Depression is a complex condition with psychological, social, genetic, and environmental factors. Some people develop depression as a response to a specific event. Some people develop depression over time. Still, others appear to develop it for no clear reason. Depression is treatable. But like many other mental health disorders, depression does cause physical changes that can affect the way a person’s neurochemicals operate. Some of the most significant ways that depression can change the brain…
read moreDepression is a complex condition. It is psychological, in that it develops in the brain. But it is also behavioral, genetic, and environmental. Scientists have studied depression for decades, but still do not fully understand why some people develop depression, why others do not, and the mechanisms that cause people to be able or unable to overcome it on their own. What makes depression even more complicated is how it develops. Depression can develop in…
read moreWe often talk about treating postpartum depression to prevent it from continuing on for too long. But another reason to treat postpartum depression is because, even when postpartum depression goes away, the effects of it can continue onward. About Postpartum Depression (PPD) in the Long Term Postpartum depression – depression that occurs after childbirth in women, related to issues like hormones, stress, lack of sleep, and other factors – occurs in some form in a…
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