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