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By Russell Barkley, Ph.D.DSM-5 ADHD criteria are flawed for several reasons. “The DSM-5 does not capture ADHD accurately because its criteria do not conceptualize ADHD as a disorder of executive functioning and self-regulation,” says Russell Barkley, Ph.D.

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Live Webinar on January 16: How Seasonal Affective Disorder Uniquely Affects People with ADHD

Not available January 16? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that begins as sunlight dwindles in the fall and continues into the dark winter months. These “winter blues,” which are more common among people with ADHD, cause feelings of sadness and depression, sap energy and motivation, and bring changes to sleep patterns.

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[Self-Test] Depression in Adults

If you have depression, you feel sad or deflated most of the day, for weeks at a time. Your sadness affects your performance at work, relationships with your friends and family, and even the things you used to love.Depression accounts for nearly $12 billion in lost workdays each year in America. Women are more likely to be diagnosed with major depression than are men, but that doesn’t mean it’s not equally likely in both genders.

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Live Webinar on December 12: The Holiday Blues: Put Your Mental Health First This Holiday Season

Not available December 12? Don’t worry. Register now and WebMD will send the replay link to watch at your convenience.The holiday season is usually portrayed as a joyous time of year.

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[Self-Test] Could You Have Emotional Hyperarousal?

The physical hyperactivity so often associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — jumping on the couch, barreling across the playground, or talking without a pause for 10 minutes straight — is far from universal. In fact, this external symptom occurs in only one quarter of children and 5 percent of adults with the condition.

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Live Webinar on October 24: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Depression in Teens

Not available October 24? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Depression in teens has grown increasingly common since the COVID pandemic began and rates of adolescent mood disorders remain concerningly high. Depression and ADHD frequently co-occur, and both conditions must be recognized and treated effectively.

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The Facts About Major Depressive Disorder in Women

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Study: ADHD Increases Risk of Depression, PTSD, Anorexia, and Self-Harm

September 8, 2023A bi-directional link between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) means that 35% to 50% of all adults with ADHD will experience one or more depressive episodes in their lives, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ Mental Health.1 The research, which demonstrates “a familial association and shared genetic risk between ADHD and depression,” also found that patients with ADHD are at elevated risk for post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), anorexia nervosa (AN), and suicide attempts.Observational studies have shown past associations between ADHD and mood and anxiety disorders; however, ADHD’s connections to other mental health conditions have remained somewhat less clear. Using the Mendelian randomization (MR) method, researchers in this study gathered genetic evidence to determine potential links between ADHD and MDD, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, AN, and suicide attempts.The MR data and subsequent meta-analyses revealed the following relationships, among others:Other findings showed that ADHD increased the chances of developing PTSD by 18%.

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Live Webinar on September 13: For Clinicians: Common Treatment Barriers for Patients with Depression, Trauma

Not available September 13? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Primary care providers and mental health clinicians face unique challenges when engaging and treating patients with depression. This webinar will focus on methods for improving communication, engagement, and outcomes with these patients and their families.After a brief review of best practices for identifying depression in patients, we will discuss how to build trust and enlist patients and their families as partners in their treatment.In this webinar, clinicians will learn about:Have a question for our expert? There will be an opportunity to post questions for the presenter during the live webinar.After completing his Psychiatry residency training, Dr.

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Live Webinar on September 7: The Unspoken Truths of Postpartum Depression: Help for Women With and Without ADHD

Not available September 7? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Pregnancy and childbirth are life-altering events, and it is not uncommon for postpartum mood disturbances to impact the mental health of new mothers.

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The Depression Treatment Gap for Teens — And How to Close It

Teenagers are notoriously moody, irritable, and fond of isolating in bedrooms. Parents expect a degree of angst at the onslaught of adolescence — but for some teens, this angst exceeds healthy norms.

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U.S. Task Force Releases New Mental Health Screening Recommendations

June 26, 2023In an effort to identify and treat anxiety disorders early on, clinicians should screen adults ages 19 to 64 in primary care settings, according to a new recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released in June and published in JAMA.1, 2 The task force also recommended routine screenings for major depressive disorder among adults, including pregnant and postpartum people.It was the first time the task force, an independent panel of clinicians whose recommendations influence doctors’ standard practices and insurance plans, called for anxiety screenings in adults.

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Live Webinar on May 24: New Insights Into and Treatments for Comorbid Depression

Not available May 24? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Adults with ADHD are up to six times more likely than are their neurotypical peers to have Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), which is characterized by extreme sadness, loss of interest, and mania. Not only is MDD more prevalent in adults with ADHD, but the disorder can have an outsized effect on women and girls who have both conditions.

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Is It ADHD, Depression, or Both?

