Depression

What is depression?

Depression is a serious medical illness. In contrast to the normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states, clinical depression is persistent and can interfere significantly with an individual's ability to function.

Depression can be devastating to all areas of a person's everyday life, including family relationships, friendships, and the ability to work or go to school. Many people still believe that the emotional symptoms caused by depression are "not real," and that a person should be able to shake off the symptoms if only he or she were trying hard enough. Because of these inaccurate beliefs, people with depression either may not recognize that they have a treatable disorder or may be discouraged from seeking or staying on treatment because of feelings of shame and stigma. Too often, untreated or inadequately treated depression leads to suicide.

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/depression.html

Depression is a mental health disorder that can cause significant physical and emotional symptoms when left untreated. There are multiple cause of depression but research indicates depression can be caused by biological factors. The diagnosis of depression by a physician indicates a significant problem and warrants immediate attention. Depression can be classified as a disease, however it is better described as a disorder. Disease often implies a condition is contagious which depression is not.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5087293_depression-disease.html

PET (positron emission tomography)

“show brain areas that increased (red) or decreased (yellow) in activity in men who responded to placebo (top row) and fluoxetine (bottom row).”

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2002/placebo-antidepressant-may-lift-depression-via-common-mechanism.shtml

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

http://www.p1vital.com/therapeutic_models/depression_fMRI.html

Famous people in history with depression:

· Rod Steiger, Actor

· William Styron, Writer

· Wallace, Television Journalist

· Tennessee Williams, Playwright

· Sylvia Plath, Writer

· Eugene O'Neill, Playwright

· Isaac Newton, Scientist

· Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

· Ernest Hemingway, Writer

· Thomas Eagleton, Vice Presidential Candidate, 1972

· Tony Dow, Actor

· Charles Dickens, Writer

· Winston Churchill

· Drew Carey, Actor

· Art Buchwald, Columnist

· Diane Arbus, Photographer

http://www.naminh.org/action-famous-people.php

Famous people in history with depression:

· Rod Steiger, Actor

· William Styron, Writer

· Wallace, Television Journalist

· Tennessee Williams, Playwright

· Sylvia Plath, Writer

· Eugene O'Neill, Playwright

· Isaac Newton, Scientist

· Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

· Ernest Hemingway, Writer

· Thomas Eagleton, Vice Presidential Candidate, 1972

· Tony Dow, Actor

· Charles Dickens, Writer

· Winston Churchill

· Drew Carey, Actor

· Art Buchwald, Columnist

· Diane Arbus, Photographer

http://www.naminh.org/action-famous-people.php

Famous people in history with depression:

· Rod Steiger, Actor

· William Styron, Writer

· Wallace, Television Journalist

· Tennessee Williams, Playwright

· Sylvia Plath, Writer

· Eugene O'Neill, Playwright

· Isaac Newton, Scientist

· Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

· Ernest Hemingway, Writer

· Thomas Eagleton, Vice Presidential Candidate, 1972

· Tony Dow, Actor

· Charles Dickens, Writer

· Winston Churchill

· Drew Carey, Actor

· Art Buchwald, Columnist

· Diane Arbus, Photographer

http://www.naminh.org/action-famous-people.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZCmqePLzM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEueGutbSs&feature=channel

By: Daniela Morales and Sebastian Muñoz.