In any given year, one in five Americans will experience a mental illness. Clinical depression is one of the most common mental illnesses, affecting more than 19 million Americans each year, but fewer than half of all people suffering from depression seek treatment, believing they can treat it themselves, or that it's a personal weakness rather than a serious medical illness. Visit The National Institute of Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov) for information on depression, or visit your doctor as soon as symptoms start.

Did you know music has been proven to help allieviate depression symptions?

Here's some great news from the depression blog on about.com


Music therapy may be helpful for depression, says a new Systematic Review from The Cochrane Library.

The scientists searched the international literature and identified five studies which met their criteria. Four out of those five studies found that the subjects who had received music therapy experienced greater improvement in their depression symptoms than those who did not. From this, they concluded that music therapy for depression is feasible and worthy of further study. Unfortunately they were unable to reach any firm conclusions about its effectiveness because of the small number and low quality of the studies.

Music therapy techniques can involve making music, listening to music, writing songs, and talking about lyrics. Some of its applications are to help the patient articulate difficult emotions or to aid in relaxation.

Don't despair, get help today.

Never Give Up!,

Chris W James

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