I know that for some adoption agencies in the US and in some countries there are different rules for adoption. Previous depression, BMI, etc are also factors.

Are private adoptions subject to the same rules/conditions?

I know that I am depressed and have a bad body image/low-self esteem (due to the past).

My boyfriend knows it as well and it really bothers him. He wants to help but doesn't know what to do and gets really frustrated and angry with me.

What can I tell him to do to help me out?

Is there anything that he can do to help me deal with it?

What kind of tips would you give to another to help one deal with depression?

Please help, this is tearing my relationship apart.

I am currently doing a thesis about the use of CBT to post-myocardial infarct patients who are experiencing depression (at least 60% percent experience depression after myocardial infarction and 15-22% of them experience Major Depression).

What I would like is to incorporate a Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program which will lasts for 2 months.

Any ideas? Opinions are welcome.

I've known a friend who has struggled with personal depression most of his life, and every once in a while it really gets to him (yesterday, for example). Usually he can try to brush it off by occupying himself with something else, but other times he can't, and ends up seriously considering things that he normally wouldn't; suicide being the most serious. I talked to him today, and he told me he felt fine, but I'm concerned that one day he might actually act on his feelings.

What can I do to ensure that he won't do anything permanent?

What are reasons that the Great Depression led to dictators in Europe?
I need three main points for my research paper.
Please help!

I know this person who says she suffers from depression, but she has these extreme highs and lows. She goes from being giddy, compulsive and promiscuous to threatening to kill herself. Do you think she's really manic depressive, and why would she lie about her condition?

How exactly can you prove we would have been in another Great Depression and how do you prove that the steps taken prevented it from happening? What about the Great Depression to come when we're called on our debt?
Kevin B. : without WWII we might still be in the first one.

I am in a postition where i can no longer smoke marijuana. I have used it in the past for anxiety and depression in small doses and have never had to go to the doctor for any other perscription. Any advise? Thanks.

I am afraid my loved one is suffering from a bipolar disorder. He has recently moved out from home, dropped out of school and is heading south with his life... Could it be bipolar depression? How can I help him if he doesn't want to be helped?

I'm 15, and I have severe depression. My parents don't know about anything. I'm a little scared about what I'm going to do next. Does anyone know how I could get help without alerting everyone around me?