19 Facts About Clinical depression

Major Clinical depression significantly affects a person's family and personal relationships, work or school life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health.

Therapies associated with Clinical depression include interferons, beta-blockers, isotretinoin, contraceptives, cardiac agents, anticonvulsants, antimigraine drugs, antipsychotics, and hormonal agents such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist.

Depression occurring after giving birth is called postpartum Clinical depression and is thought to be the result of hormonal changes associated with pregnancy.

Seasonal affective disorder, a type of Clinical depression associated with seasonal changes in sunlight, is thought to be triggered by decreased sunlight.

Pathophysiology of Clinical depression is not completely understood, but current theories center around monoaminergic systems, the circadian rhythm, immunological dysfunction, HPA-axis dysfunction and structural or functional abnormalities of emotional circuits.

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HPA-axis abnormalities have been suggested in Clinical depression given the association of CRHR1 with Clinical depression and the increased frequency of dexamethasone test non-suppression in people who are depressed.

Development of mental health services is minimal in many countries; Clinical depression is viewed as a phenomenon of the developed world despite evidence to the contrary, and not as an inherently life-threatening condition.

Most-studied form of psychotherapy for Clinical depression is CBT, which teaches clients to challenge self-defeating, but enduring ways of thinking and change counter-productive behaviors.

People with major Clinical depression are less likely to follow medical recommendations for treating and preventing cardiovascular disorders, further increasing their risk of medical complications.

Major Clinical depression is about twice as common in women as in men, although it is unclear why this is so, and whether factors unaccounted for are contributing to this.

The risk of major Clinical depression is increased with neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis, and during the first year after childbirth.

Major Clinical depression was the leading cause of disease burden in North America and other high-income countries, and the fourth-leading cause worldwide as of 2006.

Term Clinical depression itself was derived from the Latin verb, meaning "to press down".

Clinical depression theorized that objective loss, such as the loss of a valued relationship through death or a romantic break-up, results in subjective loss as well; the depressed individual has identified with the object of affection through an unconscious, narcissistic process called the libidinal cathexis of the ego.

Clinical depression emphasized early life experiences as a predisposing factor.

New definitions of Clinical depression were widely accepted, albeit with some conflicting findings and views.

Similarly, Hungarian-American psychiatrist Thomas Szasz and others argue that Clinical depression is a metaphorical illness that is inappropriately regarded as an actual disease.

Some well-known contemporary people with possible Clinical depression include Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen and American playwright and novelist Tennessee Williams.

Social stigma of major Clinical depression is widespread, and contact with mental health services reduces this only slightly.