What+is+Depression?

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Major depression is a mood disorder, which is one of the most globally widespread mental health conditions.
__Major depressive disorder- requires at least **2/more major depressive episodes**__  -Depressed mood and/or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities -The depressed mood and/or loss of interest or pleasure occurs for at least 2 weeks -At least five of the symptoms below that cause clinically significant impairment in vital areas of functioning for almost every day //"1. Depressed mood most of the day.// //2. Diminished interest or pleasure in all or most activities.// //3. Significant unintentional weight loss or gain.// //4. Insomnia or sleeping too much.// //5. Agitation or psychomotor retardation noticed by others.// //6. Fatigue or loss of energy.// //7. Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt.// //8. Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness.// //9. Recurrent thoughts"//  (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2013)


 * Depression That Are Not Mood Disorders/Major Depressive Disorder **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Butcher, Mineka, Hooley, Taylor, & Antony, 2009 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">).
=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 'Specifiers' of Major Depressive Episodes ** =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Butcher, Mineka, Hooley, Taylor, & Antony, 2009).

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hopelessness in Depression **

====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hope is a phenomenon that is relatively difficult to attain for individuals suffering with depression. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More specifically, hope can defined as the extent to which an individual’s expectations of the future will better the problem, and better the commitment to changing the problem. Alternatively, the exact opposite occurs for individuals whom are suffering with depression (Hayes, Beevers, Feldman, Laurenceau, & Cardaciotto, 2007). Having a pessimistic attitude in combination with negative life events induces a state of hopelessness which precedes depression. It can be attributed to the perception of a lack of control and the expectation of a 'bad outcome' (Butcher, Mineka, Hooley, Taylor, & Antony, 2009). Thus, individuals suffering with depression experience hopelessness. Therefore, these individuals must address hopelessness, and all the consequences that result from hopelessness in treatment (Hayes, Beevers, Feldman, Laurenceau, & Cardaciotto, 2007). ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Suicide & Depression
-The most at risk for suicide are females, youth, undereducated, divorced/unmarried, or containing a mental disorder -People with mood disorders are at the highest risk of suicide -Depressed mood and hopelessness account for this risk of suicide