People often don’t expect to feel sad, agitated or depressed during the summer, but if they do, then they may be suffering from summer seasonal affective disorder.
Tag: Depression
Solution-focused brief therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy are effective — yet underutilized — clinical approaches counselors can use to help clients with depressive symptoms.
For many, the financial stress and rapid changes brought about by the pandemic can be just as scary as the virus itself. Understanding what is happening in our brains and having a plan of action can help us manage these new challenges in the different areas of our lives.
When it comes to assessing for and treating depression in clients, counselors must be careful to steer clear of one-size-fits-all thinking.
Clients with family histories of mental illness sometimes feel defeated right out of the gate, but counselors can spread an empowering message that genetics aren’t necessarily destiny when it comes to mental health.
Research suggests that the genetic tendency toward being a morning person is “positively correlated with well-being” and less associated with depression and schizophrenia.
Sleepless nights. Sudden temperature spikes and night sweats. Fluctuating moods. Brain fog. Sudden hair loss (head). Sudden hair growth (face). Dry skin, leaky bladder, pain during intercourse. This litany of symptoms may sound like the signs of a mysterious and slightly terrifying disease, but they’re actually all possible side effects
For much of human history, the idea of adolescence being a distinct life stage was nonexistent. True, in the Middle Ages, children were recognized not merely as “mini” adults but as distinct beings with different needs. However, the years from ages 13 to 19 were not considered part of childhood
Kellie Collins, a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who runs a group private practice in Lake Oswego, Oregon, experienced her first panic attack when she was 14. She remembers suddenly feeling cold, losing sensation in her hands and her heart beating so rapidly that it felt like it was going to
An estimated one in three American adults are taking one or more medications that can – and often do – cause depression. A recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study found that many common medications that Americans take regularly, such as drugs for acid reflux or high blood pressure, have