Depression can affect anyone, and is brought on by aspects such as grief and homesickness. The articles in this section offer useful information on what depression is, how it can be diagnosed and how those affected can seek help. They also offer insight on the types of drugs available and how they can affect your overall health, as well as how the condition affects children and adults.
Depression: What is Depression and How Can it be Handled?
There are different forms of depression brought on by unfamiliar and sudden circumstances. While some learn to live with it and carry their burdens for the rest of their lives, there are options where help can be sought.
A look at major depression
Major Depression is also known as Clinical Depression' Major Depressive Disorder and Unipolar Disorder. The meaning of Unipolar is the presence of one pole or one major depressive disorder. Major depression symptoms will vary from one person to another and some may have an irritable feeling' low-sad mood and negative attitude and some may have feeling of low-self worth and self-esteem or continuous guilt feeling. You cannot specifically say the definite symptoms one will have' but people suffering with major depression will always want to be left alone and may lose interest in activities that they enjoyed doing before. Also' they will have physical and mental symptoms such as fatigue' lack of concentration' inability to make decisions' feelings of hopelessness and helplessness' memory loss and even thoughts of suicide.
It is known that more women than men suffer from major depression' and they are likely to get this condition during the ages of 25-35. The likelihood of people developing this condition is higher for those who have a family history of major depression. Major depression occurs in episodes' and some may have quite a number of episodes per year and others may have a gap or a period of normalcy in between. According to research' the number of episodes one person has will determine the next bout of depression in him. The chances of one getting this depressive disorder for the second time are 50%' and for those who have had a depressive condition for second time' the chance of them getting it for the third time is 90%. But major depression is treatable' and many have recovered completely from this condition.
10 to 15% of the people suffering from major depression have suffered from Dysthymia at an earlier stage in their life. The chance of Dysthymia developing into major depression is very high' and those who are suffering from both these conditions are known to have ‘double depression’. Treating such people may take a long period of time.Read More
Major Depression is known to be one of the serious mood disorders' and the other being bipolar disorder or manic depressive disorder. Major depression is also known as Major depressive disorder and Unipolar disorder. Since there is no elevated mood in this disorder it is called unipolar depression. People suffering from major depression' will have a low and sad feeling' and will not be able to cope up with same.
Major Depression is characterized by various signs and symptoms such as low-sad feeling' irritable nature' guilt' loss of interest in things that they enjoyed doing before' insomnia' hopeless and helpless feeling' loss of self-worth' inability to make decisions and feeling of guilt to name a few. Major depression is periodic and can occur once or several times' and the chances of a person getting the depressive disorder (another name for major depression) the second time is 50%.
he word ‘depression’ was taken from the Latin verb ‘deprimere’ (meaning ‘to press down’). This term was used by the English author Richard Baker' when he referred to a person with a major depression in spirit' likewise' Samuel Johnson' the English Writer used this term in 1753. This term was used to describe it as a psychiatric sign by the French Psychiatric Louis Delasiauve' German Psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin was the first to use the term depressive state referring to different kinds of melancholia. Kraepelin unified these mood disorders to manic depressive insanity
Major depression is known to be the most severe category of depressive disorders. In major depression quite a number of symptoms are present in a person' and is known to be more severe too. Those who suffer with depression have very sad and low mood and tend to lose interest in activities that brought them joy before. With loss of self esteem and confidence' they struggle with life' and find it difficult to cope up with the day to day happenings' and sometimes even think of committing suicide' as they feel it is the only way out.
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