Why is there depression?
A way of changing ones own environment
focus cognition
psychic pain
Definition of major depression episodes
depressed mood
loss of interest or pleasure
Depressed mood nearly everyday
Weight loss or weight gain
insomnia
DSM IV major depressive episode
fatigue or loss of energy every day
feeling worthlessness or excessive guilt
diminished ability to think/ concentrate
recurrent thoughts of death
significant distress
is depression a serious problem?
Depression is
Potentially fatal
adolescents with major depression are up to 30% times more likely to die of suicide
Origins in early life
affects 9% of adolescents
Depression diagnosis
diagnosis should also address
presence of manic symptoms
underlying medical causes (e.g. anemia, thyroid disease
risk assessment
Depression treatment
pharmacology
srontin, reputake inhibitors, fluoxtine, sertraline
60% of young people respond to take an antidepressent
Depression is a disease
Depression is probably a heterogeneous syndrome
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