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Numerous studies are revealing that depression improvement taking fish and omega-3. The relationship between omega-3 fatty acids in fish are believed to contribute to improving the functioning of the brain and combating depression. In the brain lipids play an important role and omega-3 fatty acids can only be obtained through diet.

A study conducted at three American universities (Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, North Carolina and California, San Francisco), revealed the relationship between a diet rich in fish and omega-3 fatty acids with lower rates of chronic depression. The study focused on the development of chronic depressive symptoms in a population of 3317 men and women followed for 10 years.

The authors found that the high consumption of fish and omega-3 fatty acids was inversely associated with risk of developing chronic depressive symptoms in women but not in humans (the higher the consumption, men risk of depressive symptoms).

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Obesity and depression often the major research indicates a clear relationship between the two disorders: depression may promote the development or the rise in obesity, which in turn can lead to depression or worse. This gives us one more reason to fight obesity or overweight and also a possible tool to attack them.

A review of studies conducted by researchers in the Netherlands has found a very strong and in both directions between obesity and depression. Its findings, based on analysis of 15 previous research by other scientists, have been published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Read the rest of this entry »

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The fact that many live under stress today is probably no secret, but now it appears that you have been lucky enough to live near a deciduous forest can your life be much more harmonious.

A survey from SLU in Alnarp shows that people who live or have close to a deciduous not experience stress as much as others. The study is based on 3000 randomly selected people in Skane and Blekinge and even people who just walk in a deciduous forest at leisure. Those who participated in the survey were asked to answer their recreational habits of different types of forests (deciduous and coniferous forest) and how they felt their stress level. Read the rest of this entry »

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The etymology says it is a state of exhaustion and sadness, often accompanied by decreased activity, since it blocks the initiative and decision. The depression of an individual is reflected in his attitude toward others and their actions. The depressed become overly cautious, afraid to spend money and enjoy expansions and entertainment, hesitates to meet people and eventually is confronted not only with the wider world but to him.

This condition can also lead to other serious diseases that may significantly alter the behavior and conduct of the individual doing what is persistent and condition his life to the sufferer as to people around you.

Pharmaceutical research has developed effective treatments for mental depression. For this, they used several pharmaceutical preparations, called psychic energy. These drugs may increase the level of central nervous system activity when it displays lazy. Psychotherapy treatments also are suitable for treating depression.

These drugs can be prescribed only by doctors, wary of the recommendations of relatives and acquaintances indicate some common antidepressants.

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For many years its existence has been denied in childhood. Currently it is considered that the child may also have depression in the psychiatric sense of the word, but should talk about it when it has a certain length and importance. Unlike the adult, the vast majority of children are reactive depressions, i.e., there is a cause in the environment: depressions by excessive demand (school), parental separation, loss of a loved one, etc. Usually manifested by discouragement and loss of pleasure or interest in playing. Also anorexia, weight loss or insomnia is symptoms.

It is also true that young children may have depression, one might speak of two forms: the so-called analytic depression, caused by a “lack of support” of the mother, usually to leave her after 6 months of age, after it had created the link. And the basin called “hospitality” in which the separation occurred before the mother created or strengthened the link (before 6 months of age). The latter form can become very serious if not treated before 5 months of age. It occurs in critically ill children from birth who are hospitalized but exceptionally long today because the current inpatient units allow a stay, however minimal, from mother to child.

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