Sweetsurrender,
Welcome to The Depression Center Support Group!
You've come to the right place! If you look to the left of the screen you'll find our program tools that may help you in understanding your depression.
The Depression Test is to prepare you with information that you can present to your physician. When you're finished the test, you can either print your Final Report or email it directly to your doctor.
The Mood Tracker is designed to track the severity of your depression and related symptoms. Research has shown that tracking your mood is an important part of an effective treatment for depression.
As you progress through the Depression Program the worksheets will change as you change. Make sure you give yourself time to do the homework properly - you know your depression best so it's really up to you to decide how often you do your homework. Take your time when you do your homework, there is no rush! Each session in the Depression Program is based on previous sessions, and if you track your mood with your Mood Tracker (and keep notes in the spaces provided) you'll see much improvement over the coming weeks.
At the beginning of each session we give you a Weekly Review, which allows you to see how far you've progressed. We save your Weekly Review results in your Session Diary, so you will see a collection of results, which are all based on what you write in your worksheets.
CBT is a lot of work but the good news is that if you follow the program it will all come together for you as you start to feel better.
We hope we have guided you in the right direction today. We look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Melanie
