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HSBC sees US stocks best bets in 2009 - Reuters 8 Jan 2009 at 4:06am HSBC sees US stocks best bets in 2009Reuters - 2 hours agoAfter Wall Street posted its worst year since the Great Depression in 2008, with the S&P 500 .SPX tumbling 38.5 percent and the Nasdaq . ... Buyers rejoice: Manhattan home prices finally fall - Reuters 8 Jan 2009 at 4:05am Buyers rejoice: Manhattan home prices finally fallReuters - 2 hours agoBy Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - It took war, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the collapse of some of New York's famed ... 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Buyers rejoice: Manhattan home prices finally fall (Reuters via Yahoo! News) 8 Jan 2009 at 1:27am It took war, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the collapse of some of New York's famed investment banks, but Manhattan apartment prices are finally falling. Radio Depression - Gerson Lehrman Group 8 Jan 2009 at 12:16am Radio DepressionGerson Lehrman Group, New York - 6 hours agoThis analysis is solely the work of the author. It has not been edited or endorsed by GLG. Implications: A revised forecast from an analyst at Wachovia ... Sheriff profits as Ala. inmates claim lack of food - The Associated Press 7 Jan 2009 at 5:40pm WNCTSheriff profits as Ala. inmates claim lack of foodThe Associated Press - 13 hours agoBut they historically have provided little information about profits, so the hearing offered a rare look into a practice that dates back to the Depression. ...Morgan Co. 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Depression may underlie "transmission" of poverty (Reuters via Yahoo! News) 7 Jan 2009 at 11:53am Children from poor families are more likely than their peers to be depressed as teenagers, with effects that can ultimately make it harder to climb out from poverty, a new study suggests. Cyberonics Provides Business Update on Depression Clinical Trial (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) 7 Jan 2009 at 8:30am Cyberonics, Inc. today announced that it has made a proposal to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to amend the protocol of its post-market dosing study in depression patients treated with VNS TherapyTM. Not-So-Great Depression - National Review Online 7 Jan 2009 at 5:08am Inland Empire NewsNot-So-Great DepressionNational Review Online, NY - Jan 7, 2009America?s greatest depression fighter was Warren Gamaliel Harding. An Ohio senator when he was elected president in 1920, he followed the much praised ...Trillion-dollar deficits of a new New Deal would dangerously ... Examiner.comRepublicans Fight Obama's Stimulus Plans, Fearing Its Success Will ... AlterNetDavid Sirota / Syndicated columnist New Deal gets a raw deal when ... Seattle TimesDenver Post - Scripps Newsall 19 news articles Diagnosing depression (Express India) 6 Jan 2009 at 4:00pm The word "depression" is popping up more often than at any time in the past 60 years, but what exactly does it mean? The popular rule of thumb for a recession is two consecutive quarters of falling GDP. THE FED: FOMC Saw Specter Of Depression, Deflation (Nasdaq) 6 Jan 2009 at 2:54pm WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee at their mid-December meeting saw increasing risks of depression and deflation as they grappled with employing new tools to stabilize an economy that was rapidly weakening, according to truncated minutes of the meeting released on Tuesday.

The Keys To Fighting Depression

"Know your enemy." It was the advice which the great Chinese Warrior Sun Tzu gave to his soldiers on the eve of battle, and which led them to many triumphs.

It is also invaluable advice for anyone who is fighting depression. Only those who know the early signs of clinical depression will be in a position to seek treatment before it takes complete control of their lives.

This may sound like wishful thinking to anyone who is fighting depression, simply because one of the most debilitating aspects of depression is that it robs its victims of the will to act.

But depression is a vicious cycle. Those who fail to take action will only become less and less to do so as time passes.

Small Efforts Add Up

Fighting depression, once it has been diagnosed, can be as simple as forcing yourself to get out of bed in the mooring and get dressed, even if you don't have the will to leave the house.

Fighting depression can be done in small increments; getting dressed today can lead to going out into the yard tomorrow, next week.

You may be one of the many people who suffer from recurring bouts of depression, and if so you probably are aware of its onset. If you think you may be about to experience another episode, begin fighting the depression before it gets a firm grip on your life by getting to your doctor as soon as possible.

If, on the other hand, you have never been diagnosed with clinical depression, you may at first think you are just feeling a case of the blues, or possibly experiencing lethargy because you are coming down with an illness. If you can't shake your feelings of sadness and indifference to what is going on around you, however, try reading about depression and see if the descriptions fit what you are feeling.

Rediscovering Your Joy

A classic symptom of clinical depression is that it will rob its sufferers of any feelings of joy and excitement about their lives. So try fighting depression by returning to the activities which you enjoyed before your current bout began; get some of your favorite exercise; have lunch with a friend; or keep busy with a hobby. Fighting depression means making an effort not to focus on the negative thoughts that keep intruding in your mind.

With each moment of positive emotions you feel, no matter how fleeting, you have won a small victory by fighting your depression instead of surrendering to it!

Distractions are a useful tool and if a small happiness can be nurtured from one of these acts then you will have taken a big step towards taking control. Do what you enjoy, do what you think you will enjoy, do what you have enjoyed in the past; but above all, do! Moving about, doing things, seeing people, interacting with people are all things which help to combat depression. If you can, exercise; it is an activity which will help you mentally as well as physically and the effort distracts you from too much thought. It may be a struggle but that is what is necessary. Whatever your circumstances, pushing yourself to do things, one step at a time, is the best way towards fighting depression.

By: David Faulkner