Monday, December 1, 2008

What Are Different Types Of Depression

There are several different forms of depression and anxiety. Here are few of them :

Major Depression –

This kinda depression prevents you from your normal functioning. It is a combination of interfering systems that disturb your normal daily routine and negatively affect your capacity to work, eat, sleep, study and other seemingly routine activity.

dysthymic disorder

This kind of depression is normally a long term depression. A person might be suffering for 2 or more years. However the symptoms are not as server - you might not be disabled from your daily activities but it does prevents the patient from feeling good.


psychotic depression –

Psychotic depression is a condition when a severe depressive illness is present along with psychosis. Examples of psychosis could be halluciantions or delusions.

postpartum depression –

A special case if a new mother develops a depressiion after a month of delivering the baby. This is normally accentuated in winters when there is less natural sunlight and normally goes away in spring.

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