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| DEPRESSION: Early recognition of this emotional state can have significant effects on the quality of life. There are different forms of depression. Social circumstances such as changes in job, loss and grief, and postpartum changes are some of the social/personal changes which can trigger this feeling. Depressed mood may be recognized by, but is not limited to, symptoms such as: • diminished ability to think or concentrate • a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities • fatigue or loss of energy • insomnia or hypersomnia • feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt • significant weight loss or weight gain when not dieting • psychomotor agitation or retardation • recurrent thoughts of death (source: DSM-IV) |
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