Although the actual statistics vary from study to study, it is generally agreed that those people who have a diagnosed mental illness are at greater risk for meeting criteria for a substance use disorder and vice versa...

Major depression could be considered as a mental disorder, which is characterized by a mood change, poor concentration, in addition to loss of interest/pleasure, low energy, together with feelings of guilt, low esteem or self worth, no appetite or irregular sleep...

Dr Arnd Stein has put forth some ideas that many will find enormously helpful...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, views emotions as a complex mixture of these three different realms of human experience - cognitions (thoughts, mental images and memories), physical sensations, and behaviours...

Alcohol depression is very grave and should not be one’s state of living, however just how one can overcome this form of depression could be quite challenging as two factors are being addressed here: a substance abuse and an emotional disturbance...

People tend to sense uncertainty to the real meaning behind the word depression, trying to determine the difference between a depressive illness to that of a miserable mood can be tricky at times...