Title: Holiday Depression and Stress: Get Prevention Tips
Headings: Holiday Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
Holiday Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
Facts you should know about holiday depression, anxiety, and stress
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What causes the holiday blues?
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QUESTION
What are risk factors for holiday depression, anxiety, and stress?
What are symptoms and signs of holiday depression, anxiety, and stress?
How do health care professionals diagnose holiday anxiety, stress, and depression?
What kinds of specialists treat holiday depression, anxiety, and stress?
What is the treatment for holiday depression, anxiety, and stress?
SLIDESHOW
What are possible complications from holiday depression, anxiety, and stress?
What is the prognosis for holiday depression, anxiety, and stress?
Is it possible to prevent holiday anxiety, stress, and depression?
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Content: Risk factors for depression, anxiety, and stress during the holidays include having a mood disorder or experiencing depression at other times during the year and a lack of adequate social support systems. Other risk factors can include recent trauma, life changes, excessive alcohol intake, or concurrent illness. Having financial troubles may increase one's susceptibility to anxiety or stress during the holidays. Stressful family situations and illness in the family are also predisposing factors. Essentially, any factor that can cause depression, stress, or anxiety in an individual can worsen these conditions at holiday time. What are symptoms and signs of holiday depression, anxiety, and stress? Share Your Story
Balancing the demands of shopping, parties, family obligations, and house guests may contribute to feelings of being overwhelmed and increased tension. People who do not view themselves as depressed may develop stress responses and may experience a number of physical and emotional symptoms including
headaches,
excessive drinking,
overeating,
insomnia. Others may experience post-holiday sadness after New Year's/Jan. 1.