Depression Medical Reference
- Daily Activity Planner for Depression Recovery
This daily activity planner may be useful in depression recovery.
- Depression: Finding a Doctor or Therapist
To get better, you need expert help. Here are some ways to prepare for your first visit to a doctor or therapist.
- Depression: Recognizing the Physical Signs
Learn about pain, fatigue, and other physical symptoms of depression.
- Depression and Your First Therapy Session
If you have depression, your first therapy session can make you nervous. This information can help you prepare for your appointment.
- Depression Treatment Tips
Recovering from depression requires working as a team with your doctor. WebMD explains.
- Sleep and Depression
WebMD helps you understand how depression can affect your sleep and vice versa.
- Self-Injury
Self-injury, also called self-harm or self-mutilation, is often a sign of deeper problems. WebMD explains its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- Depression: Treating Depression With Medication
WebMD explains the use of antidepressants to treat depression and some of the risks they may pose.
- Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder)
Need to learn more about chronic depression or dysthymia? Find out about dysthymia’s symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments such as antidepressants and psychotherapy.
- Mental Health: Depression
WebMD provides an overview of depression types, their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Understanding Depression -- Diagnosis and Treatment
WebMD's guide to the diagnosis and treatment of depression.
- Understanding Depression -- the Basics
WebMD's guide to the types and prevalence of depression.
- Depression: Do I Have Clinical Depression?
Take this quiz from WebMD to see if you may be suffering from clinical, or major, depression.
- Questions and Answers About Depression
WebMD answers basic questions about depression, including its causes and treatment.
- Health Care Providers That Treat Depression
The first step in treating depression is recognizing that you are depressed. The second step is seeking help. WebMD tells you where and who can go to for help.
- Depression in Children
Learn more from WebMD about recognizing and treating depression in children.
- When a Loved One Has Depression
Coping with depression is difficult for the person who is depressed as well as their family and friends. Learn more about how to help a loved one who suffers from depression.
- Sexual Problems and Depression
Depression and sexual dysfunction often go hand in hand -- and antidepressants may worsen the dysfunction. WebMD tells you more.
- Depression: Know Your Health Care Team
WebMD tells you which health care providers treat depression.