It is common for people to feel sad or get “depressed”. The feeling persists for
sometime and disappears after certain frame of period. But for a person having a
depressive disorder or clinical depression, his mental state interferes with his
day-to-day life. This undermines the person’s normal functioning and impacts him
and the people who care for him/her.
Depression is a chronic mental disorder which is
characterized by feelings of loneliness, sadness, low self-esteem, despair and
self-reproach. The signs accompanying include withdrawal from social contact,
agitation, psychomotor retardation, insomnia and loss of appetite to mention a
few.
When a person is having gloomy or
dejected moods, or, when he/she hates the world around him/her, it does not
imply that it is depression. But this type of behaviour,a feeling of
worthlessness, emptiness and unhappiness occurring again and again reflects in
pointing out that the person is very much depressed.
There are different types of depression like
Manic or
Bipolar depression which is characterized by extreme and sudden changes in a
person’s mood where there is an elevated state of euphoria while the very next
moment the person will be experiencing hell. There is also
Postpartum depression in new mothers
which can range from moderate to severe levels in a women after she gives birth
to a child. This depression might soon occur after delivery till upto a year
later. It generally occurs in the first 3 months of delivery.
Dysthimia – It is slightly similar to
depression and is comparatively very much less severe. On the other hand, it
should be given immediate treatment. Cyclothemia is slightly similar to Bipolar or Manic depression wherein a
person suffering from mental illness might suffer occasionally from vast swing
of moods. Seasonal Affective Disorder
(SAD) is season bound. People are affected by it more in winter than in summer.
There will be Mood swings wherein a person's mood may shift from happy to sad to
angry in just a short time.
Clinical depression as termed by people is a ‘major’
depression. It is infact a medical term for depression. Infact clinical
depression is like a disorder than an illness as it covers basically only the
persons who are suffering from symptoms related to depression. Clinical
depression is the terminology used by doctors to refer to "depression" when
giving a diagnosis to their patient.
However, despite being an actual disorder, there can be very good treatment for
Clinical depression. Doctors are very much optimistic that their patients who
have Clinical disorder will be soon back on their way to good mental health as
soon as they get treatment after getting diagnosed with the problem. Patients
who are looking for treatment for Clinical depression are quite successful with
the information that 80% of the patients suffering with actual problem of
Clinical depression are treated and have obtained some relief from their
problem.
For people who might be looking for answers for questions
on Clinical Depression, it is recommended to contact the health center’s
depression section apart from the internet and books related to psychiatry which
can assist with information related to Clinical depression. Self-medication or
treatment is not approved in this case. Clinical depression does not seem to
give problems as compared to the remaining types of depression, but at the same
time, it is safe to take the help of the medical professionals who can attend to
and give treatment for this disorder.