All posts by Michael Kerr
-
Why So Glum?: A History of Depression and Its Treatments
Depression has been around since Homo erectus began taking out mortgages on caves while negotiating with saber-toothed tigers about who would pick up dinner. Until...
-
Depression in a Recession: Unemployment, Wealth Inequality and Suicide
“To him that hath, more shall be given; and from him that hath not, the little that he hath shall be taken away.†– Percy...
-
Movement for Mood: Exercise as a Treatment for Depression
“Melancholia Minus Its Charms” Depression — not to be confused with normal sadness — has been called many things since Hippocrates first described the disease...
-
5 Complimentary and Alternative Therapies for Depression
Helen Keller once wrote, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” If you’ve been diagnosed with...
