Treating Depression or clinical deprssion - medical treatment talk therapy and other treatments

Hope for depression and the depressed

Depression is a serious medical illness; it’s not something that you have made up in your head. It’s more than just feeling "down in the dumps" or "blue" for a few days. It’s feeling "down" and "low" and "hopeless" for weeks at a time. (taken from public domain of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). )

Depression can be debilitating, but with treatment, people suffering from the condition can notice marked reduction in symptoms.





Words that will help you to find this website: About depression (or clinical depression) not normal sadness down feeling blue down in the dumps lasting sad anxious empty mood hopelessness pessimism guilt worthlessness helplessness loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed decreased energy a feeling of fatigue or of being “slowed down" difficulty concentrating forgetfulness making decisions restlessness irritability sleeping too much can't sleep insomnia change in appetite unintended weight loss weight gain chronic pain death suicidal suicide attempts severe depressive low is a serious medical illness for weeks at a time major depressive disorder major depression disabling prevents a person from functioning normally recurs types of depression dysthymic disorder dysthymia long–term (two years or longer) less severe may not disable a person prevent functioning normally or feeling well psychotic depression accompanied by some form of psychosis a break with reality hallucinations and delusions postpartum depression a new mother develops a major depressive episode within one month after delivery after giving birth seasonal affective disorder (SAD winter months less natural sunlight light therapy antidepressant medication psychotherapy