DEPRESSION

DEPRESSION

The silent killer that takes life without warning, punishment, or any sympathy, depression. Depression has defined as a mental illness inducing a severe feeling of sadness. The term depressed is a temporary sadness that everyone expects in their life. Depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses in the world, even though it is more prevalent among women. It affects anybody, regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity. In brief, positive emotions and happy memories of the deceased typically accompany feelings of emotional pain. Sadness is a persistent emotion in major depressive disorder.

People experience depression in different ways. It may interfere with our daily life, resulting in lost time and lower productivity. It can also influence relationships and some health conditions. Without the right care, depression is regarded as a dangerous medical illness that might worsen.

Symptoms are anger, aggressiveness, and restlessness. Behaviour, such as loss of interest, no longer finding pleasure in favorite activities, feeling tired easily, thoughts of suicide, drinking excessively, using drugs, or engaging in high-risk activities.

Depression is a common illness worldwide, with an estimated 3.8% of the population affected, including 5.0% among adults older than 60 years. Around 280 million individuals worldwide suffer from depression. Over 70000 people die due to suicide every year. In people aged 15 to 29, suicide is the fourth most common cause of death.

Although there are known, effective treatments for mental disorders, more than 75% of people in low and mild-income countries receive no treatment.

There are interrelationships between depression and physical health. Prevention programs have been shown to reduce depression. Effective community approaches to prevent depression include school-based programs to enhance a pattern of positive coping in children and adolescents. Intervention for parents of children with behavioral problems may reduce parental depressive symptoms and improve outcomes for their children.

Depression is one of the primary conditions covered by WHO’s Mental Health Gap Action program. The program aims to assist nations in improving services for those with mental illnesses. WHO has created short psychological intervention guides for depression that may be given to both individuals and groups by lay workers.

 Research has shown that some life circumstances can raise your risk of developing depression. Examples of events like this include:

• Losing Job

  

• Stress at Work
  
• Going through a breakup or divorce
• Being Unemployed for a long type
• Being Diagnosed with an illness

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Baby Pradhan