Define Depression
Depression - in this non-medical sense - may be caused by a loss or
personal failure (as in sadness), personal rejection, or indeed by
any undesired outcome or situation, particularly if the situation
happens or continues despite the efforts of the subject.Depression,
or, more properly, a depressed mood, may in everyday English refer
to a state of melancholia, unhappiness or sadness, or to a relatively
minor downturn in mood that may last only a few hours or days.
A mental disorder marked by altered mood, this may occur daily with
the addition of diminished interest or pleasure in most or all activities.
Symptoms can be as follows: poor appetite or weight loss, or weight gain,
insomnia or hypersomnia, feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness or
inappropriate guilt, difficulties with concentration and thinking, and
recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideations.
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