Depression

Diet and depression
There are many exogenous and endogenous factors that can cause depression. Diet and depression tend to be reciprocally linked to each other, writes Dr Ingrid van Heerden.

Depression and sleep
Tired of tossing and turning at night, watching the hours tick by? Don’t despair, a good night’s sleep might be possible after all.

Your sex life and depression
Depression can have a negative effect on libido. Learn more about it and what you can do to make it better.

Ways to beat winter depression
Many people find winter, with its cold weather and long, dark nights, depressing. Research has indicated that diet can play an important role in thwarting the winter blues.

Self-help
Self-help is not a treatment for a depressive illness on its own, but it can contribute towards accelerating recovery and it can help to maintain the benefits of treatment.

Depression and sex
It is common for depressed people to suffer a loss of libido. Why does this happen and what can you do?

Depression's effect on pleasure is real
Loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities is a common sign of depression - and it's a neurological response that researchers can actually see in the brain.