The Depression Help Online Support Forums are places for you to both give and receive support to help depression.

I am Dr. H. Paul Stanley, Jr., the administrator of these forums. It is my desire for this to be a helpful source of support for all who participate. Thus, I ask that you follow a few rules.

• Please read the Disclaimer, Terms of Use, and Privacy Statement for depression-help-for-you.com. They apply to these forums.
  
  
• The Site is not for the use of children or teens. If the User is under the legal age of adulthood in his or her location he or she does not have permission to use the Site. Although I know teenagers and children have problems with depression, this is not my area of expertise. The teenager’s and child’s needs can best be served by a Website that is for their age group. If you are a teenager or child and are seeking help or support for depression please find a Website for your age group. Such Websites can be found by searching for "teenage depression" or "childhood depression" in Google or another search engine. There are several available. You can also find help by talking with a trusted adult. Talk with your doctor, minister, psychologist, schoolteacher, school counselor or another person that can help you with this problem.
  
  
• Please do not submit material that contains offensive content, profanity, sexually explicit references, research questions, suicide threats, threats to others, slanderous statements, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, off topic content, or self-serving and promotional content--such as advertising. If you are having suicidal thoughts or feelings please seek help immediately. You can also find help by calling 1-800-SUICIDE.
  
  
• Please do not try to push your beliefs or points of view on others. Be tolerant and respectful of others. Please, no religious or theological debates or arguments.
  
  
• When you submit content, be brief and to the point.
  
  
• Information posted on these forums should not be considered professional advice or treatment for a medical or psychological disorder. These forums are for support and encouragement only.
  
  

Please offer suggestions and support to others who post in the forums. The forums will only be helpful if those who post both ask for support and offer others support.

Giving support to others will benefit you as well as the other person. Research has shown that both receiving support and giving support is beneficial to those who have depression.

Because my time is very limited I cannot respond to every post. Thus, I will only respond to those who are willing to support others. If someone posts a struggle or question asking for support, but does not offer support to any of the others who post in the forum, I will not respond to his or her post.

I hope you will find the Depression Help Online Support Forums to be places where you can get the support that you need as you help your depression. Come back often and actively participate.

To learn more about depression and how you can help your depression, visit depression-help-for-you.com.

Important note: You can freely participate in most of these forums with no registration. One exception is the Transformation Skills Forum.

The Transformation Skills Forum is only available to those who have participated in transformation skills training. Thus, to participate you must register and be approved.

If you have received transformation skills training and would like to register for the Transformation Skills Forum, click here.

If you would like to learn more about the transformation skills and available transformation skills training, click here.