Depression and Anxiety

  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 ...