Mental health is a global issue as mental health problems and disorders are common in all countries of the world. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2002 and recent reports: • 154 million people across the world suffer from depression • 25 million suffer from Schizophrenia • 91 million are affected by alcohol [...]
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World Mental Health
Psychiatry and Schizophrenia
Psychiatry can be described as a medical specialty that concentrates on the study and treatment and prevention of all mental disorders, including of course schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder characterised by hallucinations (seeing or feeling or hearing things that aren’t there) and delusions (believing in things are simply not true). A psychiatrist is [...]
Teenage Depression
Though the term “depression” can describe a normal human emotion, it also can refer to a mental health illness. Depressive illness in children and teens is defined when the feelings of depression persist and interfere with a child or adolescent’s ability to function. Teenage Depression is common in teens and younger children. About 5 percent [...]
St. John’s Wort And Depression
St. John’s Wort Depression (Hypericum) At least one out of every 20 Americans gets depressed each year, and many rely on anti-depressants to help them cope. A new study shows the herb St. John’s Wort might be just as effective, and with fewer side effects. The August 3, 1996 issue of the British Medical Journal [...]
Menopause And Depression
Why am I depressed? Depression affects twice as many women as men. Midlife is often considered a period of increased risk for depression in women. It is not known why, but it may be related to having a personal or family history of depression, life stressors, and role changes. Menopause is often believed to be [...]
Manic Depression – Bipolar Disorder
Manic depression – Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school [...]
Herbal remedies for depression – St John’s wort, but is it safe?
Natural, wholesome, inexpensive and available over the counter, St John’s wort seemed to be the dream remedy for depression. Taken all over the world in huge quantities, it has become the pill to pop without guilt or fear, the herbal Prozac that dusted away the blues nature’s way. The downside is only now emerging. Although [...]
Dealing with Depression
Introduction What is depression? Most people, children as well as adults, feel low or `blue’ occasionally. Feeling sad is a normal reaction to experiences that are stressful or upsetting. When these feelings go on and on, or dominate and interfere with your whole life, it can become an illness. This illness is called `depression’. Depression [...]
Beating Depression
Beating Depression, with Alternative Anti-aging Therapies by James South MA Depression is one of the most widespread illnesses in the Western world, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood and under treated health problems. Approximately 10-14 million people are medically depressed in the U.S. in any given year, yet only one third of [...]

Depression Treatment
Beyond Prozac: New Treatments, New Hope Welcome to the 21st-century lab, where hormones, brain pacemakers and magnetic coils can be a depression treatment We’ve come a long way. Some psychiatrists used to think you could cure depression by removing a patient’s colon or teeth. In the late 1800s, there was a doctor who observed his [...]