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Understanding Depression

Depression is the most common mental health problem in the United States. It affects 17 million each year of all ages, groups, races and background. Depression is a serious illness and everyone need to have some understanding of it whether you’re suffering from depression or have a friend or loved one suffering from it or whether you’re just hearing of it. Even if you’re not suffering from the disease or know someone suffering from it it’s still good to familiarize yourself with it so that you can recognize its symptoms at any point in time, get diagnosed immediately and get the help you, your friend or loved one needs.

Understanding Depression

understanding depression

The secret to treating and overcoming depression in time lies in the early diagnosis of it. When you can recognize its symptoms in time and seek treatment you can easily beat it.

What Is Depression Really?

Depression shouldn’t be mistaken for the usual feeling of bad moods, sadness or feeling down. Such feelings are normal reactions to day to day events and they are often overcome within a short time.

When someone is depressed or have mood swings consistently for weeks, months or longer and it limits the person from going about his or her daily activities then that could be depression. There are different types of depression; there is major depression, dysthymia, adjustment disorder, seasonal effective disorder and bipolar disorder or manic depression.

Causes:

Causes of depression ranges from genetic causes to significant life events. That is if some members of a person’s family has suffered from depression it increases the person’s chances of developing depression. And if a person experience a sudden change of events such as losing a loved one or moving to a new area or someone is in a relationship which breaks their heart, these can lead people to become depressive. Other possible causes could be chronic illnesses or side effects from some types of medicine or infections.

Diagnosing:

For an accurate diagnosis see a mental health professional for a detailed clinical evaluation. To qualify for a diagnosis you should have been experiencing at least five of the following symptoms consistently for a period of at least two weeks.

Signs And Symptoms:

    • Having little interest or pleasure in doing things.
    • Feeling down, depressed or hopeless.
    • Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much.
    • Feeling tired or having little energy.
    • Poor appetite or overeating.
    • Feeling bad about yourself – Or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down.
    • Trouble concentrating on things.
    • Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have notice or the opposite – Being so.
    • Fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual.
    • Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way.

Recognizing:

If you think you or your loved one may be suffering from depression take the necessary steps to get treatment. Do not overlook it especially when you notice such symptoms in children. Untreated depression can pose a threat to human life.

Treating:

If you suspect depression your first stop should be to see your regular doctor so that physical illness can be ruled out. If your doctor suspects depression he or she can then refer you to a psychiatrist, psychologist, or licensed clinical social worker who will then give you a proper diagnosis for depression.

Do not put treatment off, early detection and diagnoses are the keys to quickly overcoming depression. There is nothing to be afraid of, more than 80% of the people who become depressed are treated successfully.

A psychiatrist or psychologist can perform a complete evaluation and start a treatment plan with you which may include counseling, medicine or both.

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