Information About Dysthymia and Clinical Depression

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Dysthymia (Dysthymic Disorder or Chronic Depression):

This page answers many of your questions about dysthymia (often misspelled as "disthymia"), also referred to as dysthymic disorder or chronic depression:

What is dysthymia? What are its symptoms?
Who gets dysthymia?
How is dysthymia treated?
Substance abuse and dysthymia
What are some coping strategies for dysthymia?

Major Depression (Clinical Depression):

This page discusses clinical depression, also referred to as major depression, major depressive disorder, or unipolar depression. Some of the questions answered include:

What is major depression?
Who gets major depression?
What are the symptoms of major depression?
What are the treatments for major depression?

Double Depression:

What is double depression?
How is double depression treated?
What special problems does double depression present?

Other Types of Depression:

Bipolar depression
Postpartum depression (the "Baby Blues")
Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.)
Links to other websites

Children & Teens:

Can children or teenagers get dysthymia and major depression?
What are the treatments for children or teens who are depressed or dysthymic?

Coping Tools:

What can help a person with depression cope?
How can a dysthymic person get through the rough spots?
What can a person with major depression do while waiting for the treatment to take effect?

Family & Friends:

What not to do for a person with depression.
What to do for a person with depression.
How can I educate my family and friends about my illness?

My Journal (Blog):

A blog is an online journal. This is Mary's journal as it relates to depression and dysthymia, as well as updates to this web site.

Articles:

Information that doesn't really fit anywhere else on the site.

Emporium:

Are there books on dysthymic disorder and depression?
Is there any music that can help me relax or sleep?
What kinds of items can help me feel better?

About Mary Shefferman & www.DepressionPlace.com:

What credentials does Mary have?
Why has Mary created this web site?
What is Mary's experience with dysthymia and clinical depression?
Mary's poetry

List of pages on DepressionPlace.com

If you are in crisis...

If you feel like you might harm yourself or try to commit suicide, there is help. Call 911 or call one of these toll-free numbers:

1-800-SUICIDE

Teens call:
1-800-999-9999

There really is hope.
I've been there, and I'm still here.

Throughout this site, you will see underlined words. If you click on those words, you will go to the Glossary, which will have brief definitions of the words. The Glossary will always open in a new window, so you won't lose your place.