General Information About Major Depression
Disease Details and Frequently Asked Questions
It is a clinical mood disorder accompanied by a persistent and severe feeling of sadness, making daily life impossible.
Everyday sorrows are event-related and pass over time. Major depression, on the other hand, is an unprovoked despondency that continues every day and for most of the day for at least two weeks.
Persistent unhappiness, inability to enjoy things that used to bring pleasure (anhedonia), sleep/appetite disturbances, feelings of worthlessness, and loss of energy.
The imbalance of neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine in the brain, genetic predisposition, and severe traumatic/stressful life events are the biggest triggers.
It is diagnosed through the clinical interview of a psychiatrist and the evaluation of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria; there is no blood test for diagnosis, but blood tests can be done to rule out organic causes.
A high rate of cure is achieved when antidepressant drugs that regulate brain chemistry and psychotherapy (CBT) that improves the patient's mindset are applied together.
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