Depression

Main Symptoms

1. Depressed mood
2. Lack of interest in most of the activities
3. Weight loss or weight gain for no reason
4. Changes in appetite
5. Changes in sleep pattern
6. Psychomotor changes
7. Tiredness
8. Feelings of insignificance, or inappropriate sense of guilt
9. Lack of concentration or inattention
10. Thoughts of dead or suicidal ideas

Depression affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year.

One in six people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life.

Affects 3.6 percent of men and about 5.8 percent of women within any given year

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