depression and anxiety
10 steps to recover from a postnatal depression
Could you have postnatal depression? If you feel something isn't right and maybe hasn't been right for some time, be prepared to look at whether you may have postnatal depression. The first step is allowing yourself to admit something isn't right. There are no prizes for su...read more
About bipolar disorder or manic depression
Affective disorders include both depression and manic depression. Manic depression is often characterized by cycles of manic and depressive behavior. Common symptoms of the manic phase of bipolar disorder or manic-depression Heightened mood, exagger...read more
Achieving positive mental health
When was the last time you asked someone at the gym what was ailing them? Chances are the person on the Stairmaster beside you is exercising to increase their physical well-being, not fight an illness. So why do so many people wait until they develop a menta...read more
Age and other considerations to make with SAD
Seasonal affective disorder & age Epidemiological studies report that the lifetime prevalence of SAD increases with age until the sixth decade. After the age of 50-54 the prevalence declines dramatically, such that the prevalence of SAD over 65 is very low. Nonetheless,...read more
Alternative treatments for mental disorders
In BC, doctors routinely prescribe medications for people with depression, anxiety disorders and other mental disorders. But the widespread use of medications doesn't mean that drugs are the only option for treating mental illness."We encourage people w...read more
Am I depressed - or is it something else?
Our mood naturally varies over time and from day to day and everyone gets down sometimes. We may say that we are 'down', 'fed up', or 'feeling under the weather'; we may get disheartened about something that happens or when things don't go the way we would have liked. Although people often s...read more
Anti-depressants: do they really help?
Drugs can often suppress underlying problems, only to find when the patient stops taking the anti-depressant drug, they become depressed. There is a higher relapse rate from medication than therapy. Anti-depressant medication cannot teach co...read more
Anxiety
Anxiety can be defined as emotions which are typically negative in nature. It will often consist of fear and worry, and some organisms may even experience physical signs such as nausea or chest pains. Anxiety is a complex emotion, and is composed of a number of different elm...read more
Anxiety and panic attacs
What is anxiety? Anxiety is a normal emotional and physiological response to feeling threatened. People differ as to how vulnerable they feel in different situations: this can be influenced by past experiences as well as by the beliefs and attitudes they hold about these si...read more
Anxiety and panic, what may help?
Most people with Depression will also have unpleasant Anxiety symptoms and many will have these symptoms badly enough to be diagnosed as having Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Panic Disorder. Fortunately, antidepressants generally have an “anxiolytic” effect; tha...read more
Anxiety disorders
It can drive us to be creative under pressure, warn us of danger or spur us to take action in the face of a crisis. It can also freeze us in our tracks. But like it or not, anxiety is an intense state that most Canadians experience from time to time.Anxiety affects us physic...read more
Anxiety, how you can help yourself
First of all, you need to know that anxiety is entirely normal. Everyone feels anxious when they are in a stressful situation where they feel vulnerable, so being anxious does not mean that you are 'weak' or 'abnormal'. In fact, a certain level of stress can be very helpful ...read more
Are you depressed ?
Are you suffering from depression? Life is full of ups and downs. But when the down times last for weeks or months at a time or keep you from living "normal," you may be suffering from depression. Depression is a medical illness that involves the body, mood, and t...read more
Background of osteoporosis
Osteoporosis or osteopenia occurs in about 44 million Americans, resulting in 1.5 million fragility fractures per year. The consequences of these fractures include pain, disability, depression, loss of independence, and increased mortality. The burden to the...read more
Brief and analytical therapy to treat depression
Cognitive behavioural therapy CBT Cognitive behavioural therapy provides new ways of thinking and feeling within a short period of time, this therapy usually takes between 7 - 9 sessions. This is opposed to, often frequently long therapies. Some therapies can go on for many...read more
Bullying: how to prevent the event...?
‘Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you’ We all know that this is not true, and bullying can have a huge effect on us. It happens everywhere, and, according to Childline, half of us experience being bullied at some point during our ...read more
Cause and treatment of SAD
Cause SAD has a lot in common with the hibernation cycle of animals and research has shown that this is triggered by a response to decreasing light levels. As the days grow shorter and the light becomes less intense, it increases the desire to 'hibernate'. Light intensity i...read more
Children and hypnotherapy
Children over the age of 7 years of age respond exceptionally well to therapy, with amazing results after only a single session.I insist that children under the age of 16 always be accompanied by a parent or guardian, preferably the one which child gets on w...read more
Children, youth and mental disorders
Though Canada prides itself on its universal health care system, mental health services for children and youth are not keeping pace with the high rates of depression, suicide, eating disorders, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses in young Canadians.A 20...read more
Clinical depression: you can do something about it
What is clinical depression? Clinical depression is a treatable illness that can strike anyone at any age. It can be caused by one or a combination of triggers including biological factors, genetics, difficult life events, negative thinking patterns, physical health problem...read more
Coping with a major personal crisis
Events which threaten our lives or our physical or psychological well-being include; Major disasters which impact broadly on many people More personal incidents such as major injury or illness, loss of a close relationship through death or separa...read more
Coping with grief
Most of us have within ourselves greater reserves of strength than we are aware of. Mostly we don't need to call upon them, but when we are grieving we do. There may be times when you feel that it is all too much and that you can't cope - but with the help of friends and the...read more
Depressed mood or depression ?
Depressed mood v depression Everyone goes through tough times and feels down or sad. The term depression is sometimes used to describe the normal sadness or low mood people feel if they've had to cope with a stressful event or problem, such as the death of a loved one or a...read more
Depressed? Eat a healthy diet
One in four of us will experience depression at some point in our lives, according to the World Health Organisation, and four to five per cent of the total population will require clinical treatment for depressive illness. While a host of chemically synthesised anti-depressa...read more
Depression who, why?
Any person young or old, male or female can become depressed. Depression is increasing in all age groups, but particularly in the younger teenage group. Females tend to experience depression twice as frequently than males, and depression is estimated around ...read more
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