Psychotherapy sessions can be much more widely used by depressed populations if they are delivered over the phone according to new research. The key points arising from this findings are: Psychotherapy is preferred over anti-depressant medication by depressed patients Patients are more likely to stick with the therapy if it is delivered by phone, more people dropped … [Read more...]
How to Treat Depression: Lower over-Responsibility
What causes over-responsibility? Over-responsibility comes from the depressed mindset of not being good enough, and therefore becoming obsessed with not wanting to disappoint and burden other people. This produces a hyper vigilant state of alertness to ensure your work will not be criticised by others. Often the depressed person craves praise. Ultimately it is driven by an … [Read more...]
Am I Depressed? The Ten Best Online Screening Tools for Depression
Am I depressed? Sometimes it's hard to work out whether or not you're depressed. You feel sad or low, suffer tiredness and insomnia for a while, but does that mean depression? In this post we present a comprehensive list of screening tools to help people ascertain whether or not they are depressed. Concerned friends and family who have noticed increased isolation or a … [Read more...]
Overcoming Depression: Ten Common Mistakes
Overcoming depression is about learning from mistakes and work on not repeating them. Overcoming depression is a tandem procedure: learning what works, and unlearning and stopping what doesn't work. We need to outline these points because often people do not understand why recovery is punctuated with relapses and episodes. This article isn't meant to impose guilt or make … [Read more...]
Isolation
Isolation is the inability of an individual to maintain genuine contact with others or society at large. It is one of the key reasons people experience depression and often keeps people depressed. Depression and isolation have rapidly risen during the past twenty years. Isolation is one of the most common factors across a wide range of mental health issues. It can be hard … [Read more...]