Why Bother to Connect the Dots? My young son loves doing dot-to-dots. He started with the very simply ones that form an outline of a figure or object and has recently graduated to the more complex puzzles in which lines cross to make intricate patterns, revealing in the end detailed images. Connecting the dots in …
In a new study, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that antidepressant use has increased 400% in the past 30 years, making it the most commonly used medication among adults aged 18-44. In the study spanning three years, 11% of Americans over the age of 12 used antidepressant medications. More than that, many …
A recent article, Why Are Patients Reluctant To Reveal Depressive Symptoms To Their Family Doctor, highlights a study identifying reasons a person may not tell their primary care physician about depression or symptoms of depression. The most common reason patients don’t want to disclose depressive symptoms to their doctors is they fear that they will …
A recent Health.com article on depression among men, highlights several differences in how depression is expressed by men as compared with women. Some of the highlights include: Depressed men tend to talk more than depressed women about feeling fatigued, sleeping too much or having trouble sleeping at night, or experiencing other physical symptoms of depression …
Earlier this week, a new study of depression across 18 countries was released. Medicalxpress.com summarized some of the findings in an article entitled Global Depression Statistics. In it, the author cites some of the findings: So, consistent with other recent studies, having money (as in the high-income countries) does not equate with happiness. And it …