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DEFINITIONS
Depression is a very deep feeling of sadness, which can occur after the loss of someone or other sad event, but not comparable with such events and is constantly felt longer than normal.

Approximately 10% of people who visited a doctor for psychological complaints actually suffering from depression.
Depression began to arise at the age of 20, 30 or 40 years.

An episode of depression usually lasts for 6-9 months, but at 15-20% sufferer can last up to two years or more.
Recurrent episodes of depression tend to be several times.
Situational depression is depression that occurs after a traumatic event, such as death of loved ones.
Holiday blues is a depression that happens when you’re on vacation or celebrating a something, is temporary.
Endogenous depression is a depression without a definite cause.

CAUSE
The cause of depression is not fully understood.
A number of factors can cause a person tends to suffer from depression:
- Factor descent
- Side effects of certain drugs
- Personality introverts
- Emotional events (especially loss).

Depression may occur or worsen the stress of life without real or significant.

Women are two times more prone to depression, though the reason is not clearly known.
Mental research shows that women tend to give respoon against misery by pulling themselves and blame themselves. In contrast, men tend to deny or divert it into the various activities.

Biological factors are most heavily involved is the hormonal factor.
Changes in hormone levels in women play an important role; change of heart could occur just before menstruation (pre-menstrual tension) and after delivery (post-partum depression). Similar hormonal changes can occur in women users of oral contraceptives who experience depression.
Abnormalities of thyroid function, which often occurs in women, is also a contributing factor in the occurrence of depression.

Depression can also occur because of or in conjunction with a number of diseases or physical abnormalities.
Physical disorders can cause depression by:
- Jump, for example when the disease causes changes in thyroid hormone levels, which can lead to depression.
- Not directly, such as rheumatoid arthritis causes pain and disability, which can cause depression.
There are also physical abnormalities that cause depression directly and indirectly. For example AIDS, directly cause depression if the virus causes brain damage; indirectly lead to depression if it negatively impacts on the lives of sufferers.

Various prescription drugs (especially drugs used to treat high blood pressure) can cause depression.

A number of mental disorders can cause a person is experiencing depression (eg anxiety illness, alcoholism and other substance abuse, schizophrenia and early-stage dementia).

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