you rather climb ten flights than to get into a lift? If so, you may be suffering from a phobia.

All people have…

What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?

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• There are different types of anxiety disorders. Each is characterised by different kinds of fears or concerns. Typically the person recognises that the fear is excessive or irrational.  
• Anxiety disorders are…

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• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder characterised by obsessions and compulsions.  
• Obsessions are unwanted ideas, images or impulses, which repeatedly enter an individual’s mind; compulsions are repetitive behaviours…

How common is it?

 
• Depression and anxiety disorders frequently co-exist. Among patients in the community who meet criteria for a clinical depression (i.e. major depression), approximately 50% will…

The results of a new study confirm that people with diabetes are prone to depression. The findings also show that depression significantly increases the likelihood that people with Diabetes, but not…

Partners of people who have committed suicide have a higher risk of taking their own lives, according to research published Thursday.

Men who lost a partner to suicide were…

For women suffering from depression after delivering a baby, treatment with antidepressants does not interfere with losing the weight gained during pregnancy, according to researchers.

In fact, Dr. Barbara L. Gracious…

In a six-year study of New York City families with an HIV-positive parent, researchers found that teenagers whose parent died during the study were at greater risk…

Antidepressants may do more than improve the mental health of people with both HIV and depression. New study findings suggest the treatment may also bolster patients’ compliance with their HIV medications.

Asking high school students if they have ever tried to commit suicide or thought about it does not appear to put them at risk of doing so, according…

Psychological therapy and counseling can be just as effective as drugs in the early stages of treating moderate to severe depression, a study released on Monday…