Depression: It is common disorder. Now a days most of the people are suffering with this. We should aware about this disorder.

According to the National Institue of Mental Health(NIMH) 1 in 18 Americans are suffering from depression. This is over 14 million people. Depression is common in all countries as well.

• Cause of Depression: It can be caused by a variety of things. Genetics is more likely if there is a family history of depression, physical conditions such as hypothyroidism, chronic pain or even influenza an lead to depression. A variety of situanitional factors can lead to depression such as divorce, death of a loved one , loss of a job, loss of business, financial up and downs, past abuse, unresolved anger, unexpected losses in so many things , etc. Depression often results from several fators.
• Symptoms of Depression: If u r depressed, you are likely to have more than one of the following symptoms:

1. Not enjoying things you normally do
2. Feeling tired all the time
3. Being more easily angered
4. Feeling Nervous
5. Sleeping consistently more or less
6. Feeling sad all the time
7. Loss of self-esteem
8. Weight loss or gain not explained by other factors
9. Having trouble thinking clearly
10. Fearing the future
11. Withdrawing from people
12. Increased abuse of drugs
13. Unexplained aches and pains
14. Thoughts of Suicide (Suicidal thoughts may precede an actual suicide attempt. Contact a mental Health professional immediately

Self assesment:

• Helping Yourself: Sivere depression requires treatment by a health care professional. The following suggestions are intended to help those with mild depression. They may also act as an adjunt to professional treatment.
• Socializing: Interacting with other people often helps relieve the feelings of isolation associated with depression.
• Exercise: Physical exercise causes the release of enjorphins which reduce paiin and lead to feelings of euphoria. If you are over 50, have not exerised recently, or have a medical condition consult a physician before exercising.
• Meditation: There are many different types of meditation. Most people will benefit from deditation, especially if they find the type best suited to their individual needs and personality.
• Setting Goals: Try to keep goals achievable and in daily terms. Expecting too much of yourself is stressful. Achieviing small goals ccan boost feelings of accomplishment and self-worth.
• Stress Reduction: Feeling under stress for extended periods of time can lead to depression. Exercis and Meditation both help reduce stress. Progressive muscle relaxation, self-hypnosis, guided imagery,biofeedback, acupunture and massages can also help reduce feelings of stress.
• Supplements:There are many natural supplements which may help with depression. Fish oil and B-Vitamins may also help reduce feelings of depression.
• Tryptophan: For many people this amono acid, available as a supplement,works well to reduce depression. It also occurs in the following foods listed from highest to lowest concentration; flax seed, cowpeas, pork salami, lentils, turkey, peanuts,chcicken, almonds, egg yolk and walnuts.

Phobias

The English Suffixes-phobia,-phobic,-phobe (of Greek origin) in psychiatry that describe irrational disabling fear as a mental disorder. In common usage that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject.

In many cases specialists prefer to avoid the suffix -phobia and use more descriptive terms, see, e.g., personality disorders, anxiety disorders, avoidant personality disorder, love-shyness.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PHOBIAS ARE THERE?

Please try to know these:

