by Mindful Health Solutions | Mar 30, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
I first noticed our art director’s performance start to slip a few months after she came back from maternity leave. At first, she had been her usual self: sharp, dedicated, punctual, funny. She seemed to be handling the transition back to the office well....
by Mindful Health Solutions | Mar 24, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
Seasonal Affect Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression triggered by the change in seasons, primarily occurring in the late fall/early winter. For the approximately 10 million Americans with SAD, feeling sad, hopeless or lethargic for days or weeks at a time...
by wadmin | Mar 24, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression triggered by the change in seasons, primarily occurring in the late fall/early winter. For the approximately 10 million Americans with SAD, feeling sad, hopeless or lethargic for days or weeks at a...
by Mindful Health Solutions | Mar 16, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
by Stephanie Dodaro In the spring of 2003, I was 27 and finally on a cocktail of antidepressants that stabilized my Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). For the first time in years, I felt like being social and maybe getting an application together for grad school,”...
by wadmin | Feb 26, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
Do the irregular warm weather days get you excited for summer, but leave you feeling sad or depressed that winter is still here and there are more cold days to come? Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons. For...
by Mindful Health Solutions | Feb 18, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
“When I was first diagnosed with major depressive disorder, I was taken aback.” said writer Marie Rudowski. “It was 1993 and ‘depression’ wasn’t quite a household word yet. People with mental illnesses were considered weak or even throwaways. I was glad to have a...
by Mindful Health Solutions | Feb 11, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
In an effort to get treatment to the millions of Americans suffering from undiagnosed depression, the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) recently recommended that all adults be screened for the disease. Published in the January 26, 2016 issue of the Journal...
by Mindful Health Solutions | Jan 29, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
Approximately 6 million American men have depression each year, but fewer than half recognize, acknowledge, or seek treatment. Unfortunately, many men feel like they need to be “strong and silent” about their mental illness or society will look down on them,...
by Mindful Health Solutions | Jan 27, 2016 | Articles and Blogs
Depression is a serious illness that can affect anyone at any age. For many men, there is the added stigma that depression in men is a sign of weakness or being “less than.” This leads to men trying to be “strong and silent” about their mental health...