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression are conditions that can and often co-occur. Depression is estimated to be 2.7 times more prevalent among adults with ADHD than among the general adult population. Studies also show that about 30 percent of people with ADHD will experience a depressive episode or have a mood disorder in their lifetimes. What’s more, individuals with ADHD and depression experience symptoms for each condition more acutely than what would be present if they only had one condition.

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The article under consideration is devoted to the problem of depression which every 2 out of 5 Russian people have during the winter season. The author considers the reasons for it to be a long winter, lack of daylight and bad weather that we usually have in Russia. In the following text the author gives pieces of practical advice about how to avoid blue mood and depression.

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Listening—Key in Depression & Anxiety Management

Originally posted June 15, 2017

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Having My Own DSM-5 Helped My Depression

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, or DSM-5. I love it! I’ve referred to the public library’s copy, but I’ve wanted my own since it came out in 2013. A copy can be pretty expensive to buy, but my astute son found it used but “like new” online.

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Depression: How to Clear Worry’s Mental Clutter

fixed amount of attention and energy at our disposal! Kind of like a battery has only so much charge. As we go through our day, whether or not we realize it, that attention and energy are being used.

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I Decided Not to Descend into the Dark Pit

depression. It “just happened” and I had learned it was fruitless to try to fight it. My brain just needed rest.

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Depression & the Therapeutic Benefits of Giving and Receiving Praise

The Little Mermaid by the Mortensen Elementary School drama club in Littleton, Colorado, were fabulous. I know this because my dear wife and I traveled from our Salt Lake home to witness the presentations on Thursday and Friday evening. Of course, I’m not prejudiced because our ten-year-old granddaughter played the lead role of Ariel.

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Feeling Depressed? Here Are a Few Things You Can Do

Do you have knots in your stomach? Do you feel the sinking of your heart? Do you get negative thoughts in your mind frequently? Do you get suicidal tendencies? Then you are under depression. Depression is a major challenge globally leading to deaths and suicides. People are unable to cope with it and express it with others when they are under depression. Even eminent celebrities have depression leading to suicides.Depression is a state of mind.

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Rattlesnakes & Mental Illness: From Ignorance & Fear to Appreciation

depressive episodes with catatonic features when I was 18 left me bewildered and scared. They seemed to come out of nowhere. My doctor told me little about what had happened to me other than it was a “temporary chemical imbalance.

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Depression’s Daily Dilemma: Do I Stay in Bed?

Anxiety set in. A downward spiral began. Fatigue and moderate depression descended upon me.

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Do You “Mask” Your Depression and Anxiety?

major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. On occasion, I muse about how much I should be using this “talent. ” So, when I heard a talk about masking, my mind again plunged into this dilemma.

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Depression & Dealing with an “Invisible” Disability

“That’s … let’s see … really bad news,” I replied, with gallows humor. 20 over 100. Roughly speaking, that’s about halfway to legally blind, which is 20/200.

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Reconnecting with Loved Ones After a Depressive Episode

major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder is that it has impacted my ability to focus on others rather than on myself. The more I think of just myself, the worse my depression and anxiety. It seems like a spiral downward.

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Depression, Anger, & Isolation

anger seems to resonate. It seems that many who grapple with mental health conditions have been defined by anger. Some wear it like a badge, and, like tattoos or potato chips, we can’t stop at just one.

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Depression & Medication: Tangled Up In Blue

I’m often asked why I need to take medication for my depression. Questions like, “Why can’t you just think about happy things to make your depression go away? ” or “What do pills do to your brain that diet and exercise can’t fix? ” and “Why take happy pills if you’re still unhappy? ”Granted, these are valid questions, yet my initial reaction, after rolling my eyes and taking a deep breath, is to get defensive. My impulse is to answer with “Would you ask someone who suffers from chronic migraines why they use medication to ease their symptoms? ” I make every effort to keep my patience in check because I know it’s so difficult to understand depression if you’ve never had it.

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“When I’m Feeling Down and Out, I Do This…”

depression, inadequacy, loneliness, failure, and hopelessness. You may feel weak, tired, worthless, lazy, useless, and dirty.

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Depression & Rising Above Negative Self-Talk

workplace a week ago. I don’t do well sometimes with all the subtleties of office politics. Over my career, this has gotten me in trouble on occasion.

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Study: Negative Attention Bias in Adults with ADHD Could Indicate Comorbid Depression

January 7, 2022A pattern of negative attention bias in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) likely indicates comorbid depression, according to a Journal of Attention Disorders study.1 Attentional bias refers to the tendency to pay attention to certain stimuli while simultaneously ignoring others. “Negative attention bias in depression can be described as longer and more frequent attention allocation toward negative opposed to positive or neutral information.”The researchers compared the attention paid to emotional faces in patients with depression, ADHD, comorbid ADHD and depression, and neither condition.

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How to “Dump” Depression, Anger, Emotional Eating, & Insomnia

First, get a box! This involves going to a store or going online to purchase a little wood or paper-mache box. Don’t overcomplicate it.

