How to Treat Depression

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Follow Us         Featured Depression Guide: Signs, Symptoms, and Testing What is depression? Get information on symptoms, signs, tests, and treatments for many types of depression including major depression, chronic depression, teen depression, and postpartum... Read more ...  News Fake Xanax Cut With Potent Pain Med Can Be a Killer At least one San Francisco-area drug user died and eight more landed in the ER in late 2015 after taking counterfeit Xanax tablets that had been cut with a powerful and dangerous opiate, a new... Read more ... Health Tip: When it Takes Too Long to Fall Asleep It's common to occasionally toss and turn while trying to fall asleep, but for some people, it's a nightly battle. The National Sleep Foundation recommends: Slowly and gradually change your... Read more ... Body Acceptance Rises for Women American women seem more satisfied with their weight now than they were 30 years ago, preliminary new research indicates. After reviewing more than 250 studies that included a total... Read more ... 1 in 5 Opioid Users Also Might Be Abusing Seizure Drug: Study Opioid medication users may be abusing and misusing the seizure and nerve pain drug gabapentin, a new study finds. Researchers looked at test results of 323 patients who were... Read more ...  Drugs and Medications Belsomra (suvorexant) Belsomra is used to treat insomnia that is caused by the delay in onset of sleep or maintaining sleep. Common side effects include: somnolence, headache, dizziness... Read more ... Depression Center MedicineNet's Depression Center gives you all of the tools necessary to maintain a healthy body and mind. Get access to various depression topics, slideshows, quizzes and medications for reference. Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects how one eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. The main types of depression are major depression, dysthymia, and bipolar disease (also called manic-depressive disease). Read more ... Health Tools   Picture Slideshows   Quizzes   Health & Living   Pinpoint Your Pain   Medical Word of the Day   More Newsletters   Diseases and Conditions   Medical Picture of the Day   MedicineNet Home