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Is it more than the blues? If you have these symptoms, you may be depressed. If you or someone you know experiences these symptoms of depression, seek help immediately from a professional counselor or physician.
- Depressed mood on most days for most of each day. (Irritability may be prominent in children and adolescents.)
- Total or very noticeable loss of pleasure most of the time.
- Significant increase or decrease in appetite, weight, or both.
- Sleep disorders--either insomnia or excessive sleepiness--nearly every day.
- Feelings of agitation or a sense of intense slowness.
- Loss of energy and a daily sense of tiredness.
- Sense of guilt and worthlessness nearly all the time.
- Inability to concentrate occurring nearly every day.
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
Source: Screening for Mental Health, Inc. http://www.nmisp.org/dep/depfaq.htm
For more information on depression, see:
Christian Depression Pages
http://www.gospelcom.net/cdp/questions/
http://www.probe.org/docs/depressn.html
http://search.gospelcom.net/rbc/ds/cb973/cb973.html
Other Resources
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depwomenknows.cfm
http://www.suicidology.org/index.html
http://www.afsp.org/index-1.htm
