Mental Health
What is clinical depression ?
A mental disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.Possible causes include a combination of biological, psychological and social sources of distress. Increasingly, research suggests that these factors may cause changes in brain function, including altered activity of certain neural circuits in the brain.
Symptoms:
People may experience
- Mood: anxiety, apathy, general discontent,guilty, hopelessness,loss of interest or pleasure in activities, mood swings, or sadness.
- Behavioural :agitation, excessive crying,irritability,restlessness,or social isolation
- Sleep:early awakening, excess sleepiness, insomnia,or restless sleep
- Whole body:excessive hunger, fatigue,or loss of appetite
- Cognitive:lack of concentration, slowness in activity.
- Weight:weight gain or weight loss
- Also common:poor appetite or repeatedly going over thoughts