Signs of Depression
MOOD DISORDERS Depression Q What is depression? A Depression is a mood disorder with symptoms that affect a person's thoughts, feelings, behavior, and daily functioning. In some severe cases, it can also lead to thoughts of death or attempts at self-harm or suicide. Everyone experiences sadness during a period of grief or a stressful situation. In the case of depression these feelings persist over a long period (more than two weeks); can recur frequently; and disrupt a person’s daily life. Its diagnosis is made with careful consideration to commonly experienced feelings like sadness, along with other symptoms that characterize the illness. Even though it is one of the most well-recognized disorders, it is still widely stigmatized. The national mental health surveyy estimated that 1 in 20 Indians have depression—despite this, over 85% of the total number of people living with it don’t have access to treatment. A person can be diagnosed with depression at any p...