Clinical Depression Symptom

There are several things, people inherit from their parents, the color of their hair and eyes, their skin tone, even their height. People inherit these traits because they have genes and these genes make up their DNA. People also unfortunately inherit predisposition to certain diseases and even depression and mental illness. Researches have recently found that depression and mental illness could actually be inherited. It simply means that if someone in a family is suffering from clinical depression or mental illness, then there is a very high probability that the ancestors too could become depressed.

The cause it is so difficult to diagnose a person suffering from clinical depression or mental illness is because a person does not behave in an abnormal manner, like maintaining long silences or not getting ready for the day. The fact is that, the person may not know that they are actually mentally ill or somehow depressed, and so it is even more difficult for doctors to pinpoint that a person is in fact suffering from depression.

The main focus that psychologists rely upon is to identify the cause. The brain holds the key factors as it sends messages through neurotransmitters which are in turn controlled by chemicals like Dopamine and Serotonin. These chemical components of the central nervous system need to be produced in certain quantities, when this does really not happen then the neurotransmitters cannot work. This condition produces a chain reaction which affects a person's thought processes and finally mental illness or depression sets in. In order to treat a depressed person successfully, it is important to find out behavioral patterns, both past and present. The person maybe does not want to meet people socially which he or she was doing in the past. There could also be other physical symptoms like a rise in blood pressure or a weight change.

Other physical or mental symptoms can affect the mind leading to feelings of hopelessness. Dark and negative feelings and thoughts frequent the mind and this exhibits itself in a person's behavior. The people feel that their life is not worth living. Everything to them seems worthless and there seems no joy, and there is nothing worthy to anticipate. These people dwell on the utter errors they have committed and seem incapable of leading a normal life. If people are experiencing any of these feelings, then they are probably going through a bad phase of depression, but there is always help for them.

Sometimes a depressed person can behave in a manner that exhibits fear and worry by dissolving into tears or being overly anxious. These types of people may not want to join in any group functions or attend social parties, and even if they do, they tend to withdraw into themselves and remain aloof. Or these people may refuse to be drawn into any topic as they prefer to be by themselves. Talking generally tires them, and they commonly feel their energy being depleted. In the earlier times clinical depression manifests itself in very obvious signs like mania, and this definitely requires immediate psychic treatment. If the condition is not treated, it could only worsen the psychic situation and be a cause for alarm.

• John Palsson
• 02/01/2009, 2:59 PM
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