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Depression

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  Depression is a mood disorder that involves a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It is different from the mood fluctuations that people regularly experience as a part of life. Depression is an ongoing problem, not a passing one. It consists of episodes during which the symptoms last for at least 2 weeks. Depression can last for several weeks, months, or years. Signs and symptoms a depressed mood reduced interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed a loss of sexual desire changes in appetite unintentional weight loss or gain sleeping too much or too little agitation, restlessness, and pacing up and down slowed movement and speech fatigue or loss of energy feelings of worthlessness or guilt difficulty thinking, concentrating, or making decisions recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, or an attempt at suicide Causes The medical community does not fully understand the causes of depression. There are many possible causes, and sometimes, various factors combine to ...
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Depression and Anxiety

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                 Depression and Anxiety Comorbid depression and anxiety disorders occur in up to 25% of general practice patients. About 85% of patients with depression have significant anxiety, and 90% of patients with anxiety disorder have depression.  Both the depression disorder and the specific anxiety disorder require appropriate treatment. Psychological therapies, such as cognitive behavior therapy, and antidepressants, occasionally augmented with antipsychotics, have proven benefit for treating both depression and anxiety. Depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric conditions seen in the general medical setting, affecting millions of individuals in the word. The treatments for depression and anxiety are multiple and have varying degrees of effectiveness. Physical activity has been shown to be associated with decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety. Depression is a multiclausal disorder and has been ass...
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