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Depression is a serious medical condition, which can lead to suicidal thoughts and behavior. Children, adolescents, and young adults, taking antidepressants, may increase the risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior within the first few months of treatment. This risk must be balanced with the medical need. Those starting medication or changing doses should be watched closely for suicidal thoughts, worsening of depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. In children and teens, Zoloft is only approved for use in those with obsessive-compulsive disorder. A patient Medication Guide about "Antidepressant Medicines, Depression and Other Serious Mental Illness, and Suicidal Thoughts or Actions" is available.
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Depression is a feeling of intense sadness; it may follow a recent loss or other sad event but is out of proportion to that event and persists beyond an appropriate length of time. After anxiety, depression is the most common psychiatric disorder. An estimated 10 percent of the people who see their doctors for what they think is a physical problem are actually experiencing depression. Depression typically begins in one's 20s, 30s, or 40s. An episode of depression typically lasts for 6 to 9 months, but in 20 percent of cases, it lasts for 2 years or more. Episodes generally tend to recur several times over a lifetime.
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The Depression had profound political implications. In countries such as Germany and Japan, reaction to the Depression brought about the rise to power of militarist governments who adopted the regressive foreign policies that led to the Second World War. In countries such as the United States and Britain, government intervention ultimately resulted in the creation of welfare systems and the managed economies of the period following the Second World War.
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Depression has many causes, and all aren't fully understood. A number of factors may make a person more likely to experience depression, such as a heredity, side effects of certain medications, an introverted personality, poor self image, and emotionally upsetting events, particularly those involving a loss. Depression may ... arise or worsen without any apparent or significant life stress. Another cause of depression is having a mother who has experienced depression. This can double a child's chances of becoming depressed. Winter depression could occur due to decreased daytime hours.
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The Depression spread rapidly around the world because the responses made by governments were flawed. When faced with falling export earnings they overreacted and severely increased tariffs on imports... further reducing trade. Moreover, since deflation was the only policy supported by economic theory at the time, the initial response of every government was to cut their spending. As a result consumer demand fell even further. Deflationary policies were critically linked to exchange rates. Under the Gold Standard, which linked currencies to the value of gold, governments were committed to maintaining fixed exchange rates.
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Depression can run in families, and usually starts between the ages of 15 and 30. It is much more common in women. Women can ... get postpartum depression after the birth of a baby. Some people get seasonal affective disorder in the winter. Depression is one part of bipolar disorder.
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