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Depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. Introduced by a group of US clinicians in the mid-1970s, the term was adopted by the American Association for this symptom cluster under mood disorders in the 1980 version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), and has become widely used since. The disorder causes the second-most years lived with disability, after lower back pain.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Low mood, low self-esteem, loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities, low energy, pain without a clear cause, disturbed sleep pattern (insomnia or hypersomnia)
Causes — why it happens
- ·Environmental (e.g. adverse life experiences), , psychological factors such as stress
Treatment
- ·Psychotherapy, antidepressant medication, electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, exercise
Complications
- ·Self-harm, suicide
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