Depression can manifest itself in many ways, and when it does it can literally grind your life to a halt. Some suffer for years or an entire lifetime without seeking depression help, or without finding the proper type of depression treatment. If you're in the throes of depression, the professionals at The Center for Counseling and Health Resources Inc., A Place of Hope would like you to know that you are not alone. A Place of Hope's depression treatment center offers a whole-person approach to healing your mind, body and spirit. But first, let's review the signs that often signal the need for depression treatment and mental health help.

The weight of despair that accompanies depression takes many forms. Some of depression's most common traits include:

• Significant change in appetite resulting in weight loss or gain

• Recurring disturbances in sleep patterns

• Increase agitation or inability to relax for an extended period of time

• Fatigue, lethargy or loss of energy for an extended period of time

• Sadness, despondency, despair, loneliness, or feeling of worthlessness

• Inability to concentrate, focus or make decisions

• Thoughts of death or suicide

• Plans for suicide or an attempt at suicide

There are of course varying degrees of depression, but if you've come to find yours unmanageable and even life threatening, you should consider the benefits of in-patient depression treatment. A Place of Hope's "Hope for Depression" program is based on a "whole-person" approach to care that addresses emotional well-being, physical health, spiritual peace, relational happiness, intellectual growth, and nutritional well-being. Such a life-affirming approach addresses the underlying issues behind your depression in guiding you toward true hope and healing.

Depression doesn't have to be something you live with… it can be something you overcome. At a Place of Hope a treatment program is tailored to your specific needs and administered by experienced professionals with your best interests at heart. The message of hope and healing inherent in every aspect of this unique program has helped countless individuals who once the dreaded the thought of another day to once again embrace the promise each new day brings.

If you exhibit any or all of the symptoms of depression mentioned above, don't wait another day to seek the help you need. Wherever you choose to get help choose to get it today, and reclaim the life you so richly deserve.