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A mood disorder with symptoms persisting for at least two weeks. It is described with feelings of sadness, loss or anger that interferes with a person's day to day life. Major depressive disorder or clinical depression causes symptoms that impact how you think, feel, eat, work or sleep.
Types of depression include:
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia), a depressed mood that lasts for at least two years
- Postpartum Depression, major depression that makes it difficult for a new mom to care for her baby or to complete their own daily care activities
- Psychotic Depression, severe depression combined with some form of psychosis (delusions, hallucinations)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder, winter depression resulting from less natural sunlight
- Bipolar disorder, different from depression, but includes episodes of extremely low moods that meet the criteria for major depression, along with an extremly high mood called mania or hypomania
Triggers - The Causes
- Physiological factors - e.g. hormonal changes
- Personality traits
- Genetics and hereditary
- Environmental factors
- Traumatic/ stressful events
- Substance abuse
Symptoms - What it looks like
- Feeling sad
- Loss of interest in activities
- Changes in appetite
- Changes in sleep patterns
- Loss of energy
- Feeling worthless or guilty
- Difficulty thinking or concentration
- Inability to make decisions
- Thoughts of suicide or death
- Inability to sit still, pacing, handwringing
- Observable slowing down in movements or speech
Treatment - The way to healing
- Medication Psychotherapy
- Family / group therapy sessions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
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