Depression
What is Counselling Like?
This week’s radio show features part of the testimony of Nadrina Whatley, a volunteer with Elim Counselling Services. In studio with Michael Hart, she discusses some of the challenges she has faced in her life and her own personal journey with counselling. As a young girl, Nadrina was diagnosed with depression and forced to attend…
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Experiencing Depression
Chonda Pierce, a well-known Christian comedian, talks about her experience with depression. Watch this video on YouTube
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Loving Someone With Depression
Sometimes relationships start with an awareness of a partner’s current or past struggle with depression, and a good idea of the challenge the couple is entering into. Other times, the depression doesn’t exist or isn’t obvious until much later down the road. And, as was the case in my relationship, sometimes a couple may think…
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Battling Depression
Life Transformations airs at 9:30 AM every Monday on CHRI family radio (99.1 fm in Ottawa, 88.1 in Cornwall and 100.7 in Pembroke). Featuring Michael Hart as host, this show highlights stories of life transformation, with testimonies of past clients and various guest speakers who work in the field of mental health.
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Sugar Intake Linked to Depression and Schizophrenia
Sugar and Mental Illness: A Surprising Link Published on July 23, 2009 Noted British psychiatric researcher Malcolm Peet has conducted a provocative cross-cultural analysis of the relationship between diet and mental illness. His primary finding may surprise you: a strong link between high sugar consumption and the risk of both depression and schizophrenia. In fact,…
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Depression and ADHD May Lead to Internet Addiction
Psychiatric Symptoms May Predict Internet Addiction In Adolescents ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2009) — Adolescents with psychiatric symptoms such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social phobia, hostility and depression may be more likely to develop an Internet addiction, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the…
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Big Breakthrough In Treatment of Postnatal Depression
Postnatal depression (PND) is the term used to describe the state of hopelessness and despair that affects one in seven women after childbirth. Researchers have pointed out that PND is not to be confused with the feelings of sadness and stress that most women feel after childbirth. It is a specific form of depression that…
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Online tests for mental health
The internet is a wealth of information, and more and more it is becoming the first, if not the only, place people turn to for answers to any and all of their questions. Using the internet to find a “diagnosis” can be a very slippery slope. While it can be helpful to review the symptoms…
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