Depression

Title: Depression
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Depression

Depression means different things to different people. Depression can be a symptom, (as when a person says, "I feel depressed"), a sign (when someone observes, "he looks depressed"), or a diagnosable disorder. It is important to separate depressive disorders from everyday "blues" or sadness, which are not depression. Depression is one of the most common medical problems in the United States and around the world. At some point in their life, about one in four …showed first 75 words of 1271 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1271 total…O. Box 2257 New York, NY 10116 800-248-4344 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Colonial Place 3 2107 Wilson Blvd. Ste. 300 Arlington, VA 22201-3042 Web Sites: National Depressive and Manic Depressive Web Site http://www.ndmda.org World Wide Web Mental Health Page http://www.mentalhealth.com American Psychiatric Association http://www.psych.org National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org Mayo Clinic Health Information http://www.mayoclinic.com National Mental Health Awareness Campaign http://www.nostigma.org

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