Depression has often said to be a natural part of the aging process-but that's not true. There's nothing normal about depression, though according to the National Institute of Health (NIH) roughly 35 million Americans over the age of 65 are suffering from depression, 2 million are experiencing major depression.
The elderly have unique circumstances […]

The teenage years are emotional mine fields. Sometimes you may feel that your teenager is always depressed because that seems to be the mood they project a great deal of the time.
They don't want to be with the family, prefer to be closed up in their rooms, perhaps listening to dark music and preferring […]

Men are not like women. Yes, I know that this is stunning news. Alert the media! It's true though; men are different from women in more ways than one would normally think. Due to their differences they are more vulnerable to some serious side effects of depression.
'Vulnerable' isn't a word that's […]

Your sex is a factor in determining whether or not you're more at risk of developing depression.
Women are twice as likely as their male counterparts to suffer from this form of mental illness, whether it's because they actually do or because men feel uncomfortable asking for help and saying they feel vulnerable is something […]