The definition of depression

Depression is one of the most common psychological problems, affecting nearly everyone through either personal experience or through depression in a family member.

The term of depression is often used to designate a complex pattern of deviation in feeling, cognition and behavior that is not represented as a discrete psychiatric.

More human suffering has resulted from depression than from any other single disease affecting humankind. 

The label of depression that has been described by ancient writer under classification of “melancholia.”

The first clinical description of melancholia was made by Hippocrates in fourth century BC.

Each year over 17 million American adults experience a period of clinical depression.

One of the greatest challenges of depression is that it is so frequent, afflicting large segments of the population. The cost in human suffering cannot be estimated.

Depression can interfere with normal functioning, and frequently causes problems with work, social and family adjustment.

It causes pain and suffering not only to those who have a disorder, but also to those who care about them. Serious depression can destroy family life as well as the life of the depressed person.
The definition of depression