After taking time to explore my topic of depression on blogarama, feedster, technorati, and bloglines, I have a better feel for specific conversations going on within the topic.
Treatment of depression seems to be the most popular topic of conversation. Most people are talking about medication, psychotherapy, lifestyle changes, and combinations of all three. I'll need to do more research on dedicated scientific journals to get the information I'm after, as many documents from these sources were written by nonprofessionals.The forums of one website I found "www.avoiddepression.com" were filled with advertisements for pornography. I did come across some new journals to look into, and found scientific research articles discussing causes and treatments.
The different blogs I explored fell into two basic categories: professional scientific research and nonprofessional life diaries. Strategies for dealing with depression, chemical treatment of depression, and eroding the stigma attached to depression were all sub-categories I found while searching the blogs. This is going to help me refine my topic to see how much of what information is already clogging the virtual arteries of the web. I will better avoid a redundant discussion, and contribute something 'fresh' to the collective consciousness.
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