Clinical depression is a cluster of physical and psychological symptoms. To deem a case as clinical depression, the symptoms need to present themselves continuously for at least six weeks and impair normal life. Some of the major symptoms of depression are:
- Sadness, anxiety, fussiness and pessimism
- Lack of emotion or too emotional
- Indifference towards pleasure activities
- Marked appetite changes
- Too much or too less sleep
- Lack of confidence and low self esteem
- Inability of rational thinking
- Abstruse thinking
These symptoms are likely to lead to strained relationships, job and financial pressures, and conflicts with loved ones.
Drugs can elevate moods and induce a feel-good factor. But medications like antidepressants for Treating Depression can only provide symptomatic treatment.
Proper counseling is required to make-good the damage done to relationships and motivation to bounce back into normalcy needs psychological handling. The person suffering has to struggle to regain positivity. Psychotherapy or Treating Depression psychologically attempts to help the patient in that effort.
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