Depression
By editor | October 1, 2007
Depression is a kind of abnormal behavior. It mainly occurs due to disturbance of mood of a person. Therefore, it falls in the category of mood disorder. Several disturbed circumstances at home or at office can give shock to an individual. It creates in his/her mind which gradually leads to depression. Depression is common in old age people which are very injurious to their health. Many patients of depression also suffer from weight loss or gain and frequent thought of death and suicidal attempt are very common. Generally people go into depression due to a traumatic situation or a sudden shock. There is a total cut-off from the rest of the world. The person doesn’t know what is he /she doing. The individual may suffer from high blood pressure or low blood pressure. The person always tries to isolate himself and keeps thinking all the time. Any depression patient is basically an emotionally and mentally depressed person. They require immediate psychological and medical attention.
There is a major difference between depression and depressed mood. Every individual becomes sad, grieved or depressed at one time or other in our life but these are only temporary feelings which may occur in an individuals life due to 
death in the family, losing a job, failure in a relationship, major financial loss etc. They are the result of short term response to stress in anybody’s life but we usually overcome these feelings. This is basically normal depressed mood which we people feel occasionally. But depression is major several problems and it is also long lasting. It is very difficult for an individual to know whether he/she is suffering from depression or not. The symptoms of depression include dissatisfaction, anxiety, changes in appetite, disturbance of sleep, loss of interest, energy, feelings of guilt, difficulty in concentration, etc. sleep, disturbance, agitation and fatigue are other common symptoms of depression. Whenever possible the person suffering from depression should be advised to seek treatment through private therapist, clinic or hospital. Various treatment centers for depression are opened throughout the country. A viral infection can also cause depression like symptoms in such a condition a physician helps to come out these possibilities first.
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