Clinical Depression |Treatment for Clinical Depression

Clinical Depression

Clinical depression varies from regular depression or sadness in that it reaches a level at which the sufferer can no longer continue with his or her regular routine.

Some symptoms of clinical depression include:

-persistent sadness that will not go away

-feelings of worthlessness or guilt that seem obsessive

-lack of interest in activities that were once pleasurable

-a shift an appetite in which one either eats radically more or less than before

-changes in sleep patterns

-a lack of interest in personal hygiene

-obsessive thoughts of death or suicide

-social withdrawal or aggression.

Treatment for clinical depression varies. The combination of medication and talking therapy is the most common form of treatment for clinical depression. Several cases of clinical depression require hospitalization, particularly if the patient seems likely to harm him or herself or another person.

Many people who have suffered from clinical depression will have another episode later in life. It is not uncommon for a woman who has had clinical depression in her teens to suffer from post-partum depression after she has a baby.

By Juliet Cohen

Article not intended to diagnosis, treat or cure depression. Always consult your doctor for treatment of depression.