Depression (mood)

type of disease, signs den symptoms
Subclass of	neurological and physiological symptom, disease
Part of	theory of emotion, psychological terminology
Dey afflict	human, non-human animal
Health specialty	psychiatry
Symptoms and signs	fatigue, executive dysfunction, dysphoria
Hashtag	depression
Risk factor	smoking
Handled, mitigated, or managed by	management of depression
WordLift URL	http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/depression_is_common, http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/mental_depression
ICPC 2 ID	P76
Opposite of	mania

Depression be a mental state of low mood den aversion to activity.^[1] E dey affect about 3.5% of de global population, anaa about 280 million people worldwide, as of 2020.^[2] Depression dey affect a person ein thoughts, behavior, feelings, den sense of well-being.^[3] De pleasure anaa joy wey a person dey get from certain experiences be reduced, den de afflicted person often dey experience a loss of motivation anaa interest insyd those activities.^[4] People plus depression fi experience sadness, feelings of dejection anaa lack of hope, difficulty in thinking den concentration, hypersomnia anaa insomnia, overeating anaa anorexia, anaa suicidal thoughts.

Depression fi get chaw, sam times dey overlap, origins. Depression fi be a normal temporary reaction to life events, such as de loss of a loved one. Additionally, depression fi be a symptom of sam mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, den dysthymia.^[5] Depression sanso be a symptom of sam physical diseases den a side effect of sam drugs den medical treatments.

References

↑ "Depression Basics". NIMH. 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
↑ "Depression". World Health Organization (in English). Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
↑ de Zwart PL, Jeronimus BF, de Jonge P (October 2019). "Empirical evidence for definitions of episode, remission, recovery, relapse and recurrence in depression: a systematic review". Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 28 (5): 544–562. doi:10.1017/S2045796018000227. PMC 7032752. PMID 29769159.
↑ Gilbert P (2007). Psychotherapy and counselling for depression (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage. ISBN 978-1-84920-349-4. OCLC 436076587.
↑ American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). American Psychiatric Association.

Read further

Beck, Aaron (2009-03-25). Depression: Causes and Treatment. Berlin: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1964-7.
Jackson, S. (1986). Melancholia and depression: From Hippocratic times to modern times. Yale University Press.
Rottenberg, Jonathan (2014). The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02221-2.
Sadowsky, J. (2021). The empire of depression: A new history. Polity Press.
Schonfeld, I.S., & Bianchi, R. (2025). Breaking point: Job stress, occupational depression, and the myth of burnout. John Wiley

External links

[1] "Depression Basics". NIMH. 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[:3-2] "Depression". World Health Organization (in English). Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[3] Zwart PL, Jeronimus BF, de Jonge P (October 2019). "Empirical evidence for definitions of episode, remission, recovery, relapse and recurrence in depression: a systematic review". Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 28 (5): 544–562. doi:10.1017/S2045796018000227. PMC 7032752. PMID 29769159.

[:1-4] Gilbert P (2007). Psychotherapy and counselling for depression (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage. ISBN 978-1-84920-349-4. OCLC 436076587.

[5] American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). American Psychiatric Association.

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