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Depression is one of the most common psychological problems, affecting nearly everyone through either personal experience or through depression in a family member. Each year over 17 million American adults experience a period of clinical depression. The cost in human suffering cannot be estimated. Depression can interfere with normal functioning, and frequently causes problems with work, social and family adjustment. It causes pain and suffering not only to those who have a disorder, but ... to those who care about them. Serious depression can destroy family life as well as the life of the depressed person.
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Depression is a medical illness in which a person has feelings of sadness, discouragement, and a lack of self-worth. Reviewer: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 07/27/2007
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Depression affects twice as many women as men. Midlife is often considered a period of increased risk for depression in women. It is not known why, but it may be related to having a personal or family history of depression, life stressors, and role changes. Menopause is often believed to be a time when women are more likely to become depressed. Studies actually show that depression is more likely to occur in the years during transition to
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Depression may occur with, or be caused by, a number of physical disorders. Physical disorders may cause depression directly (such as when thyroid disease affects hormone levels, which can induce depression) or indirectly (such as when rheumatoid arthritis causes pain and disability, which can lead to depression). Often, depression that results from a physical disorder has both direct and indirect causes. For example, AIDS may cause depression directly if the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, damages the brain; AIDS may cause depression indirectly by having an overall negative effect on the person's life.
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Depression can be linked to events in your life, such as the death of someone you love, a divorce or job loss. Taking certain medicines, abusing drugs or alcohol, or having other illnesses can ... lead to depression. Depression isn't caused by personal weakness, laziness or lack of willpower.
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Depression may ... occur with, or be caused by, a number of physical diseases or disorders. Physical disorders may cause a depression directly (such as when thyroid disease affects hormone levels, which can induce depression) or indirectly (such as when rheumatoid arthritis causes pain and disability, which can lead to depression). Various prescription drugs, most notably drugs used to treat high blood pressure, can cause depression. A number of psychiatric conditions can predispose a person to depression, including certain anxiety disorders, alcoholism and other substance abuse disorders, schizophrenia, and the early phase of dementia.
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