DepressionBy: Dr. Manoj Virmani

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1.Depression is a very real and serious mood disorder.2.It is a serious mental condition that has impact and makes it difficult

to maintain concentration or interest in life.

What is depression disorder?

Depression vs. sadness• Sadness- it is a normal human emotion. We feel it when something

happened unpleasant.• Sadness and depression have similar reactions except for the fact

that the depression persists for longer duration than sadness.• Depression is an abnormal emotional state, a mental illness that

affects our thinking, decision making, emotions and might even cause someone to feel down for weeks/ months.

Who is affected by depression?According to the stats conducted by research worldwide, including in India - at least one in five women and one in ten men suffer from depression disorder at some time or the other in their lifetime. Depression can have several symptoms. People who snap easily, have difficulty in concentrating, obsessively need to rush home after work or are continuously putting down colleagues on mails and social media could be depressed to some extent in their life.

Depression treatment becomes quite necessary or else it might worsen a person’s mental and physical health in a very dangerous way.

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Facts about depression...

One of the most common illnesses found in human beings• Serious and sometimes can be chronic • Afflicts 10 percent of the population in India• One in five women and one in 10 men suffer from major depression

disorder• Through studies have shown that depression can be passed down

through families• Major depression is most likely to affect people between the ages of

45 and 65.• Hundreds of thousands of medications are given out each year to

treat depression

Fertile Ground Theory

• Depression, like heart disease go through families to families. If one parent has suffered from depression there is a 25 percent chance that a child can develop the illness too; if both parents are depressed, the risk rises to 75 percent.

• These include imbalances in the brain’s neurotransmitters as well as hormonal imbalances.

• Biological imbalances

Ainsworth, P. (2000). Understanding Depression

Ainsworth, P. (2000). Understanding Depression

What happens in the brain• Depression may be causea change in brain shape that appears to be

associated with severe mood disorders.• If mood symptoms are severe or go on very long, the hippocampus

shrinks. The process appears also to be occurring in frontal lobes in mind.

Ainsworth, P. (2000). Understanding Depression.

Most common symptoms of depression

•You feel hopeless and helpless•You’ve lost interest in friends and activities that are full of fun•You keep pondering upon the negativities of life and other negative thoughts•You find yourself much more irritable, short-tempered and aggressive than what you used to be a few days / months back.•You have started consuming more alcohol•Most of the time you feel tired and without energy•Feeling worthless and unwanted •Trouble concentrating or making decisions

do you have any signs of depression?

Measuring depressionThe items below refer that how you have felt and behaved during the phase of depression. For

each item,indicate the extent to which it is true. Use the following scale:

0 = Not at all1 = Just a little2 = Somewhat3 = Moderately 4 = Quite a lot 5 = Very much

1. I do things slowly..............................................0 1 2 3 4 52. My future seems hopeless...............................0 1 2 3 4 53. It is hard for me to concentrate on reading.....0 1 2 3 4 54. The pleasure and joy has gone out of my life..0 1 2 3 4 55. I have difficulty making decisions...................,0 1 2 3 4 56. I have lost interest in aspects of life that used to be important to me...................................0 1 2 3 4 57. I feel sad, blue, and unhappy............................0 1 2 3 4 58. I am agitated and keep moving around............0 1 2 3 4 59. I feel fatigued.....................................................0 1 2 3 4 510. It takes great effort for me to do simplethings......................................................................0 1 2 3 4 511. I feel that I am a guilty person whodeserves to be punished........................................0 1 2 3 4 512. I feel like a failure...........................................0 1 2 3 4 513. I feel lifeless--more dead than alive...............0 1 2 3 4 514. My sleep has been disturbed: too little, too much, or broken sleep.....................0 1 2 3 4 515. I spend time thinking about HOW I mightkill myself...............................................................0 1 2 3 4 516. I feel trapped or caught...................................0 1 2 3 4 517. I feel depressed even when good things happen to me.........................................................0 1 2 3 4 518. Without trying to diet, I have lost,or gained, weight...................................................0 1 2 3 4 5

Distribution of muscarinic receptors in the depressed brain• Muscarinic receptors are G protein-coupled acetylcholine

receptors found in the plasma membranes of certain neurons and other cells.

Ways To Treat Depression1. Change your focus by doing something that gives you

happiness.2. Follow a hobby / passion3. Start Reading books that interest you.4. Go out on a vacation for some time, give yourself a

break and start again.5. Let the things/ situations/ person move out of your life

who is not worth it.6. Plan a short outing with friends7. If nothing of such things help you out, visit a ayurvedic

doctor and try taking natural anti depressants, which might help you get rid of depression in a non harmful way.

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