Depression Overview Slideshow
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Harvard Health Publications: "Exercise and Depression."
Johns Hopkins Health Alerts: "The Many Benefits of Pets."
Johns Hopkins Medicine: "Seasonal Affective Disorder."
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The Merck Manual: "Depression."
Reviewed by Joseph Goldberg, MD on May 07, 2016
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