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About Depression

Symptoms

Causes

Diagnosis

Treatment

Depression in Women

Depression in Men

Depression in Older Adults

Depression in Children

Teen Depression

Depression Prevention

Depression and Suicide

Depression during Pregnancy

Diabetes and Depression

Information and Definition of Depression

What is depression?

Depression is a biological-based mental illness that can have lasting emotional and physical effects, such as feelings of worthlessness, guilt, or indecision; difficulty concentrating; change in appetite or sleep habits; loss of energy, interest, or pleasure; loud, violent, troubled, agitated, slowed, or anti-social behaviors; drug or alcohol abuse; and difficulty with interpersonal relationships.

All the varieties of emotional reactions to actual or anticipated loss, all feelings of distress and sorrow arising from the adversities and vicissitudes of life, have been associated with depression.

Clinical Depression - A more serious depression

The individual today views depression as a part of life experience, an unavoidable condition that everyone has to go through at least once in his or her lifetime, and considers it subject to self-cure by will power. This attitude, by failing to distinguish between transient dysphoric loss-related emotional states and clinical depression leading to profound disturbance of mental and social functioning, is both misleading and hazardous. In contrast to the normal emotional responses to unwanted and stressful events, clinical depression is a mental disorder which, due to its severity, its tendency to recur and its high cost for the individual and for society, is a medically significant condition that needs to be diagnosed and properly treated.
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Children and adolescents may suffer from either major depression or manic depression (also known as bipolar disorder). Both are serious medical problems that can be treated with medication and psychotherapy. When untreated, extreme cases can lead to suicide.

Lets start with the basics of depression:

• Symptoms of Depression
• Causes of Depression
• Diagnosis of Depression
• Treatment of Depression

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