People who have experienced more than one episode of depression ask, quite reasonably, whether they are ever likely to be well? The answer they receive is often ambivalent, but nearly always with a hint of optimism, reflecting the fact that no two people are alike. Still, as we learn more about the course of depression it becomes clearer who is most at risk from chronic depression, and what the most effective treatment and preventative methods are.
Depression affects people differently....
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short... Read more »
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