Question

Define Depression....!​

Answer 1

Answer:

Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home.

Answer 2

A mood disorder characterized by an inability to experience pleasure, difficulty in concentrating, disturbance of sleep and appetite, and feelings of sadness, guilt, and helplessness. A reduction in the activity of a physiological process, such as respiration.

$\small \mathsf{ \color{navy}{Types \: of \: Depression}}$

• Major Depression.
• Persistent Depressive Disorder.
• Bipolar Disorder.
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Psychotic Depression.
• Peripartum (Postpartum) Depression.
• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
• 'Situational' Depression.

$\small \mathsf{ \color{navy}{death \: rate \: of \: depression}}$

The risk of death by suicide may, in part, be related to the severity of the depression. New data on depression that has followed people over long periods of time suggests that about 2 percent of those people ever treated for depression in an outpatient setting will die by suicide.