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Depression

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DEFINITION
Depression is a medical disorder that attacks the body and mind. Also called major depression, major depressive, and clinical depression and have an impact on what you feel, think, and your behavior. Depression can cause variations in emotional and physical problems. You may have problems in performing daily activities and depression can make you feel as if life is not worth.

More than just feeling sad, depressed is not something that can be easily removed. Depression is a chronic disease that usually requires long-term treatment like diabetes or high blood pressure. Many people with depression feel better with medical treatment, counseling or other treatment.



SYMPTOMS
Symptoms of depression include:
• Feeling sad
• Irritability or frustrated even in small things
• Losing interest or pleasure in normal activities
• Reducing the activity of intercourse
• Insomnia or sleeping too much
• Changing appetite - often cases of depression reduce appetite and cause weight loss, but depression in some people cause increased appetite and weight gain.
• Sense of turbulent or agitated
• Slow to think, speak, or move
• lack of a clear, easily distracted, and reduced concentration
• Tiredness and loss of energy - even small tasks require more effort
• Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, and fixated on past mistakes or blame themselves when something goes right
• Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
• Often thought of death, suffering or downfall
• Crying for no apparent reason
• Has unexplained physical problems like back pain or headaches
• In some people the symptoms of depression often feel sad or unhappy without really knowing why.
As a result of depression in each person varies with each other. Lineage, age, gender and cultural background all have a role how do you overwrite depression.

Symptoms of depression in children and adolescents

Usually the symptoms of depression in children and adolescents differ from symptoms of depression in adults.
• In younger children, symptoms of depression in the form of sadness, irritability, hopelessness and worry.
• Symptoms in adolescents and teens are anxious, angry feelings and avoid social interaction.
• Change the mind is a sign of depression that usually occurs in adolescents and adults, but not unusual in younger children.
• In children and teens with depression often occur behavioral problems and other mental health conditions such as anxiety or ADHD.

Symptoms of depression in adults

• There is an older adult depression may go undiagnosed because the symptoms - for example fatigue, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping or lose interest in sex - it can mean is caused by other diseases.
• Parents with depression said they were not satisfied with the life of ordinary, dull, helpless or worthless. They always want to stay at home, rather than go to socialize or try something new.
• thoughts or feelings like suicide in adults to be a serious sign of depression that no action be taken lightly, especially in males. In all people with depression, but men have a higher risk for suicide.



Causes & Risk Factors
Cause
It is not known what causes depression. Like many mental illnesses, this arises because many factors, among others:
• The biological differences. People with depression will show changes in brain activity.
• Neurotransmitters. Naturally occurring chemical relationships in the mood to have a role in depression.
• Harmon. Changing the body's hormonal balance to trigger depression. Changes in thyroid hormones can be produced in the troubled, menopause and some other conditions.
• Lineage. Depression appears in people who have family members who also experienced the condition. Scientists are trying to discover what genes might be involved in causing depression.
• Genesis live. Events such as death or loss of a loved one, financial problems and high stress can trigger depression in some people.
• childhood trauma. Traumatic event at children, can cause permanent changes in the brain that makes you more vulnerable to depression.
  
Risk factors    
Depression typically occurs in the late 20s but it can actually occur at any age. Although the exact cause of depression is unknown, scientists have identified certain factors that increase the risk of developing or triggering depression, namely:
• Having a biological relationship with people who have depression
• Women
• Having a traumatic event during childhood
• Having a biological relationship with a record of alcoholics
• Having family members who experienced the fall
• Have experience of life events that put pressure, such as the death of a loved
• Having lots of friends or a personal relationship
• Having a depressed mood when small
• Having a serious illness, like cancer, heart attacks, Alzheimer's or HIV / AIDS
• Have specific properties, such as low self-esteem and excessive dependency, self-critical or pessimistic
• Penyalahguanan alcohol, nicotine or illicit drugs
• Take medical treatment for high blood pressure that is owned, taking sleeping pills or certain other medical treatments (talk to your doctor before stopping to undergo certain medical treatments that you think your cause mood changes)

Prevention
There is no sure way to prevent depression. However you should take steps to control stress, to improve your endurance and to boost low self-esteem. Friendship and social support, especially at times of crisis will be able to help you.
In addition, treatment performed on the initial symptoms can help prevent depression became worse. Long-term care also helps prevent kembuhnya symptoms of depression.

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