Posted: March 15th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Depression, Social Issues | Tags: Anti-depressant, Legal Drugs, Medication, Medicine | No Comments »Massive advertising campaigns mounted by major pharmaceutical corporations would have you believe that the only way to battle and control your depression is to take one of their drug concoctions. Their drugs are designed to correct an imbalance in serotonin, a naturally occurring chemical in the body. According to the drug companies, it is the [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Social Issues, United States of America | Tags: Child Poverty, Poverty | No Comments »The current economic crisis is almost guaranteed to inflate statistics, but according to the last census, more than 33 million people live in poverty in the United States. The amounts to about 12% of the total population. Families living in poverty are counted at 9% of the population or about 6.8 million families. These numbers [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Depression, Social Issues | Tags: Disorder, Mental Illness | No Comments »At the core, depression for men and women is the same. Both genders suffer moods swings, lack of motivations and a loss of pleasure. Each undergoes some change in appetite. They can’t sleep and have trouble sleeping and concentrating on the simplest things. However, studies have shown that men and women do show difference in [...]