This document discusses depression, including statistics on prevalence, symptoms, classification of severity, and potential causes and treatments. Some key points: - Around 5% of the world population suffers from depression, including 5% of those over age 60. - Main symptoms include depressed mood, loss of interest, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating. - Severity is classified as mild, moderate, or major depending on number of core and additional symptoms. - Potential causes include childhood adversity, medical conditions and treatments, and other diseases. - Treatments discussed include psychotherapy, medication, electroconvulsive therapy, light therapy, and social support.

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‫شهيد‬ ‫الرحمن‬ ‫عبد‬ ‫تبارك‬
‫حقي‬ ‫سردار‬ ‫سجاد‬
‫طالب‬ ‫علي‬ ‫حوراء‬
‫مرزوك‬ ‫فرحان‬ ‫حسين‬
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2.  Depression cases in the world,
5.0% of people in the world, 5.0%
of users over 60 years old. About
280 million people in the world
suffer from depression.
 It leads to a variety of emotional
and physical problems. You may
have difficulty doing daily
activities
 Women get depressed more than
men.

3.  The main symptoms are:
 Depressed mood and negative thinking
 Loss of interest and lack of pleasure
 Lack of will and increased fatigue:
 Additional symptoms are:
 Difficulty thinking, concentrating,
making decisions and remembering
things

4.  Severity is classified according to the
ICD-10 revision according to the
number of symptoms
 Mild depression: two main symptoms
and two additional symptoms.
 Moderate depression: two main
symptoms and three to four additional
symptoms.
 Major depression: three main
symptoms and five or more additional
symptoms.

5. 1. . Life events
Childhood adversity, such as bereavement, neglect,
mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual assault or unequal
parental treatment of siblings can contribute to
depression in adulthood.
2. . Medical treatments
Depression may also be the result of health care, as with
medication-induced depression. Treatments associated
with depression include treatment
3. . Non-psychiatric diseases
Depressed mood can be the result of a number of
infectious diseases, nutritional deficiencies,
neurological conditions, and physiological problems.

6.  It is common for a person suffering
from depression to think of self-
destruction, and in this case, death
hopes and suicidal thoughts often
express his desire to get rid of the
feeling of grief as a result of severe
depression, and despite all that, the
state of despair and pain caused by
depression does not last, as treatment
is given. Depression in an effective way
helps to recover from it.

7.  Self-medication for depression
 A recent scientific research proved that smiling
affects the arteries that feed the brain with blood,
so it flows to it, which gives the soul calmness and
a sense of joy and pleasure.
 Social therapy.
 It is a treatment shared by the environment
surrounding the depressed from parents,
brothers, educators, mentors and specialists. It
requires a self-response for those who suffer from
the domination of these symptoms.

8. 1-Dialogue - Psychological Counseling
2- Drugs:
It doesn’t cure depression, but it undoubtedly
relieves symptoms so you can do something to deal
with depression yourself.
3. Electroconvulsive therapy:
But it has negative effects on the brain and can only
be shocked three times.
4- Light therapy:
Between 15 and 25 percent of people with recurrent
depressive disorder show a seasonal pattern where
symptoms worsen during the winter months and
subside during spring and summer.