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Topic: Major depression

	Major Depressive Episode
		Depression, which affects people of all ages, income, race, and cultures, is a disturbance of mood and is characterized by a loss of interest or pleasure in normal everyday activities.
		The agitated state in major depressive disorder should not be confused with the manic episode that occurs in bipolar disorder, when mood is temporarily elevated by a transient sense of hope and elation.
		Prevalence: The lifetime risk for Major Depressive Disorder is 10% to 25% for women and from 5% to 12% for men.
	www.psychnet-uk.com /dsm_iv/major_depression.htm (2636 words)

	Depression Research Clinic - Charles DeBatista, M.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Major Depression is more than a temporary state of feeling sad; rather, it is a persistent state that can significantly impair an individual's thoughts, behavior, daily activities, and physical health.
		On one end of the spectrum is unipolar or major depression and on the opposite is bipolar disorder or manic depression, both with varying degrees of severity and duration.
		Major depression is caused by imbalance of certain neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) in the brain, such as serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
	ostinato.stanford.edu /drc/depression.html (1304 words)

	Loyola Univ. Health Sys. - Mental Health Disorders - Major Depression (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Major depression, also known as clinical depression or unipolar depression, is classified as a type of affective disorder or mood disorder that goes beyond the day's ordinary ups and downs, becoming a serious medical condition and important health concern in this country.
		Depression is a depressive disorder that involves a person's body, mood, and thoughts.
		Because depression has shown to often co-exist with other medical conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, or diabetes, and other psychiatric disorders, such as substance abuse, or anxiety disorders, seeking early diagnosis and treatment is crucial to recovery.
	www.luhs.org /health/topics/mentalhealth/depress.htm (602 words)

	Major Depression
		A major depression can result from a single traumatic event in your life, or may develop slowly as a consequence of numerous personal disappointments and life problems.
		An endogenous depression is a biologically caused depression, due presumably to either genetic causes or a malfunction in the brain chemistry.
		Major Depression is identified by a combination of symptoms that occur together, and last for at least two weeks without significant improvement.
	drdonaldfranklin.com /psychotherapy/major_depression.html (703 words)

	All About Depression: Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder
		Major depressive disorder is also known as major depression, clinical depression, or unipolar depression.
		Major depressive disorder should be taken very seriously since up to 15% of those with this condition die by suicide.
		For a major depressive episode a person must have experienced at least five of the nine symptoms below for the same two weeks or more, for most of the time almost every day, and this is a change from his/her prior level of functioning.
	www.allaboutdepression.com /dia_03.html (1139 words)

	Briefing Sheet on Women and Depression
		Major depression can cause severe impairment in social and physical functioning and is often a major precipitating factor in suicide.
		Major depression is a source of increased morbidity and an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with medical conditions (Frasure-Smith, et al., 1993).
		Identification and treatment of depression in women with medical disorders, and in aging women who tend to have higher rates of medical illness, should be a focus of research.
	www.apa.org /ppo/issues/pwomenanddepress.html (1135 words)

	Clinical and manic depression symptoms, treatments and antidepressant medications on MedicineNet.com
		A depressive disorder is a syndrome (group of symptoms) that reflects a sad mood exceeding normal sadness or grief.
		In a major medical study, depression caused significant problems in the functioning of those affected more often than did arthritis, hypertension, chronic lung disease, and diabetes, and in two categories of problems, as often as coronary artery disease.
		Major depression is characterized by a combination of symptoms, including sad mood (see symptom list), that interfere with the ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once-pleasurable activities.
	www.medicinenet.com /depression/article.htm (1220 words)

	Major Depression in Children and Adolescents, National Mental Health Information Center
		Major depression is one of the mental, emotional, and behavior disorders that can appear during childhood and adolescence.
		Major depression in children and adolescents is serious; it is more than "the blues." Depression can lead to school failure, alcohol or other drug use, and even suicide.
		Adolescents with major depression are likely to identify themselves as depressed before their parents suspect a problem.
	www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov /publications/allpubs/CA-0011 (602 words)

	Depression (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Depression is now referred to as a mood disorder, and the primary subtypes are major depression, dysthymia (chronic and usually milder depression), and atypical depression.
		Dysthymia, or chronic depression, afflicts 3% to 6% of the general population, and is characterized by many of the same symptoms that occur in major depression; symptoms of dysthymia are less intense and last much longer, at least two years.
		Depression in the elderly is associated with a decline in mental functioning, regardless of the presence of dementia.
	www.reutershealth.com /wellconnected/doc08.html (14020 words)

	Major Depression
		Major depression, or unipolar depression, is manifested by a combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, sleep, eat and enjoy once pleasurable activities.
		Women are twice as likely as men to experience major depression; one in four women, as opposed to one in eight men, are likely to experience a mood disorder at some point in their lives.
		Depression is more widespread than coronary heart disease (7 million), cancer (6 million), and AIDS (200,000).
	nm.nami.org /major.htm (228 words)

	► Major depression
		Major depression occurs in all groups of people, and it is more common than you might realize.
		Many women are especially vulnerable to depression after giving birth as a result of the hormonal and physical changes that they have experienced.
		Depression can also be seen in adolescents and children, and they can also benefit from treatment.
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/000945.htm (321 words)

	Major Depressive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Risk factors: female (especially post partum), history of depressive illness in first-degree relatives, prior episodes of major depression, prior suicide attempts, age ‹40 years, medical comorbidity, decreased social support, stressful life events, and current substance or alcohol abuse.
		The concordance for major depression in monozygotic twins is substantially higher than it is in dizygotic twins.
		Children adopted away at birth from biological parents who have a depressive illness carry the same high risk as a child not adopted away, even if they are raised in a family where no depressive illness exists.
	www.psychologynet.org /major.html (2598 words)

