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Old Apr 15, 2004, 10:29 AM
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[blueNon Drug Therapies</font color=blue>

*<font color=red> Have More Fun:</font color=red> In cases of mild depression, this simple remedy is sometimes enough.

*<font color=red>Cognitive Therapy:</font color=red> You can't talk yourself out of depression but congnitive therapy can help you learn to recognize and correct depressive thinking which will keep you from becoming more deeply depressed.

*<font color=red>Exercise:</font color=red> Exercise, particularly strenuous aerobic exercise, elevates mood, relieves anxiety, increases appetite, helps you sleep and improves sexual functioning and self-esteem. It also helps normalize chemical imbalances in the bran that have been linked to depression.

*<font color=red>Psychotherapy:</font color=red> Long-term psychoanalysis has been replaces by short-term (4 to 5 months) "talk therapy".

*<font color=red>Support Groups:</font color=red> Depression makes people feel isoloated. Support groups help them realize that they aren't alone.


<font color=green>Information from emotional health watch from a drug store.</font color=green>

<font color=red>~Sundance~</font color=red>

<font color=blue>"Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business."</font color=blue>

<font color=black>Norman Vincent Peale</font color=black>
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