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	Depression: Dealing with medicine side effects
	Depression: Helping someone get treatment
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	Depression: Supporting someone who is depressed
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	Depression: Using positive thinking
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	Stress management: Doing meditation

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	Interactive Tool: Are You Depressed?

Author:	Jeannette Curtis Paul Lehnert	Last Updated: March 13, 2009
Medical Review:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Catherine D. Serio, PhD - Behavioral Health Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry Peter Hauser, MD - Psychiatry

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