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6 Tips to Prevent Recurring Depression

“There’s lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it. ” —Josh BillingsIf you are like many of us with mental health conditions, you’ve been told that you will be challenged by them throughout your life.

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5 Affirming Ways to Accept Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

I spent most of my adult life running away from my anxiety and depression, until I finally realized what an exhausting and pointless waste of time that was. Since embracing the reality that I am a whole but flawed person, I am healthier, happier, and calmer than I have ever been. The pressure of perfectionism and work-related stress led to a depression diagnosis in my early 20s.

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[Self-Test] Could You Have Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria?

perception that you have disappointed others in your life and that, because of that disappointment, they have withdrawn their love, approval, or respect. The same painful reaction can occur when you fail or fall short of your rather high goals and expectations.

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ADHD and Self-Harm: How to Help the Girls Who Suffer Most

girls with ADHD.Unlike boys, who are more often diagnosed with hyperactivity or impulsivity and can draw more attention to themselves, girls tend to show fewer outward symptoms of ADHD. These differences fuel the erroneous belief that girls don’t have ADHD as often as do boys.

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Depression, Anxiety, & Coping with Reduced Energy and Endurance

When I do too much, I wear myself down. And then I am in bed for a few days.

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Are You Depressed? Stop Punishing Yourself!

yet it’s been an ongoing problem that I would have thought I’d have overcome by now. It’s a fact that one of the worst things people can do to diminish their self-esteem is to constantly compare themselves to others.

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The ADHD – Depression Link: Symptom Parallels and Distinctions

ADHD and depression is strong. And with that connection comes an increased risk for two common scenarios that lead to ineffective or non-existent treatment for ADHD:Though ADHD and depression share similar symptoms, they are separate and distinct conditions with different treatment protocols.

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“My ADHD Was Misdiagnosed for Decades:” Stories of Misread Symptoms, Advocacy & Epiphany

ADHD misdiagnosis stories, and what motivated them to keep pursuing a proper evaluation and diagnosis. For some, proper help came only after their child was diagnosed with ADHD, they changed health care professionals, or they discussed their symptoms with other adults with ADHD.

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Review: ADHD Three Times More Common in People with Mood Disorders

February 9, 2021Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is three times more common in people with mood disorders compared to those without, according to a meta-analysis published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.1 ADHD was also found to be 1.7 times more common in patients with bipolar disorder (BP) compared to those with major depressive disorder (MDD). Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that is characterized by extreme mood swings, abrupt changes in energy levels, and distorted decision making.

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Toxic Support - A Story of Art and Depression Awareness

“Toxic Support” is a series of 12 illustrated posters dedicated to revealing the toxicity of phrases people say to someone with depression. This is a self-initiated social project, the idea for which came to me after experiencing the effects of depression myself as well as seeing them in a loved-one.Most of us have heard some of these phrases or said them themselves. I am not an exception...

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Why We Feel Lonely and What to Do About It

According to Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, man is, by nature, a social animal. The loneliest people are antisocial individuals in any society.

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Beyond the Core Symptoms of ADHD in Children: Comorbid Screening and Treatment Guidance

ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, and diagnosis rates continue to rise each year.While diagnosis hinges on the presence of core symptoms like hyperactivity and inattentiveness, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is almost always accompanied by other signature factors and comorbidities – like emotional lability, mood disorders, and behavioral problems – that play a critical role in a patient’s care and trajectory. Improving the quality of care for a child means understanding the full scope of ADHD challenges, the role of a comprehensive evaluation, and the importance of early intervention.ADHD rarely exists in isolation.

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How To Deal With Death and Dying As You Age?

Do you feel anxious thinking about death and dying? Wonder what you will need or want during the dying process? Think who will grieve when you die?Whether you are confronting the end of your own life or the loss of a loved one, death is a certainty of life that everyone will face. Even so, knowing that it’s inevitable doesn’t mean you’ll feel prepared for dealing with death and the grief that follows.A paradox of living is that healthy aging and increased longevity mean you’ll have more experiences with death throughout your life.1 As we age, so too do the people around us.

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What is Paradise Syndrome And How It Makes Us Unhappy In Life

It is a condition that makes an individual feel unhappy and dissatisfied with themselves even though they have achieved everything they have ever dreamed or hoped for. However, it is not yet medically recognized by psychologists and doctors as a mental condition.

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4 Tips For Better Mental Health Through Nutrition

A large body of evidence suggests that nutrition is as important to mental health as it is to physical health. If there’s one lesson I’ve relearned during the last few months it’s this: what I eat makes a difference in how I feel.

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What Depression Looks Like: The Hard-Hitting Truth

What Does A Person Going Through Depression Look Like?As cliche as it may sound, it’s okay to not be okay.The thought of staying positive every minute of the day sounds like a great idea that we all must strive for until you realize it simply isn’t humanly possible. Now, don’t get me wrong.

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