Understanding Depression

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Symptoms & Treating Depression

Sadness touches all of our lives at different times, but depression can have enormous depth and staying power. It is more than a passing bout of sadness or dejection, or feeling down in the dumps. It can leave you feeling continuously burdened and can sap the joy out of once pleasurable activities.

Thankfully, effective treatment is available. One study found that those who stuck with treatment, depression lifted completely in seven out of 10 people.

Treatment can lighten your mood, strengthen your connections with loved ones, allow you to find satisfaction in interests and hobbies, and make you feel more like yourself again.

This report provides in-depth information on treatment options, including medication, therapy, exercise, and new approaches such as transcranial magnetic stimulation. You’ll also learn about the biology of depression and bipolar disorder. The report also includes a special section with practical tips for overcoming treatment hurdles and getting the best treatment.

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Here's an Excerpt from this Depression Special Health Report

Some people find that the first medication they try delivers great results: their depression lifts, they feel more like themselves, and they have few or no side effects. But for many others, finding the right medication is a frustrating exercise in trial and error.

What if a simple test could tell you what medication is right for you? Right now, such a test doesn’t exist. But as researchers uncover which genes influence mood and clarify their function, the hope is that these discoveries will make this kind of testing possible and will eliminate some of the guesswork involved in prescribing antidepressants.

In effect, depression may be many diseases, not a single one. Scientists have found that dozens of genes affect mood, and as our genetic endowments differ, so do our depressions. That may be more apparent when symptoms differ—for example, when one person experiences depression as profound sadness and another primarily feels listless and takes pleasure in nothing. But even when symptoms are similar, the underlying causes may vary—and thus the same drug that works marvelously for one person may have little effect on another.

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