Depression Resources
Everything you need to understand, manage, and find treatment for depression.
Depression is more than temporary sadness—it's a serious mental health condition that affects how you feel, think, and function. Whether you're experiencing major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, or situational depression, effective treatment is available, and recovery is possible.
This resource hub brings together our most comprehensive depression content: therapy platform reviews, evidence-based treatment information, support groups, self-help tools, and practical recovery strategies.
Top Depression Resources
Best Platforms for Depression
Top-rated online therapy platforms for depression treatment, offering CBT, behavioral activation, and specialized depression care.
Depression Screening Tool
Free, clinically-validated depression assessment (PHQ-9) to help you understand your symptoms and severity level.
Depression Support Groups
Directory of free depression support groups—DBSA, NAMI, online communities, and local peer support resources.
Depression Thought Record
Specialized CBT worksheet addressing Beck's cognitive triad and depression-specific negative thought patterns.
Activity Planning & Scheduling
Behavioral activation tool for breaking the depression-inactivity cycle and rebuilding positive routines.
Mood Tracking Worksheet
Weekly mood tracker to identify patterns, monitor progress, and recognize what affects your mood.
Understanding Depression
Clinical depression (major depressive disorder) is characterized by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, and a range of physical and cognitive symptoms that interfere with daily functioning.
Common Depression Symptoms:
Emotional Symptoms:
- • Persistent sadness, emptiness, or hopelessness
- • Loss of interest in activities once enjoyed
- • Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt
- • Irritability or frustration
- • Difficulty experiencing pleasure (anhedonia)
- • Thoughts of death or suicide
Physical & Cognitive Symptoms:
- • Fatigue and low energy
- • Changes in sleep (insomnia or oversleeping)
- • Changes in appetite or weight
- • Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
- • Slowed movements or restlessness
- • Unexplained physical aches and pains
Evidence-Based Treatments:
Depression is highly treatable. Most people respond well to:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Changing negative thought patterns and behaviors
- Behavioral Activation: Breaking the cycle of withdrawal through activity scheduling
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT): Addressing relationship issues that contribute to depression
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Exploring unconscious patterns and past experiences
- Antidepressant Medication: SSRIs, SNRIs, or other medications when appropriate
- Combination Treatment: Therapy plus medication often most effective for moderate-severe depression
If you're having thoughts of suicide: Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency room. Depression is treatable, and you don't have to face this alone.
Depression Blog Articles
We're building a comprehensive library of depression-related blog articles. Future posts will cover topics like:
- • Depression vs. sadness: understanding the difference
- • Getting out of bed when depression makes it hard
- • Supporting a loved one with depression
- • Depression in the workplace: when to tell your employer
- • Medication myths and facts
- • Postpartum depression: signs and treatment
In the meantime, explore our existing depression resources above, or browse related tags below.