Informative and in-depth articles on what is depression, handling depression, symptoms and tips on how to get over depression.

Documented treatments for depressed adults: medications, psychotherapy, ECT, well-studied alternative treatments.

Treatment successes in an open trial of light therapy for pregnant women, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Includes tips for men on dealing with depression.

The main categories of psychological distress for patients with cancer include adjustment problems; depression; and anxiety.

Consumers who use Serzone report the benefits and side effects they experienced.

This investigative report exposes the many problems, including lack of safety studies, weak government oversight and the lack of a system to insure produces are pure and free of contamination.

Depression newsletter for mental health professionals and their patients.

Depression can be devastating to all areas of a person's everyday life, including family relationships, friendships, and the ability to work or go to school.

Briefs about depression with psychotic features, regular depression, and treatment.

Important ways family and friends can help to heal Depression.

Describes results of clinical depression research. Includes depression and the elderly, the link to a history of abuse and the importance of depression clinical trials.

Scientific evidence about why drugs for depression are overrated, and over used and their dangers minimized. Prozac, Serzone and Effexor are examined in greath depth.

A research study at the University of Pittsburgh used to identify genes that place individuals at risk for developing Major Depression and related disorders.

New England Journal of Medicine article on depression in outpatients.

Abstracts on depression and other mental health disorders.

A digest of news, views, and background information on natural treatments for depression and other mood disorders.

Get the latest information and news on depression research with a series of monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports.

Somatic, non-drug treatments studied at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, including data of clinical trials.

Major depression afflicts one out of 10 adults, resulting in profound and disturbing changes in all aspects of a person's life. NPR's Michele Trudeau reports that new brain imaging technologies and genetic detective work are rapidly revealing what can cause depression and how best to treat it. [8:46 streaming audio broadcast]

Self Improvement techniques you can use now to overcome depression are presented by Dr. Yarnell, Licensed Clinical Psychologist.

Answering the most commonly asked depression questions through helpful articles.

Discovery of the biology of depression, emotional disorders, and self help for permanent recovery.

Explains how undetected sleep apnea may be a cause of depression, and discusses the role of health care workers in aiding in the diagnosis of this sleep disorder. Includes description of sleep apnea, its diagnosis and treatment.

Warning signs, information, and how to get help.

The toxic mind: in-depth research of the cause, effect, and recovery of mental illness.

A novel way to overcome long term depression by tricking one's own brain.

Information about the use of Hypericum (St. John's Wort) as a treatment for depression. Includes links to scientific studies.

Paper proposing that major depressive disorder is inappropriate 'sickness behavior' generated by abnormalities in cytokines, and that antidepressants exert their specifically beneficial effects through analgesic action on the core dysphoric emotion of malaise.

Light therapy as an alternative to medication during pregnancy. Background information, including projects ongoing or planned at Yale, Columbia, Pittsburgh, UC San Diego and Jefferson (Philadelphia).

An algorithm used to increase the consistency of appropriate treatment of psychotic major depression disorder.

Clinical trial listings and in-depth treatment information about depression. Perform a personalized search to find ongoing clinical trials.

A view of depression from the perspective of "voicelessness" theory. Part of the essay site: "Voicelessness and Emotional Survival"

How meditation can help with depression.