KIN 1600 Chapter : Depression
15 Mar 2019
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Everyone feels sad at times, these feelings usually last for only a short time (normal to be depressed for short times) When a person has a depressive disorder, it interfears with their daily living. There is pain for the person and the people around them. Best treatment stategy: comoniation of medication and talk/ psychotherapy. Sleeping disorder (too much or too little sleep) Eating disorder (too much or too little food) Takes every ounce of energy to do daily activities. An episode may only occur only one time during a person"s life but it may occur more. Immediately stop doing thing they enjoy than once if they don"t get help: distemic depression. Function normally but just barely: psychotic depression. Accompanied by psychosis (breaking with reality/ illusions: post pardon depression. Usually effects females within 1 month after delivering a baby (10-15 percent: sad- seasonal affective disorder (new, 15 years) Usually in winter when there is less sunlight.