Ablutophobia	fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Acarophobia	fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching
Acerophobia	fear of sourness
Achluophobia	fear of darkness
Acousticophobia	fear of sound and voice
Acrophobia	fear of heights
Aerophobia	fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances6
Aeroacrophobia	fear of open high places
Aeronausiphobia	fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness
Agateophobia	fear of insanity
Agliophobia	fear of pain
AIDSophobia	fear of contracting AIDS
Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder	fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable. From another source: Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia	fear of sexual abuse
Agrizoophobia	fear of wild animals
Agyrophobia	fear of crossing roads
Aichmophobia	fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife)
Ailurophobia	fear of cats
Albuminurophobia	fear of kidney disease
Alektorophobia	fear of chickens and poultry
Algophobia	fear of pain
Alliumphobia	fear of garlic
Allodoxaphobia	fear of opinions
Alourophobia	fear of reading aloud
Altophobia	fear of heights
Amathophobia	fear of dust
Amaxophobia	fear of riding in vehicles
Ambulophobia	fear of walking
Amnesiphobia	fear of amnesia
Amychophobia	fear of scratches or being scratched
Anablephobia	fear of looking up
Ancraophobia (Anemophobia)	fear of wind
Androphobia	fear of men
Anemophobia (Ancraophobia)	fear of air drafts or wind
Anginophobia	fear of angina, choking or narrowness
Angrophobia	fear of anger or of becoming angry
Ankylophobia	fear of immobility of a joint
Anthophobia	fear of flowers
Anthropophobia	fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia
Antlophobia	fear of floods
Anuptaphobia	fear of having no husband/wife or of staying single
Apeirophobia	fear of infinity
Aquaphobia	fear of water. Distinct from Hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies
Arachibutyrophobia	fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth
Arachnophobia	fear of spiders
Arithmophobia	fear of numbers
Astraphobia	fear of thunder and lightning
Atychiphobia	fear of failure
Autophobia	fear of loneliness
Aviophobia, Aviatophobia	fear of flying
Bacillophobia	fear of microbes
Bacteriophobia	fear of bacteria
Ballistophobia	fear of missiles or bullets
Barophobia	fear of gravity
Basiphobia	inability to stand, or fear of walking
Bathophobia	fear of depth
Batonophobia	fear of plants
Batophobia	fear of heights or being close to high buildings
Bibliophobia	fear of books
Blennophobia	fear of slime
Blood-injection-injury type phobia	a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias
Bogyphobia	fear of bogies or the bogeyman
Bromidrophobia or Bromidrosiphobia	fear of body smells
Brontophobia or Ceraunophobia	fear of thunder and lightning
Cacophobia	fear of ugliness
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia	fear of newness, novelty
Caligynephobia	fear of beautiful women
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia	fear of cancer
Cardiophobia	fear of the heart
Carnophobia	fear of meat
Catagelophobia	fear of being ridiculed or being embarrassed
Catapedaphobia	fear of jumping from high and low places
Cathisophobia	fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia	fear of mirrors
Cenophobia or Centophobia	fear of new things or ideas
Chaetophobia	fear of hair
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia	fear of cold
Chemophobia	fear of chemicals or working with chemicals
Cherophobia	fear of gaiety
Chiquiphobia	fear of chiquis
Chiroptophobia	fear of bats
Chorophobia	fear of dancing
Chrysophobia	fear of the color orange
Cibophobia, Sitophobia	aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa
Claustrophobia	fear of having no escape and being closed in
Coprophobia	fear of faeces (bowel waste)
Clownphobia	Fear of clowns
Coulrophobia	fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
Cynophobia	Fear of dogs
Decidophobia	fear of making decisions
Dentophobia, Odontophobia	fear of dentists and dental procedures
Disposophobia	better known as "compulsive hoarding" – the fear of getting rid of or losing things
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder	a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
Ebulliophobia	fear of bubbles
Emetophobia	fear of vomiting
Epistemophobia	fear of knowledge
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia	fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
Ergophobia	fear of work or functioning
Erotophobia	fear of sexual love or sexual questions
Erythrophobia	pathological blushing
Friggatriskaidekaphobia, Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia	fear of Friday the 13th
Gelotophobia	fear of being laughed at
Gephyrophobia	fear of bridges
Genophobia, Coitophobia	fear of sexual intercourse
Genuphobia	fear of knees/kneeling
Gerascophobia	fear of growing old or aging
Gerontophobia	fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
Glossophobia	fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Gurgephobia	fear of the abyss, particular the ocean floor or outer space
Gymnophobia	fear of nudity
Gynophobia	fear of women
Halitophobia	fear of bad breath
Haptephobia	fear of being touched
Heliophobia	fear of sunlight
Hemophobia, Haemophobia	fear of blood
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia	fear of the number 666
Hoplophobia	fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented)
Hyalophobia	fear of glass
Hydrophobia	fear of water, frequently noted as a common symptom of rabies
Hylophobia	fear of trees, forests or wood
Ichthyophobia	fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish
Ithyphallophobia	fear of the erect penis
Lachanophobia	fear of vegetables
Ligyrophobia	fear of loud noises
Lipophobia	fear/avoidance of fats in food
Megalophobia	fear of large objects
Mycophobia	fear of mushrooms and fungii
Mysophobia	fear of germs, contamination or dirt
Necrophobia	fear of death and/or the dead
Negrophobia	fear of black people, often used to describe racial bigots
Nomophobia	fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Nephophobia	fear of clouds
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia	fear of newness, novelty
Nosophobia	fear of contracting a disease
Novercaphobia	fear of one's stepmother
Nosocomephobia	fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia	fear of darkness
Oikophobia	fear of home surroundings and household appliances
Ombrophobia	fear of rain
Ommetophobia	fear of eyes
Omphalophobia	fear of bellybuttons
Ophidiophobia	fear of snakes
Ophthalmophobia	Fear of being stared at
Orinthophobia	fear of birds
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia	fear of smells
Ovophobia	fear of eggs
Oxygenophobia	fear of oxygen
Panphobia	fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
Pedophobia	fear of pedophiles
Pediophobia	fear of dolls, mannequins or robots
Phagophobia	fear of swallowing
Pharmacophobia	fear of medications
Philophobia	fear of love
Phobophobia	fear of having a phobia
Phonophobia	fear of loud sounds
Photophobia	the fear of light
Piccophobia	Fear of the colours green and purple
Pogonophobia	fear of beards
Poinephobia	fear of punishment
Porphyrophobia	fear of the color purple
Pistanthrophobia	fear of trusting
Pyrophobia	fear of fire
Pyramiphobia	Fear of pyramids
Radiophobia	fear of radioactivity or X-rays
Sichuaphobia	fear of Chinese food
Siderodromophobia	fear of travelling by train
Sociophobia	fear of people or social situations
Scolionophobia	fear of school
Scopophobia	fear of being looked at or stared at
Somniphobia	fear of sleep
Spasmenagaliaphobia (neologism; no official name)	fear of broken glass
Spectrophobia	fear of ghost and phantoms
Stygiophobia	fear of Hell
Taphophobia	fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
Technophobia	fear of technology (see also Luddite)
Telephone phobia	fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls
Tetraphobia	fear of the number 4
Thalassophobia	fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean
Thanatophobia	fear of death
Tokophobia	fear of childbirth or pregnancy
Traumatophobia	a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
Trichophobia	a morbid disgust caused by the sight of loose hairs
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia	fear of the number 13
Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia	fear of needles or injections
Trypophobia	fear of holes
Turophobia	fear of cheese
Workplace phobia	fear of the workplace
Xenophobia	fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Xylophobia, Hylophobia, Ylophobia	fear of trees, forests or wood

