Depression
Depression is a serious disorder it tends to come back again & again. It colors all spheres of life not only person feels sad at office or workplace, also with his friends and at home, are not able to enjoy things which they use to previously.
- It should be present minimum for 2 weeks to make diagnosis.
- Every 1 out of 6 person will have depression in lifetime.
- It requires proper treatment and family support.
- Education about it helps a long way to live a great life.
TYPES
- Unipolar - Person has only Depression episodes.
- Bipolar- Person has both Depression and Mania episodes.
- SEX It's two times common in females.
- Hormonal causes, childbirth and more social stress in females life.
- Sense of helplessness.
AGE
- 40yrs is the usual age of onset
- It can start as early as 20yrs or in some cases in childhood also or in old age for the first time.
FAMILY HISTORY / GENETICS
- Child will have 10 to 25% risk if one parent has depression.
- Child will have 20 to 55% risk if both parents have depression.
- 3. Risk increases with more family members having mood disorders.
MARRIAGE
- More common in Divorced or Separated couples
COMORBIDITY
Depression is more common with Alcohol, Panic Disorder, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Phobia Long term medical conditions like Diabetes, Blood Pressure and Cancer etc.
- Stress: Multiple deaths in family.
- Loss of life partner.
- Loss parents at young age before 11 yrs.
DIAGNOSIS
- No lab test is required for making diagnosis.
- Its diagnosis is entirely based on symptoms given below.