Depression have been with man ever since the commencement of
recorded history. David as well as Job suffered from this distress in the
Bible. Depression was referred to as melancholia which means black bile by
Hippocrates.
Depression which is also clinical depression was in the 19th
century understood as inherited weakness of temperament. Freud in the 1st
half of twentieth century connected the development of depression to guilt and
conflict.
Depression was divided into two types in the mid part of the
20th century: endogenous and neurotic. Endogenous refers to
depression that comes from within the body which may be of a genetic origin or
unknown cause. Neurotic also called reactive depression originates from
environmental hastening factors like loss of a relation or another related loss
like loss of job.
A depressive disorder reflects a sad or irritable mood that
exceeds grief or normal sadness. The sadness is characterized by greater
intensity, time and more serious symptoms and functional disabilities than is
normal. Some people have an inherited vulnerability to depression such as
people with dipolar depression.
Some kind of depressive disorders affects like 10% adults,
8% teens and 2% of preteen children. Some people especially teenagers who suffer
from depressive disorders can be predisposed to obesity.
According to medical studies depression can cause a rise in
the risks for developing coronary artery disease, HIV, asthma, and many
illness. Depression can also lead to death from these medical conditions.
Elderly depression can be chronic and the recovery is difficult to achieve.
Elderly men have a high rate of committing suicide especially whites.
Depression is usually treated insufficiently despite the
clinical guides due to therapy treatment attempt. Three main types of
depression:
Major depression. The symptoms this type of depression last
for two weeks consecutively. It includes sad or irritable mood which disturbs
sleep, ability to work, eat, and even enjoy your hobbies. Inability to sleep or
eat can interfere with the body immune system.
Dysthymia. This type of depression lasts long compared to
major depression, and also less severe. This depression prevents the person
from functioning at “full steam” or from feeling good. Some people may also
feel major depression combined with dysthymia. This is normally referred to as
double-depression.
Bipolar disorder or maniac depression. This includes group
of mood disorders called manic depression. This condition can be inherited or
acquired. It’s often chronic and reoccurring. At times, this type of depression
changes into dramatic and rapid, but most often gradual.
Mania usually alter the person’s thinking, judgment and
social behavior in a manner that may cause serious problems and humiliation.
Examples, unwise business or financial decisions or indiscriminate or unsafe
sexual practices of the individual during this manic phase.
Symptoms of major or maniac depression:
Hopelessness feelings
not having pleasures and interest in hobbies once enjoyed,
feeling of excessive guilt,
persistent sadness and irritability,
social isolation,
lack of sleep,
early-morning awakening,
fatigue,
lack of appetite,
thought of deaths and suicide attempts,
restlessness,
difficulty in concentrating or recalling,
inability to make decisions,
physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment such as
headache, digestive disorders and chronic pain.
Mania symptoms of
maniac depression:
Increased talking speed and volume
Out of line irritability or anger
Intense insomnia
Inappropriate elation
Poor judgment
Unsuitable social behavior
Disconnected speech and thoughts
Intense rise in sexual desire
It is not everybody who is depressed shows the whole
symptom.
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