Animal phobias

Main articles: Animal phobia and Zoophobia

Agrizoophobia	fear of wild animals
Ailurophobia	fear/dislike of cats
Alektorophobia	fear of chickens
Anopheliphobia	fear of mosquitoes
Apiphobia	fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee")
Arachnophobia	fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids
Batrachophobia	fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc
Bovinophobia	fear/dislike of cattle
Bufonophobia	fear of toads
Cetaphobia	fear/dislike of whales
Chiroptophobia	fear/dislike of bats
Cynophobia	fear/dislike of dogs
Entomophobia	fear/dislike of insects
Equinophobia	fear/dislike of horses (also known as hippophobia)
Herpetophobia	fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians
Hippophobia	fear/dislike of horses
Ichthyophobia	fear/dislike of fish
Katsikaphobia	fear/dislike of goat
Lutraphobia	fear/dislike of otters
Mottephobia	fear/dislike of butterflies and/or moths
Murophobia	fear/dislike of mice and/or rats
Oncaphobia	fear of jaguars
Ophidiophobia	fear/dislike of snakes
Ornithophobia	fear/dislike of birds
Ornithoscelidaphobia	fear/dislike of dinosaurs
Pardophobia	fear of leopards
Saurophobia	fear of lizards
Selachophobia	fear of sharks
Scoleciphobia	fear of worms
Suchophobia	fear of crocodiles
Xanthophobia	fear of the color yellow
Zoophobia	fear of animals

Non-psychological conditions

Aquaphobia	fear of water
Photophobia	hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
Phonophobia	hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds
Osmophobia	hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors

Biology, chemistry

Biologists use a number of -phobia/-phobic terms to describe predispositions by plants and animals against certain conditions. For antonyms, see here

Acidophobia/Acidophobic	preference for non-acidic conditions
Heliophobia/Heliophobic	aversion to sunlight
Hydrophobia/Hydrophobic	a property of being repelled by water.
Lipophobicity	a property of fat rejection
Ombrophobia	avoidance of rain
Photophobia (biology)	a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light
Superhydrophobe	the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet
Thermophobia	aversion to heat

Prejudices and discrimination

See also: List of anti-ethnic terms

The suffix -phobia is used to coin terms that denote a particular anti-ethnic or anti-demographic sentiment, such as Americanophobia, Europhobia, Francophobia, Hispanophobia, and Indophobia. Often a synonym with the prefix "anti-" already exists (e.g., Polonophobia vs. anti-Polonism). Anti-religious sentiments are expressed in terms such as Christianophobia and Islamophobia. Sometimes the terms themselves could even be considered racist, as with "Negrophobia."

