The treatment worked. Within a short period the patient's depression lifted, and the practice of "light therapy" or photo therapy for the treatment of seasonal pattern depression was born. ... Being a mammal we relay on our internal clocks, medically known as circadian rhythm, to let us know the difference between the time to be awake and the time to sleep. ... There is no medical laboratory testing to determine whether one has SAD. ... Winter blues is not as serious, but may still require the need for treatment. ...

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Cognitive therapy is in most cases a short-term treatment that can have long-term results. ... Christian, a clinical social worker and cognitive therapist at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, says, "Thoughts and beliefs have a lot to do with how people feel and behave. ... In particular, cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to be better than drugs in avoiding treatment failures and in preventing relapse after the end of treatment. ... Finally, once the damaging automatic thoughts are recognized, the person is helped to examine how realistic they are, and they consider alterna...

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It happens at the drop of a hat with no provocation, and as Hagop Akiskal, MD, psychiatry professor and director of the International Mood Center at San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center, also a specialist on bipolar disorder in children, says, the rage, "is sudden and explosive.... Ronald Brown, who is a professor of pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, says, "While we don't know exactly why the incidence of psychopathology is increasing in children, it probably has to do with better diagnosis and detection," (Kluger 8). ... Depression is a w...

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Medical illnesses such as stroke, a heart attack, cancer, Parkinson's disease, and hormonal disorders can cause depressive illness, making the sick person apathetic and unwilling to care for his or her physical needs, thus prolonging the recovery period. ...

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More than 70% of adolescents do not receive proper diagnosis or treatment for their depressive disorders (Bhatia, 2007). ... To diagnose primary depressive mood disorder, depression from medical causes has to be ruled out. If it cannot be, the condition is considered depressive mood disorder secondary to medical conditions (Bhatia, 2007). ... Youth with a history of depression on their mother's side were found to have lower self-esteem, lower perceived self worth, and higher levels of depressive thinking than children of medically ill and well mothers. ...

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Clinical or Major Depression 1 Clinical or Major Depression: The Cause and effects of Depression Clinical or Major Depression 2 Clinical or Major Depression: The Cause and effects of Depression During this course I have gained some knowledge regarding the psy...

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When a young person feels they might be depressed, it is very important for them to see the proper medical professional. ... Brown (1996) suggested the best way to diagnose is to "screen out the vulnerable groups of children and adolescents for the risk factors of suicide and then refer them for treatment." ... Blackman (1995) has suggested two main avenues to treatment: "psychotherapy and...

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(Stone 1991) According to the United States National Data that was released in September 1991, about 1 million teens attempt suicide each year, of which as estimated 276, 000 sustained injuries enough to require medical care. ... (Borowsky 2001) Additionally, for girls, somatic symptoms, having a friend attempt or complete suicide, other illicit drug use, and a history of mental health treatment predicted attempting suicide for black, Hispanic, and white youth. . ...

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Introduction: Webster's dictionary defines suicide as "the act of killing oneself intentionally-. What this definition fails to identify are the causes that lead to such rash behavior. Suicide is one of the most common manifestations of a psychologically disturbed person's thoughts. It is a way out...

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