Depression
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Causes
Depression can be caused by factors like bereavement, events in childhood, stress and relationship difficulties, or internal problems linked to hormone imbalance, changes in brain chemistry or blood sugar levels.
Other symptoms include fatigue, sleeping problems, irritability and weight loss. Most cases are successfully treated with medication, plus some form of therapy such as counselling.
Treatments
Depression is a treatable condition. Many people make a full recovery without treatment, but treatment makes recovery happen more quickly. Therapies have to be tailored to the individual patient.
If you are feeling depressed, the best thing to do is contact your GP. Remember that even if you are feeling hopeless at the moment, depression is a treatable illness, and the bad feelings will not stay with you forever.
There are numerous talking treatments for depression such as counselling and psychotherapy. There is also medication that can help.
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