Video: What Is Depression – Christy Cornwall, MPH CHES

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Every single one of us has various types of attitudes and moods. Some day we are happy and some day we are sad. Some day we run a mile and some day we just stay home and sleep. Some day we go to the park and talk to our friends or some day we just sit in the park and not talk to anybody. We have all gone through this kind of swings in attitudes and moods all the time. We think it’s normal for people to go through these different types of attitudes. Well it is. We all are different in terms of looks, fashion, behavior and lots of things. But here is an alarming issue. Most people in America are actually not living their life happily. Why is this case? Are they worried about something? Or are they simply too careless? Lots of assumptions can be plausible but the most accurate descriptions that fits this scenario of being sad is called Depression.

So we begin with what is depression. Depression is a syndrome where a person reflects a sad or uncaring behavior for a long time surpassing any type of duration for normal carelessness or being sad. When this happens it raises concerns among people. Signs of depression are described by extreme negative thoughts and behaviors. There are also signs of crying, body pain, low energy and so much more. The change that depression creates is given a term called vegetative signs. This very simply stands for the changes that happens in the brain affects how the body functions. This is where the mind controls the body. Depression is a large health care problem. Some astonishing numbers show that about ten percent of adults and up to eight percent of teenagers are suffering from some kind of depression.

Some health related risks of depression include risks for developing coronary artery disease, HIV, asthma, and several other diseases. The other effect of depression includes an increase rate of death and health effects.

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