Depression

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  • Depression - A mental disorder characteristed by low mood and low energy levels
  • All forms of depression and depressive disorders are catagorised by changes to mood.
  • Behavioural - Behaviour changes when we experience an episode of depression
  • Typically people with depression have reduced levels of energy, making them lethargic.
  • Lower activity levels can cause people to withdraw from work, edducation and social life.
  • In extreme cases changes in activity level can cause the person to be unable to get out of bed.
  • Psychomotor agitation - Struggle to relax and may end up pacing up and down a room.
  • Depression is associated with changes to sleeping behaviour. A person may experience reduced sleep or increased sleep.
  • Appetite may also increase or decrease
  • People with depression are often irritable, and in some cases they can become verbally or physically agressive - May lose job or experience anger towards themselves.
  • Emotional Characteristics include; lowered mood, anger and lowered self esteem
  • Anger can be directed towards the self or others and can lead to self-harm
  • People with lowered mood often describe themselves as worthless or empty
  • People tend to report reduced self-esteem - this can be as bad as self-loathing
  • Cognitive - Refers to the process of 'knowing', including thinking, reasoning, remembering, believing
  • Poor concerntration - Person may find themselves unable to stick with a task as they usually would and make straightfoward decisions
  • People tend to 'dwell on the negative' and ignore the positives and have a bias when recalling unhappy events.
  • Absolutist thinking - View situations as all-good or all-bad aka 'black and white thinking'