	NAMI \| Mental Illnesses
		Major depression is a serious medical illness affecting 9.9 million American adults, or approximately 5 percent of the adult population in a given year.
		Major depression, also known as clinical depression or unipolar depression, is only one type of depressive disorder.
		Whatever the specific causes of depression, scientific research has firmly established that major depression is a biological brain disorder.
	www.nami.org /helpline/depress.htm (1660 words)

	Major Depression (#1)
		Clinical depression is an illness characterized by a cluster of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that are strikingly distinct from a person's normal range of feelings and functioning.
		While a major depression may be triggered by some life circumstance or event, the mood reaction seems greatly exaggerated.
		When depression is triggered by seasonal change, light therapy, which extends exposure to bright light for measurable periods of time, may work to relieve symptoms.
	www.cucco.org /MajorDepression1.htm (1212 words)

	Dr. Koop - Major depression
		Major depression is when 5 or more symptoms of depression are present for at least 2 weeks.
		Major depression is one of the most common chronic conditions.
		Major depression can occur in children and teenagers, and they can also benefit from treatment.
	www.drkoop.com /ency/93/000945.html (401 words)

	Depression Facts, Symptoms, Treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Depression in men is often masked by alcohol or drugs, or by the socially acceptable habit of working excessively long hours.
		Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a treatable medical illness where a person’s mood alternates between the "poles" of depression and mania, a heightened energetic state.
		People who are severely depressed may not be able to benefit from psychotherapy until their symptoms have been lifted through another means of treatment.
	www.dbsalliance.org /info/depression.html (2093 words)

	Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes: Major depression
		Depression saps a person's energy, steals the pleasure in life, and even makes it hard to eat, sleep, talk, concentrate, or hold down a job.
		Depressed people can't "just pull themselves up by their bootstraps" any more than people with diabetes can will themselves to make more insulin.
		Depression is dangerous because it bankrupts a person's self-esteem.
	www.postgradmed.com /issues/1996/07_96/pn_dep.htm (667 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Major depression
		Major depression is diagnosed if the person reports having 5 or more depressive symptoms for at least 2 weeks.
		Depression can be treated in a variety of ways, particularly with medications and counseling.
		Use of light therapy for depressive symptoms in the winter months and interventions to restore a normal sleep cycle may be effective in relieving depression.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000945.htm (1146 words)

	Study Shows St. John's Wort Ineffective for Major Depression of Moderate Severity
		According to NIMH, major depression affects approximately 9.9 million American adults age 18 and older in a given year and is a leading cause of disability in the United States.
		Other than depressed mood or loss of interest, symptoms include at least four of the following: significant weight loss or gain, sleep disturbances, agitation or unusual slowness, fatigue or loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, lack of concentration, or recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
		The first 8-week phase, or acute phase, measured the number of people whose depression responded to treatment with St. John's wort (from 900 mg to 1,500 mg per day), sertraline (50 mg to 100 mg per day), or placebo; this phase was the primary focus of the study.
	nccam.nih.gov /news/2002/stjohnswort/pressrelease.htm (1225 words)

	Depression information and treatment
		Depression is one of the most common psychological problems, affecting nearly everyone through either personal experience or through depression in a family member.
		It is a type of depression, and it characterized by the presence of mood swings, especially "manic highs" that often result in high risk, self-damaging behavior.
		Depression is a psychological condition that changes how you think and feel, and also affects your social behavior and sense of physical well-being.
	www.psychologyinfo.com /depression (547 words)

	Depression: Learn how to cure the symptoms of depression
		Fact: Depression affects almost 20 million people in the U.S. Fact: 41% of depressed women are too embarrassed to seek help.
		If you are serious about beating depression, if you are serious about taking control of your life, if you want to start feeling better today, then Novo Vitae is a must have.
		In-depth information on depressive subtypes which will help you better understand your own illness and help you on the road to recovery.
	www.zizzoo.com /guides/depression (783 words)

	Mental Help Net - Depression (Unipolar)
		Depression can interfere with a person's ability to function effectively throughout the day or even to have the motivation to get out of bed in the morning.
		Depression is so common that over 1 in 5 Americans can expect to get some form of depression in their lifetime.
		This type of depression is when a person experiences the characteristics of depression with a certain degree of intensity either in a single episode or that keep recurring over time.
	mentalhelp.net /poc/center_index.php?id=5 (689 words)

	Major (unipolar) Depression
		DSM-IV criteria for the diagnosis of Major Depression.
		The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) for measuring the severity of depression.
		Depression research at the National Institute of Mental Health.
	www.psycom.net /depression.central.major.html (136 words)

	Major Depression
		Major Depression is manifested by a combination of symptoms that interfere with one's ability to function at work, at play and with one's ability to sleep properly.
		While the recovery rate from a single episode of Major Depression is very high in children and adolescents, Major Depression can recur many times during a person's lifetime.
		However, experts generally agree that if a person shows signs of five or more of these symptoms for two or more weeks, s/he could be experiencing Major Depression and should be examined by a professional immediately.
	www.cool-teacher.com /major_depression.htm (284 words)

	major depression
		In a major depression, more of the symptoms of depression are present, and they are usually more intense or severe.
		In general, the majority of people who require antidepressant medication for their depression respond to treatment better when psychotherapy, particularly cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, is provided in addition to the medication.
		The differences between Major Depression and other depressions, such as bipolar depression, dysthymia, or reactive depression, are primarily intended for psychologists planning treatment, and are of less concern to the average person.
	www.psychologyinfo.com /depression/major.htm (1293 words)

	Dr. Ivan's Depression Central
		This site is Internet's central clearinghouse for information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders.
		The diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders requires trained medical professionals.
		Vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for depression.
	www.psycom.net /depression.central.html (269 words)

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