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What is Depression?
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Depression is a disorder that involves a patient’s body, thoughts, and mood. It's more than having a bad day and goes beyond sadness. It's also not a personal weakness or a character flaw. Youth suffering from clinical depression cannot simply "snap out of it." Depression is a brain disorder (mental illness) that affects the whole person-it affects the way one feels, thinks, and acts. Early-onset depression can lead to school failure, alcohol or other drug use, and even suicide. However, it is highly treatable.
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There are three types of Depression:
- Major Depression (Clinical Depression): characterized by excessive sadness, fatigue, lack of motivation and hopelessness.
- Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder): characterized by periodic episodes of extreme elation, happiness, elevated mood, or irritability (mania) countered by classic major depressive symptoms.
- Dysthymia (Dysthymic Disorder): a less severe, yet more chronic form of major (clinical) depression characterized by a chronic, low-grade, depressed or irritable mood.
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