A Surfer's Tale of Depression

A surfer's tale of depression
He had three or four spells in hospital when he had decided life was not worth carrying on with, first going into Tauranga Hospital in 2007 when he was diagnosed with severe depression. His depression had sent him into drug and alcohol abuse to try to …
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Recession depression? Surge in antidepressant across EU linked to crisis
Dr. Mark van Ommeren, of the World Health Organization's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, also believes that a lot of people who shouldn't be getting antidepressants are getting them. "Doctors and healthcare providers should be able to …
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Depression and Substance Abuse — This video describes the dynamic of how alcohol and drugs affect a person with depression. Issues such as: genetics, psycho-social dynamics, copingbehaviors …

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