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Depression can be a fatal illness in the Men often deal with depression by
elderly. withdrawing from others and throwing
Depression is a chronic disease with a themselves into their work, engaging in
very high likelihood of recurrence. Long risky or dangerous behavior, and/or
term treatment may be necessary for your becoming angry, frustrated and abusive.
older parent. Efficacious treatments are Less severe forms of depression are also
available. common among the elderly and can be as
Major depression strikes about 1 in 12 debilitating as Major Depressive
adolescents. In any given 6-month period, Disorder.
about 5 percent of 9- to 17-year-olds are Mild levels of depression can also impair
estimated to be suffering from major functioning and coping with chronic
depression. illnesses and pain. Depression, however,
Six million elderly suffer from some form is not a normal part of aging.
of depression. Their depression tends to Research findings indicate that women
be dismissed as inevitable, but in fact with bipolar disorder may have more
is a serious medical condition that can depressive episodes and more mixed
magnify disability and lead to premature episodes than do men with the illness.
death. As many as 80 percent of women experience
Clinical depression can often accompany the "postpartum blues," a brief period of
long-term illnesses that are common in mood symptoms that is considered normal
later life, such as diabetes, cancer, and following childbirth.
arthritis. Some medications can also According to the American Academy of
trigger clinical depression. Depression Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, up to
is also a common consequence of alcohol one-third of the 3.4 million children and
problems among older adults. adolescents with depression in the United
The number of deaths from suicide each States may actually be experiencing the
year is greater than the number of deaths early onset of bipolar disorder.
from Homicide. Depression is not sadness. Mental illnesses strike individuals in
In depression, we lose the ability to the prime of their lives, often during
feel any emotion strongly.The true adolescence and young adulthood. All ages
opposite of depression is vitality the are susceptible, but the young and the
ability to feel a full range of emotions, old are especially vulnerable.
including happiness, joy, pride, but also Depression can lead to poor school
including sadness and grief. attendance and performance, running away,
Major depression is extreme and and feelings of worthlessness and
persistent and can interfere hopelessness. Some teens try to make the
significantly with an individual's pain of depression go away by drinking or
ability to function, in contrast to the taking drugs, which only makes the
normal emotional experiences of sadness, depression worse. Still others
grief, loss, or passing mood states. contemplate suicide.
Almost 20 percent of Americans have some All too often, depression is left
form of depression, most without knowing untreated because people fail to
it. They just assume that they can't win, recognize the symptoms and believe that
that their relationships are always it is just normal sadness, a phase that a
trouble and that hopelessness, insomnia, teen is going through, or a sign of
chronic fatigue, and guilt are their lot weakness. This can be a terrible mistake.
in life. It is important to know the symptoms, so
In the elderly population, men are nearly that you can distinguish depression from
six times more likely than women to occasional normal sadness or moodiness.
commit suicide.




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