Depression is often used to describe someone who is feeling low about themselves at the moment, when in reality it is a whole lot more than that. It is a total body illness that no mater how hard a person try to talk them selves out of it they still feel bad. It can effect a person in every aspect of their life from home to work to their social life.
Depression is thought to be caused by a combination of factors including genetic, psychological, and environmental ones. It can be caused by living a stressful life or just living a bad life, but it doesn¹t have to be. It also occurs in all economic classes with about the same consistency. There are often times now clues as to what triggered the onset of the depression. About fifteen million Americans a year are faced with the illness.
Depression effects the thinking of the person who has it so they are often not aware that they are suffering from it. Thus the family is often forced to acted upon it before they sufferer even knows they have a problem. It is important that the family does act one in because the number one cause of suicide is depression that went untreated.
The signs of depression that one should be on the look out for in a suspected sufferer include: hopelessness, sadness, inability to make decisions, inability to concentrate, sudden weight changes, constant complaining, and many others. The treatment for such sufferers often include ³talk therapy² and a prescription for antidepressants.
The most important think that can be done for some one facing a depression is for their friends and family to be there for them. 80- 90% of those faced with depression can be helped but they can¹t beat it alone.
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