One of the strategies recommended to break the strain of depression is moderate activity. Did you realize that, while this advice has gained scientific backing in recent years, the strategy was known by many 2000 years ago?
Over the past century, most Western cultures have experienced a rise in secularism and, at the same time, a proportionate increase in the prevalence of anti-religious and social deconstructionist philosophies.
There is a long held belief that grateful people are usually happier people and less prone to suffer from serious depression. When one suffers from depression, all can seem hopeless, as if there is no way out.
Social Media presents a remarkable tool for communication. However, many researchers are finding that this powerful tool is often a significant contributor social isolation resulting in a measurable increase in depression.
In this series on depression, we are looking at ways that we can lessen the impact of serious depression or avoid it altogether. This video looks at the effects of sleep.
Clinical depression is becoming a major problem for an increasing portion of society.
Do you want to improve your health, and the health of your family members? While strengthening your relationship with your spouse and children? Do you want to help improve your child's grades while reducing your level of stress?
While there are biological causes for depression, this is by no means the only factor which may contribute to this problem.
Great plagues have ravaged populations throughout man's history. These plagues afflict rich and poor alike--they do not discriminate. One study set the cost of depression and anxiety to Canada at nearly $50 billion annually.
The Internet and social media are here to stay, at least for the immediate future. And not everything about them is bad. Communication via the Internet and social media can be very helpful in times of crisis.
Frustration over inflation is a real and increasing problem. No one is happy to arrive at the checkout aisle only to discover that the same basket of groceries they purchased last month for one price now costs 7 percent more.
In July 2017, we published a Viewpoint entitled Assisted Death: Emancipation or Subjugation.