Depression

Understand it, Treat it, Beat it

Dear Reader,

You'll find a wealth of information about depression on this site...

But, if you want immediate help, and are looking for a way to start feeling better right now, please try our Depression Recovery Program.

This program has helped so many people, and I believe it can help anyone who feels ready to become depression-free.

Yours truly,

Mark Tyrrell
Therapist
Trainer and Author

Do You:

Have symptoms of clinical depression?
Live with or know a depressed person?
Treat people with clinical depression?

3 Ways To Find Answers To Your Questions About Depression

Get the Depression Recovery Program - instantly download the complete program including workbook, to help you become depression-free.

Take the Quick Depression Quiz - to find out whether you have the symptoms of clinical depression.

Follow the Anti-Depression Learning Path - for an in-depth understanding of clinical depression, how it impacts those who have it, and how to treat it.

For your convenience, we have also created a FREE email course that follows the Anti-Depression Learning Path

If you have questions about depression, clinical-depression.co.uk will give you the most revolutionary, up-to-date, and useful information on depression anywhere on the Net. Thankfully, our understanding has emerged from the Dark Ages and like never before, clinical depression can now be fully explained, and effectively treated....

The Depression Learning Path is a large website. A good place to start is with our Quick Depression Quiz.

If things seem hopeless just now...	That's depression talking. Clinical depression changes how you think and affects your perceptions. Read on to find out how to stop it.
If it seems like nothing good has ever happened...	Remember that depression affects the way you recall memories. Read on to find out more...
It may seem like depression will last for ever...	But it won't, and there are things you can do now to stop it coming back.

Click here to read our visitors' comments about the Depression Learning Path. The Depression Learning Path is completely free.

Research shows that with the right approach, clinical depression will leave much sooner, and is much more likely to stay away. (1)

How to Use Clinical-Depression.co.uk

Reading through this page will give you a quick idea of the site content. The colored navigation bar at the top of each page allows you to get around clearly and easily. At the bottom of each page you will see a small 'Depression Learning Path' arrow like this: , which is our recommendation on where to go next.

About Clinical (Major) Depression

Clinical, or major depression is the world's No. 1 mental disorder, the 2nd most disabling condition in the world behind heart disease. And it's growing at an alarming rate. (2)

Depression facts are important - understanding how clinical depression works is the first step towards beating it. After that we will look at what research says are the best way to get rid of depression, and keep it away.

The Purpose of this Site

"The most sensible way to lower rates of depression is…...to spread accurate information among the general public about what depression is"

Breaking the Cycle of Depression - Joe Griffin & Ivan Tyrrell, The European Therapy Studies Institute

There's so much information out there on clinical depression. Thousands of studies, insights into the causes, symptoms, methods of testing, biological causes and effects and so on...

Unfortunately, this is rarely made available in a straightforward way to those who need it most; those suffering from depression. That is the aim of clinical-depression.co.uk.

Depression Information that Helps

If you or someone you know is suffering from clinical depression, you've probably read and heard many unhelpful myths and half truths, causing confusion and feelings of helplessness. Statements such as "it's in your genes", "it's a chemical imbalance" or worst of all "once you've got depression, you've got it for life." None of these are true. (3)

"Depression cannot be described any longer as a simple disorder of the brain"

Institute of Psychiatry (UK)

Most drug treatments assume this, mainly because they are so poor in preventing relapse. Yet there are other therapies for depression, that act just as quickly, and are much more effective at beating depression for good. By understanding the cycle of depression, it's possible to recognize what causes the symptoms of depression before they appear. With the right approach, you can beat depression for good.

Recent research shows that what you think clinical depression is, actually has an effect on how effective the treatment will be. This is so important it stands repeating: "What you think depression is affects how effective the treatment will be". If you suffer from depression, it is essential that you remember that.

So it's vitally important to get a good understanding of clinical depression, not just the symptoms, or the causes, but what clinical depression actually is.

This site pulls together all the important aspects - and show you the best way to get help with depression. The authors of the site are practising therapists and researchers, treating clinical depression on a day-to-day basis with great success and training others to do the same.

Understanding Clinical Depression

Recent breakthroughs in psychology, neurobiology, and psychotherapy are finally piecing together the picture to give us a clear understanding of all the aspects of depression. Like never before, we can begin to answer some of the questions that have been puzzling many people about the normal explanations given regarding clinical depression.

Why do some people suffer from depression while others don't?
If clinical depression is defined as " a sad mood or loss interest that persist for more than 2 weeks" then why is it so much more than feeling sad for a long period of time?

To answer these questions, we can being by looking at the thinking styles that are shared by all people suffering from clinical depression.

Find out why many clinical depression sufferers are exhausted all the time, and why they dream up to 3 times more than non-sufferers.

Understanding the cycle of depression allows us to find out why there are physical effects to what is called a mental illness: how the negative emotions caused by depressive thinking styles begin to affect our biology, as well as how we actually perceive the world.

Beating Clinical Depression - Now, and For Good

Beating clinical depression isn't just about understanding why it's there. Its about you feeling better quickly and having relief from those horrible symptoms of depression.

Therapy - Does it really work? Which types should you avoid?
Antidepressants - Which types work best?
- Are they suitable for long term use?
- How do they actually work?

Knowing how to get rid of depression is a lot more important than knowing what caused it, but if you follow the Depression Learning Path, you should know that too.

Alternative Therapies For Depression

Getting help with depression is about beating it now, and stopping it coming back. It's about being able to live without worrying about it returning.

From research backed by the US government, we'll lead you through what are effective types of therapy for lifting clinical depression, as well which types are not effective. We list the key elements that are present in effective therapies, and compare how they work, as well as how effective they are compared to depression medication.

Antidepressants

If you're taking or considering taking depression medication, there are important things you need to know.

"Regarding depression as 'just' a chemical imbalance wildly misconstrues the disorder. It is not possible to explain either the disease or its treatment based solely on levels of neurotransmitters," says Yale University neurobiologist Ronald Duman, PhD

Hara Estroff Marano
Psychology Today
March, 1999

Yet this is exactly how antidepressants purport to work - by treating levels of neurotransmitters. By understanding how antidepressants work, we can see how they treat a symptom of depression, not the root of the depression, and are therefore ineffective in one to two thirds of sufferers.

We also now know another reason that antidepressants sometimes work, thanks to a recent discovery in the field of dream research, which we go into later in the Clinical Depression Learning Path.

This also explains why antidepressants have such a high rate of relapse, compared to other effective therapies for depression.

However, we are not 'anti-drugs'. We simply want to ensure everyone has access to accurate information so they can make the best choice for themselves.

Signs of Clinical Depression: Spotting Them - click here to start the Learning Path

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