What is depression? Depression Symptoms and Depression Diagnosis

 What is depression? Depression Symptoms and Depression DiagnosisDepression actually is a common disease and more common than hypertension or diabetes.

What is depression?

  • Depression is the most common form of emotional disorder. Depression actually is a common disease and more common than hypertension or diabetes.
  • The prevalence rate of depression cases in lifetime in any country are between eight to 10 percent. Few researches by World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank discover that depression is the fourth most serious disease in crippling peoples’ will in the world.
21-08-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth

How Diagnosis for Depression Is Made, Symptoms and Facts

depressed+painting How Diagnosis for Depression Is Made, Symptoms and FactsClinical depression (also called major-depressive disorder or unipolar depression) is a common psychiatric disorder, characterized by a pervasive low mood, loss of interest in usual activities and diminished ability to experience pleasure. Here are some fact on how diagnosis for depression is made, symptoms of depression and facts on depression.

How diagnosis for depression is made?

There are five factors used in diagnosing depression:

  • Negative mood- sorrow, feel like to cry, worried about bad thing, worried or disappointed with about everything and not able decide.

13-03-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth

Save Our Children from Depression – Part 2

Continued section from part one of Save Our Children from Depression.

After undergoing several counseling sessions with her school counselor, suddenly Susan had disappeared from school. A heartbreaking thing has happened. This student has been hospitalized in psychiatrist center in a critical condition. She cried, screams and threw things within her reach during treatment.

After thorough diagnosis from psychologist, Susan was confirmed to suffer chronic depressive illness: major depression disorder.

05-02-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth

Save Our Children from Depression – Part 1

“Please help me teacher. I am feeling like going to die. Lately I cannot learn, could not sleep. Life is meaningless!” That is how the sigh and complaint from a pupil or student to her teacher.

To those whose professions are teacher, counselor, lecturer, psychologist or social worker, they are sure to have ever received the same complain. In most of the cases, the students are actually facing a depression problem (sadness). The condition is quite usual especially once when students face examinations. Let alone with the high hope from their parents.

by Drali @mesrahealth
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