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August 9, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

Treatment Resistant Depression Requires Expert Troubleshooting

Treatment resistant depression nearly always requires fresh eyes to evaluate the current evaluation of a person's diagnosis, the exact components of treatment, the history, and the perspectives of the man or woman being treated.  For example, many psychiatrists and physicians are not well-versed in … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

How to Treat Depression: A Key Question Provides a Handle for Your Decisions about Your Own Treatment

It's a good idea to know something about how to treat depression whether on not you are doctor.  The knowledge can assist you if you are depressed and it can be useful when helping someone with depression.  There is one question to ask that functions like a handle on a fairly complex subject. A key … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

How to Overcome Depression When it is Just Beginning

A single bout of depression can often be a person's friend because it stops them in their tracks to consider some sorely needed changes.   Chronic depression and recurring depression requires a different perspective.  But if you want to know how to overcome depression in the best way possible, then … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

How to Help Someone with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

It can be very scary to have a friend or a family member who has expressed suicidal thoughts in words or actions.  In my brief comments here, I want to offer a simple starting point for how to help someone with depression when suicidal thoughts are part of the picture.  At the same time, I don't … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

How to Deal with Depression: Take the Reigns

How to Deal with Depression by Seeing it as Something Separate From You One of most agonizing aspects of clinical depression is the feeling that such a dark mood has taken over.   Many people begin to feel empowered when they realize that the depression cloud is a thing separate from who they are as … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

Coping with Depression Requires Pacing Yourself

Coping with depression involves adjusting your expectation to the reality of where you are at, rather than the "reality" of where you think you should be.   If a man is depressed but doesn't know it, he may become increasingly frustrated with himself as makes different vain attempts to feel better.  … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

How to Cope with Depression When it is Slow to Leave You

Here are a few tips for how to cope with depression when it doesn't go away as fast as you would like.  The first tip is to adjust your expectations to be more realistic.  Clinical depression is a medical condition of one of your internal organs:  the brain.  The condition took time to form and it … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

How to Beat Depression by Creating a Team

Before looking at how to beat depression, it's important to understand why creating a support network around you is so significant.  One of the most universal symptoms of depression is social withdrawal.   When we are depressed we do not want people to see us in our present condition.  When we are … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

Helping Someone with Depression: Two Easy Tips

Helping someone with depression is usually not as difficult as it seems if you start with two quick tips.  First, don't give advice.  It will almost always come across as minimizing the gnawing pain that people feel when they are depressed.  Too often, we don't know what to say to someone who is … [Read more...]

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August 8, 2011 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

Fight Depression At Its Roots

To fight depression effectively one must not only reduce the symptoms of depression but also any conditions or syndromes causing these symptoms.  Addressing only the symptoms is to try to fight depression with one hand tied behind your back.  Depression can be caused by chronic stress, a recent … [Read more...]

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