Other prejudices include:

Anglophobia	fear/dislike of England or English culture, etc.
Biphobia	fear/dislike of bisexuality or bisexuals
Christianophobia	fear/dislike of Christians
Ephebiphobia	fear/dislike of youth
Germanophobia	fear/dislike of Germans
Gerontophobia, Gerascophobia	fear/dislike of aging or the elderly
Heterophobia	fear/dislike of heterosexuals
Homophobia	fear/dislike of homosexuality or homosexuals
Islamophobia	fear/dislike of Muslims
Judeophobia	fear/dislike of Jews
Lesbophobia	fear/dislike of lesbians
Negrophobia	fear/dislike of African American people
Nipponophobia	fear/dislike of the Japanese
Pedophobia, Pediophobia	fear/dislike of children
Polonophobia	fear/dislike of the Polish
Psychophobia	fear/dislike of mental illness or the mentally ill
Russophobia	fear/dislike of the Russians
Sinophobia	fear/dislike of Chinese
Teutophobia	see Germanophobia
Xenophobia	fear/dislike of foreigners or extraterrestrials

Jocular and fictional phobias

Aibohphobia	a joke term for the fear of palindromes, which is a palindrome itself. The term is a piece of computer humor entered into the 1981 The Devil's DP Dictionary
Anachrophobia	fear of temporal displacement, from a Doctor Who novel by Jonathan Morris
Anatidaephobia	the fictional fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. From Gary Larson's The Far Side.
Anoraknophobia	a portmanteau of "anorak" and "arachnophobia". Used in the Wallace and Gromit comic book Anoraknophobia. Also the title of an album by Marillion
Arachibutyrophobia	fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. The word is used by Charles M. Schulz in a 1982 installment of his "Peanuts" comic strip[7] and by Peter O'Donnell in his 1985 Modesty Blaise adventure novel Dead Man's Handle
FeFiPhobia	Fear of giants
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia	fear of long words.[9] Hippopoto – "big" due to its allusion to the Greek-derived word hippopotamus (though this is derived as hippo- "horse" compounded with potam-os "river", so originally meaning "river horse"; according to the Oxford English, "hippopotamine" has been construed as large since 1847, so this coinage is reasonable); -monstr- is from Latin words meaning "monstrous", -o- is a noun-compounding vowel; -sesquipedali- comes from "sesquipedalian" meaning a long word (literally "a foot and a half long" in Latin), -o- is a noun-compounding vowel, and -phobia means "fear". Note: This was mentioned on the first episode of Brainiac Series Five as one of Tickle's Teasers.
Keanuphobia	fear of Keanu Reeves, portrayed in the Dean Koontz book, False Memory, where a woman has an irrational fear of Keanu Reeves and has to see her psychiatrist, Mark Ahriman, each week, unaware that she only has the fear in the first place because the psychotic Ahriman implanted it via hypnotic suggestion to amuse himself. He calls her the "Keanuphobe" in his head
Luposlipaphobia	fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor, also from Gary Larson's The Far Side
Nihilophobia	fear of nothingness (comes from the combination of the Latin word nihil which means nothing, none, and the suffix -phobia), as described by the Doctor in the Star Trek: Voyager episode Night. Voyager's morale officer and chef Neelix suffers from this condition, having panic attacks while the ship was traversing a dark expanse of space known as the Void. It is also the title of a 2008 album by Neuronium. Also, the animated version of George of the Jungle (2007 TV series) is seen suffering in one episode of the cartoon, where they are telling scary stories
Venustraphobia	fear of beautiful women, according to a 1998 humorous article published by BBC News.[1] The word is a portmanteau of "Venus trap" and "phobia". Venustraphobia is the title of a 2006 album by Casbah Club.
Monkeyphobia	fear of monkeys, as named by Lord Monkey Fist in the animated series Kim Possible. Due to spending a summer in a cabin with a crazy chimp mascot, Ron Stoppable has a fear of monkeys, which he gets over several times, usually during battles with Monkey Fist, who is essentially Ron's arch-nemesis.
Sciuridaephobia	the fear that somewhere, somehow, a squirrel is watching you.
Semaphobia	fear of average Web developers to use Semantic Web technologies
Tickcapucapitiphobia	fear of having a tick head stuck in your body. Half rational, since tick