Using food for comfort, eating too little and making poor nutritional choices are pitfalls that we all face from time to time, however, when you’re depressed these habits can create a downward cycle of depression and overeating that continues to get worse over time.

Read more to avoid these common food mistakes.

Most depression, over 90%, is treated on an out-patient basis but in cases of severe depression or treatment-resistant depression, some people need to stay in the hospital for a short time. You might check into the hospital yourself. Or you could be hospitalized under a doctor’s order. There is a powerful stigma associated with being hospitalized. Many people feel ashamed, as if it’s a sign that they are “crazy.” Some people fear that being hospitalized is the same thing as being institutionalized…

Albers tells WebMD that people often get trapped in a cycle of feeling trapped and hopeless about life and their poor eating habits, which causes them to become even more depressed. “It’s important to connect with other people so you don’t become too isolated. Talking with friends and a therapist can provide support to help you break out of that cycle,” she says.

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A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture.

Mental disorders can arise from a combination of sources. In many cases there is no single accepted or consistent cause currently established.

A common belief even to this day is that disorders result from genetic vulnerabilities exposed by environmental stressors.

Would you rather be reading a book or listening to music?

Study shows that the number of people in the U.S reading books is decreasing, while the number of nearly all other forms of media users is increasing.

The study led by Dr. Brian Primack, an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, comes to the conclusion that by listening to a lot of music there is an 80% higher risk of having major depression than people who read books or watch TV.

“At this point, it is not clear whether depressed people begin to listen to more music to escape, or whether listening to large amounts of music can lead to depression, or both,”