To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous quip about the weather, “A lot of people talk about self-esteem, but no one ever does anything about it.” Self-esteem has been identified as a “risk factor” in developing any number of mental, physical, and emotional problems. A strong self-esteem movement is alive in the world of education, attempting to […]

I’ve referred to depression as a perception disorder, several times. I’d like to explore this in greater depth, as it affects how depressives relate to life. Note that I will be making some gross generalizations here — but even if these assertions don’t apply to everyone, experience has shown me that they’re valid observations nonetheless.Depressives […]

The gulf separating patient and care-provider accounts for at least some of the reason why a majority of people who suffer a depressive episode, will suffer another within five years. Psychiatry calls this “recurrent depression,” and in cases when treatment is tried steadily, but episodes keep returning nonetheless, it’s called “refractory depression.”These are both clinical […]