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What is a Mental Breakdown?

What is a Mental Breakdown?

  A Mental Breakdown is a common way of describing an episode where a person has difficulty functioning mentally and/or emotionally. This “mental breakdown” is often a combination of severe depression and anxiety. Some of the common symptoms are: Hopelessness...

Am I Depressed?

Am I Depressed?

Take the brief Depression Test below to help determine if you have symptoms of depression: Do you have thoughts of suicide? Do you ever wish that you wouldn’t wake up? Do you have a down mood that doesn’t seem to go away? Have you lost interest in activities that you...

Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder that is marked by a depressed mood, loss of interest in things that previously interested the person (including sex), and low self-esteem. A person experiencing depression often feels...