Holiday Stress and Depression

Don’t let the Holidays get you down.  The holidays can be a joyous time of year.  For many of us, though, the holidays can also be a stressful, even depressing time.

Much is known today about the causes of stress and depression around the holidays (e.g., missing lost loved ones, financial pressures, etc.), and the steps you can take to minimize their unhealthy impacts on you and your family (controlling expectations, setting spending limits, etc.).

Please use the links below to read the holiday stress and depression resources we’ve assembled in hopes that you and your family will enjoy a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

(Many of these links exit DHS)

• Coping with Holiday Stress
• Holiday Stress Survival Kit
• Holiday Stress in Children from Divorced Families
• Healthy Holidays
• Holiday Drinking Awareness Kit
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation's drunk driving site
• Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter newsletters
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Facts on Tap: Alcohol and Your College Experience
• College Drinking - Changing the Culture
• American Council for Drug Education
• Keeping your Family safe for the Holidays

Last Revised: October 06, 2009