Depression

How Sunlight Can Change Your Mood

July 3, 2022 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza

Do I need to sunbathe? Vitamin D prevents which diseases? Does sunlight have a good effect on our mood? What are the signs that you may be deficient in Vitamin D? We know that sunlight is critical to our health linked to vitamin D. But what about our mood? There is vitamin D2 which is […]

Dealing with Bipolar Disorder: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

May 8, 2022 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza

Do you suffer from bipolar disorder? Do you have anyone in your family who is bipolar? We need to know how to deal with it. Let’s review a few concepts about bipolar affective disorder. About 1% of the general population suffers from bipolar disorder. It occurs more frequently among first-degree relatives, when one of them […]

Understanding the Causes of Depression

August 27, 2021 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza

Depression is the leading mental illness, causing death and disability worldwide. We need to understand the possible psychological causes of depression, and what a person can do to gradually come out of this illness. John’s mother, whose name is fictitious, had postpartum depression and a new depressive episode 15 years later. His father was a […]