Depression Medication Information & Resources

1. Antidepressants: Medications for Depression

In-depth look at antidepressants, medications for depression. How antidepressant drugs work, types of antidepressants, interactions, more.

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/depression/treatment/antidepressants/index.asp

2. All About Depression: Medication: Overview

Learn All About Depression: General info, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Medication, etc. Free online evaluations, workshops, newsletter

http://www.allaboutdepression.com/med_01.html

3. Psychology Information Online: Medication for Depression

Facts and figures on a variety of categories of depression treatment medications.

http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/medication.htm

What is Manic Depression?

Manic depression is that state of depression in which the patient suffers from mood swings which go between extreme elation and depression. So while one minute the patient may feel on top of the world the other minute ther...

By: Kitty Barker

Depression—Healing is Possible

What is the cause of depression? Traditional Western Medicine, which includes Traditional Western Psychiatry, posits depression is the result of a chemical imbalance. Scientific studies claim to show that such an imbalance...

By: Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD

How Is Depression Treated?

More than eleven million people in the United States suffer from depression each year. This medical condition that affects the mind can have lasting effects such as a feeling of hopelessness, lack of ambition and an inabil...

By: Gray Rollins

About 11 million Americans alive today -- one in 30 people -- are either currently undergoing treatment for cancer or have done so in the past.

Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat -- the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- than people who are not depressed, a ...

Probably the most under and mis-diagnosed illness in older persons is depression.