BPD Planet

Academic psychiatrist and co-author of Psychiatry Christopher Reist gives talks about clinical depression, mood disorders, how to find out if you need treatment for depression, the difference between “sadness” and “depression,” common causes, commom dangers, and common treatments for depression.

Depression is a normal response as part of our daily lives such as the loss of jobs, the death of a love one, and illness. Over 30 million Americans suffer from depression and the amount is increasing in an alarming rate. Depression may be a mental health disorder that can affect the way you eat, sleep, [...]

It’s often said that your time spent at university will be the best of your life. Cheap booze, free love, getting up at two and staying out till four. Life doesn’t get any better than that right?
Unfortunately, while some of the above may be true for some students some of the time, the truth is [...]

Depressive disorders come in different forms, just as is the case with other illnesses such as diabetes, cancer or heart disease. This article briefly describes three of the most common types of depressive disorders.
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Are you experiencing situations that you cannot control your emotions, you have irrational thoughts, extreme fear over something which sometimes didn’t exist at all and it seems you are disconnected with the world around you? You have sweating, rapid heartbeat, chest pain, dizziness, choking sensation and shaking. If you have all or some of these [...]

Video: At least one in four people, and perhaps as many as one in every two people, experience depression at some point in life. It’s a common human experience.