MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

WHAT IS IT?

• Major depressive disorder is a mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
• As the name says it’s just bad depression.

SYMPTOMS

• Changes in someones sleep, appetite, energy level, concentration, daily behavior, or self-esteem. Depression can also be associated with thoughts of suicide.
• More symptoms are anxiety, apathy, general discontent, guilt, hopelessness, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, mood swings, or sadness

CAUSES

• Inherited traits. Depression is more common in people whose blood relatives also have this condition. Researchers are trying to find genes that may be involved in causing depression.
• Biological differences. People with depression appear to have physical changes in their brains. The significance of these changes is still uncertain, but may eventually help pinpoint causes.
• Hormones. Changes in the body's balance of hormones may be involved in causing or triggering depression.

WHO CAN DIAGNOSE/CRITERIA

• You have to have major symptoms
• Specialized doctors can diagnose

CURE?

• The mainstay of treatment is usually medication, talk therapy, or a combination of the two. Increasingly, research suggests these treatments may normalize brain changes associated with depression.
• It cannot be cured be remission is the goal
• Not a certain course, it depends on how bad and if drugs and alcohol are involved
• The outcome is even after you get better you can still have depressive episodes

ANOTHER DISORDER

• Anxiety is almost always with major depressive disorder

STATS

• In 2016 about 6.7% of America’s population had MDD
• 40% of people who have had MDD has been linked with genetics

CELEBRITIES

• Jim carrey
• Ellen degeneres
• Johnny depp
• Chris Evans

SOURCES

• https://www.socialworkdegreeguide.com/30-famous-people-alive-today-battled-...
• https://med.stanford.edu/depressiongenetics/mddandgenes.html
• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml
• https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/symptoms-causes/s...