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Clinical depression
Clinical depression is a state of sadness, melancholia or despair that
has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social
functioning and/or activities of daily living. Although a low mood or
state of dejection that does not affect functioning is often referred
to as depression, clinical depression is a medical diagnosis and is
different from the everyday meaning of "being depressed".
Contents
1 History
2 Prevalence
3 Diagnosis
o 3.1 Symptoms
o 3.2 Mnemonics
4 Types of depression
o 4.1 Major clinical depression
o 4.2 Other categories of depression
5 The role of anxiety in
depression
o 5.1 Anxiety
o 5.2 Hypomania
6 Causes of depression
7
Treatment
o 7.1 Medication
o 7.2 Dietary supplements
o 7.3 Augmentor drugs
o 7.4 Psychotherapy
o 7.5 Transcranial magnetic stimulation
o 7.6 Vagus nerve stimulation
o 7.7 Electroconvulsive therapy
o 7.8 Other methods of treatment
+ 7.8.1 Light therapy
+ 7.8.2 Exercise
+ 7.8.3 Meditation
o 7.9 Old methods
8 Adverse reactions
9 Relapse
10 Social attitudes to
depression
o 10.1 Employment
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