Health 24 - Mind, Mood disorders

The World Health Organisation estimates that by the year 2020, depression will be the greatest cause of disability worldwide. Learn more about depression, dysthymia and bipolar disorder, including how to recognise the illnesses and how they are treated.

Articles


	Barriers to beating mood disorders

	Beating depression after retirement

	Bipolar disorder more common than thought

	Bipolar: a rollercoaster ride

	Depression a woman's illness?

	Depression and sex

	Depression and women

	Depression may stem from women's choices

	Depression often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated

	Depression's symptoms often physical

	Does recovering from depression mean giving up sex?

	Dysthymia: a disabling condition

	How is bipolar disorder treated?

	Happy event? When motherhood hurts

	Lingering fatigue a warning sign for postpartum depression

	Menopause: A reason to be depressed?

	My life with bipolar disorder

	New risk factors for post partum depression revealed

	Postpartum depression: not just 'baby blues'

	Symptoms of postpartum depression

	Talking therapy equals drugs for depressed

	The baby's fine - how are you?

	True stories of career women who beat depression

	What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder?

	What is bipolar disorder?

	Who gets bipolar disorder?

	Who gets GAD?

	The links between anxiety and depression

	Recommended books on PTSD

	When trauma haunts you

	Antidepressants and your libido

	Bipolar: The elusive disorder

	Heart matters

	Just 'winter blues', or real depression?

	Beyond the baby blues

	Eight things you can do to manage the blues

	Riding the bipolar roller coaster

	10 ways to beat the holiday blues

	Light therapy brightens the blues

	Depression tricky in kids

	Would Jonker have lived today?

	In charge and depressed

	Depression can break your heart