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    Depression Depression affects many people in today’s society for a number of reasons. Depression is a serious disorder, numerous people are affected by it. However, there are places to go that give help that people with depression need. To begin, depression is a disorder that affects a great deal of people. According to Mayo Clinic, “Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest” (“Overview,” n.d.). There are many causes to why people have depression

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    Psychotic depression is more severe than major depression. Along with the depression come hallucinations or delusions. Yet again there is no known cause for psychotic depression; it is another genetically passed disorder. As well as passing it down to our children, it can start off as a simple form depression that goes undiagnosed and untreated for far too long. Now we have come to a very common form of depression for women; postpartum depression. If you

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    effects of depression, we must first understand that depression is not one thing. There are many variations and types of this illness and each of which has its specific symptoms. Major depression Major depression is sometimes called major depressive disorder, clinical depression, unipolar depression or simply 'depression'. It involves low mood and/or loss of interest and pleasure in usual activities, as well as other symptoms. The symptoms are experienced most days and last for at least two weeks. Symptoms

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    therapy. For some people psychotherapy is all that is needed to recover from depression. Psychotherapy has been proven to cause changes in brain function just as the changes that pharmacologic therapy does. In some cases this form of therapy is more affective then medications. However psychotherapy along with exercise and medications can be very effective as well.

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    article is a study conducted on the effects of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on the cognitive functions in bipolar disorder (BD). This article informs the readers that BD, a disorder characterized by extreme mood swings of mania and depression. BD is also found to alter cognitive functions. The use of NAC as a form of treatment is an adjunct therapy for the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as NAC intake showed an increase in antioxidant and glutathione levels, decrease inflammatory cytokines,

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    bipolar disorder, or as others refer to it as manic depression. Manic depression involves cycled periods of severe depression with times of extremely elevated or irritable mood known as mania. Many people also under go dysthymia. People with dysthymia go through life almost always feeling mildly depressed, which can greatly impair their ability to enjoy the positives in life. There is also seasonal affective disorder, unipolar depression, cyclothymia, and atypical depression. Season affective disorder

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    “Depression is a disturbance in mood, thought, and body characterized by varying degrees of sadness, disappointment, loneliness, hopelessness, self-doubt, and guilt”. Depression is considered normal to many life problems. Almost every individual experienced depression in the life. Some people experienced very much other very low but they do experience depression. Depression is considered abnormal only when it is out of control. Dejection and hopelessness are two main characteristics of depression

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    Depression is a common but serious mood disorder. It may be described as feelings of sadness, loss, or anger that interfere with a person’s daily activities Depression can lead to a variation of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a per-son’s capacity to function at home and in the workplace. There are many factors that may in-crease the chance of depression, including, abuse, certain medication, death, genetics, serious illnesses and substance misuse. Depression can occur at any age

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    Depression in Children Students’ Name Institutional Affiliation Depression in Children Commonly, depression is a serious disorder that affects all individuals irrespective of their ages; that is the children and adolescents. In definition, it is the persistent experience of irritable mood as well the loss of interest in nearly all activities (Wade & Tavris, 2000). Normally, these feelings are accompanied by additional symptoms that affect the activity level, concentration, sleep, appetite

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    and can come from an outside event like a death, no cause at all, or it can start with reactive depression then turn into clinical depression. 15 million Americans deal with depression today and many different forms from major depression to bipolar disorder. (Rottenberg, 1991) Having symptoms for about two to four weeks, and showing loss of interest, or loss of appetite is a form of depression. Someone that is depressed normally experiences a continence of sadness or low self-esteem. It also effects

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