Depression Online Health Center

Access depression health information, interactive tools, and information about Hill Physicians programs and resources to help you take charge of your health and well-being.

Resources | Self-Care Topics | Overviews | Medications | Links We Like

Resources

How to Access Behavioral Health Services

Many Hill Physicians members, but not all, have behavioral health benefits. Those who have benefits can self-refer for behavioral health services. To check your benefits and make appointments, contact the behavioral health organization selected by your health plan. Click here to learn more.

Decision Guides

Decision Guides focus on medical care decisions related to depression.

• Should I take medications to treat depression?
• Should my child take medications to treat depression?

Health Assessment Tools

• Are you depressed?

Self-Care Topics

These topics are designed to help you take an active role in managing depression and grief.

• Depression: Using positive thinking
• Helping children who are grieving
• Helping older adults who are grieving
• Helping teens who are grieving
• Managing a manic episode
• Managing postpartum depression
• Managing your feelings of grief
• Using light therapy at home to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Overviews

Whether you are newly diagnosed or interested in learning more about depression, these links will give you and overview of depression.

• Bipolar Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder in children and teens
• Depression
• Depression in children and teens
• Grief and grieving
• Feeling depressed
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
• Warning signs of suicide  
 

Medications

These are prescription and nonprescription medications used to treat depression.

• Atypical antidepressants for depression
• Medications for post-stroke depression and pain
• Sam-e
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for childhood and adolescent depression
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression
• St. John’s Wort
• Tricyclic (TCAs) and heterocyclic antidepressants for depression
• Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) for depression

Links We Like

Depression

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
• Depression and Heart Disease
• Depression Screening
• International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred)
• National Institute of Mental Health

Postpartum Depression

• National Women's Health Information Center
• Postpartum Health Alliance
• Postpartum Support International