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| 9.5 % | Population in USA suffering from depression in any given year. |
| Blue Mood or Personal Weakness | Common misunderstandings of a depressive disorder |
| Major Depression | A combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, study, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasureable activities. |
| Dsythymia | A less severe form of depression that keeps one from functioning well or from feeling good. It is not disabling. |
| Bipolar Disorder | Characterized by cycling mood changes. Also called manic-depressive illness. |
| Symptoms of Depression related to Mood | Sad, anxious, "empty", or irritability |
| Symptoms of Depression related to Feelings | hopelessness, pessimism, guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness |
| Symproms of Depression related to Energy | fatique, being "slowed down", restlessness, |
| Symptoms of Depression related to Sleep | insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping |
| Symptoms of Depression related to Food | appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain |
| Symptoms of Depression related to Thinking | difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. Thoughts of death or suicide. |
| Frequency of Depression comparing Men and Women | Twice as frequent in women as compared to men |
| Frequency of Suicide comparing Men and Women | Rate of suicide in men is four times that of women, though more women attempt it. |
| Group with Highest incidence of Suicide | White men over 85 years old. |
| Factors which mask (hide) depression in Men | Alcohol, Drugs, and socially acceptable habit of working excessively long hours. |
| A Young Child's way of expressing depression | Pretending to be sick, refusing to go to school, clinging to a parent, fearing a parent may die. |
| An Older Child's way of expressing depression | Sulking, getting into trouble at school, being negative,grouchy, feeling misunderstood |
