DEPRESSION

Depression

WHAT IS DEPRESSION?

Depression is a mental illness by overwhelming feelings of sadness, fear, and anger.Depression patients are often at risk of suicide.Everyone feels sad at times, but clinical depression is characterized by long term emotional impairment that inhibits ones ability to live normally.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION?

Fatigue, loss of energy.Feelings of guilt, worthlessness.Lack of focus.Recurring thoughts about dying and killing oneself.Significant change In weight.

Some say depression can make you stronger. However no one knows who these some are.

WHO IS AFFECTED BY DEPRESSION?

People of all ages, race, gender, economic status are vulnerable to depression. Children and teenagers can have depression, and can distort the way they view their own lives.

The death of a teddy bear can have a serious impact on a childs emotional health.

WHAT CAUSES DEPRESSION?

Both heredity and environmental events are believed to be factors in the onset of depression.Certain types of Depression recurs in multiple family membersExamples of factors include: Alcohol, emotional events such as death/separation, sleeping problems, stress, and chemical imbalances in the brain.Break-ups and sudden changes in life can cause depression.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TYPES OF DEPRESSION?

1. Major: Characterized by a persons inability to function normally due to depressive symptoms.2. Chronic: Also known as dysthymia, is characterized by two or more years of depressive symptoms. People who have dysthymia experience more than one depressive episode in their lifetimes.3. Atypical: People who have atypical depression overeat, oversleep, are extremely fatigued, and very sensitive.

Sleep loss can cause depression.

People with atypical depression are always fatigued.

Major Depression can harm social life.

Major Depression can harm social life.

HOW DO YOU TREAT DEPRESSION?

Medication such as SSRIs, which stand for selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, which works by blocking the uptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin, can help patients with depression. SNRIs, or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are often used also.Talk therapy, with professional psychiatrists and therapists, can help. People tend to do better when they are told the psychological reasons for their behavior.Taking medications carefully and correctly, while learning how to manage side effects, can be very effective.Talking to trusted friends or lovers can be beneficial to the patient.

Medication is effective in treating depression.

Friendship is invaluable in eliminating some of the symptoms of depression.

As the examples show, depression affects people of all classes, rich and poor, royal and common, man and woman, actor, writer, and princess, etc.

Boris Yeltsin

Princess Diana

Harrison Ford

SMILE!Showing an emotion (that may not represent your true feelings) can help you feel that way.Smiling when under stress can help you feel happier!If worst comes to worst, you can cut be like Joker and put a smile on that face (with a knife of course).

THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE..