depression

• depression

  Depression is a mental disorder characterised by low mood and low energy levels.
• behavioural characteristics

  Shifts in activity level-either reduced or increased e.g sleeping,restless

  Disruption to sleeping and eating behaviours-some people sleep more and some may experience insomnia,appetite may be increased/decreased
• emotional characteristics

  Sadness-they feel empty

  Loss of interest and pleasure in usual activities or hobbies is associated with feelings of despair and lack of control

  Low self-esteem-they may feel worthless and hopeless

  Anger-this may be anger directed towards others or themselves
• cognitive characteristics

  Poor concentration-leads to poor decision making

  Absolutist thinking-when they see an unfortunate situation they view it as a complete disaster

  Attending to and dwelling on the negative-most likely to ignore the positives of a situation .They have a negative view of the world.