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Depression can be painful, confusing, and isolating, making it hard for people to recognize that they may need support. And sadly, it is one of the most common mental health conditions. In the United States alone, 6.7% of the population will experience a depressive episode this year, and 14% will have an episode within their lifetimes. Of those people, over 40% will have a treatment-resistant form of clinical depression, which does not respond to medications.

While symptoms of depression vary from person to person, common symptoms include persistent sadness, anxiety, hopelessness, irritability, restlessness, disinterest, fatigue, difficulty concentrating or remembering, trouble making decisions, sleeping too much or too little, significant changes in appetite or weight, unexplainable and persistent head or body aches or digestive issues, and suicide attempts or thoughts of suicide.

Thankfully, depression is treatable. Many people find relief from making changes to their lifestyle (diet, exercise, meditation, journaling, etc.) while working with a psychotherapist. Sometimes, people may need additional support with medication or alternative treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation or esketamine nasal spray.

In our blog posts, we explore issues, treatments, and resources revolving around the sea of depression to help you navigate the murky waters a little more clearly.

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Three Tips for Dealing With Clinical Depression

Three Tips for Dealing With Clinical Depression Clinical depression is one of the most common and pervasive mental illnesses in the world. There are various ways to go about treating the condition, such as taking antidepressant medications and attending talk therapy sessions. Those treatments work even better, however, when you incorporate other changes into your […]

What to Do (and What Not to Do) to Help Someone with Clinical Depression

Clinical depression, also known as major depressive disorder, is one of the most common mental health conditions. An estimated seven percent of adults in the U.S. experience its effects each year. Adults with clinical depression encounter symptoms such as loss of interest in activities, trouble concentrating, remembering things, feelings of sadness, guilt, emptiness, irritation, hopelessness, or worthlessness. Many people […]

Patients Suffering from Treatment-Resistant Clinical Depression May Find Relief with TMS Therapy

Mindful Health Solutions is a leading provider of an innovative therapy called transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS therapy. Mindful Health Solutions’ primary focus is on helping patients lessen the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression, also known as TRD. Apart from transcranial magnetic stimulation, the team also offers medication management and telepsychiatry so that patients can reach their providers from […]

TMS: Using Magnetic Fields to Relieve Symptoms of Clinical Depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation, also known as TMS therapy, is a revolutionary treatment for clinical depression, among other conditions. This non-invasive procedure involves using magnetic fields to stimulate the specific part of the brain known to be inactive or underactive in patients with clinical depression. Although experts aren’t sure exactly what causes clinical depression, the current […]

Mindful Health Solutions’ Dr. Jack Gillean on KTVU Discussing New Depression Treatment

Using TMS Therapy to Treat Clinical Depression

Clinical depression is a mental disorder characterized by an array of symptoms that, when severe, can affect nearly every aspect of a person’s life. Most people have experienced extreme sadness, but that feeling usually comes from or is affected by the circumstances around them and is usually short-lived. For example, the death of a loved […]

The Research on Clinical Depression

Hundreds of studies have been conducted over the last 25 years on depression and recovery. Depression, not to be confused with sadness, is a condition that is lasting and almost paralyzing to those afflicted. The National Institute of Mental Health website notes that sadness is something everyone experiences as a normal emotion that passes with […]

Combining TMS and Psychotherapy

By Richard A. Bermudes, MD, Mindful Health Solutions Chief Medical Officer When I first started utilizing TMS in 2009, it seemed as if every patient responded. However, a good number of patients do not benefit at all from the treatment and have less than a 25% reduction in their baseline depression score (Fitzgerald et al. […]

Battling Depression with the Power of Routine

Living with clinical depression can be especially difficult, as the disorder drains one’s ability to deal with daily tasks. Such a lack of motivation is exactly what makes recovery so difficult. Work, school, and family responsibilities necessitate a certain level of routine for most of us. But depression has a way of making us lose […]

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