Depression: Types, Symptoms, and Caregiver Instructions

Mental Disorder
6/24/2019

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Depression is one of the most common but serious mood disorder. It results in affecting
how a person feels, thing and do regular activities like eating, working, or sleeping
(MacGill, 2017).
Types of Depression
Persistent Depressive disorder – This type of disorder results in a depressed
mood that lasts for around two years
Postpartum Depression – This type of disorder is very serious in comparison to
"baby blues" that is experienced by a number of women after pregnancy.
Psychotic Depression – This type of disorder takes place when an individual has
severe depression along with some kind of psychosis, like troubling false fixed
beliefs or hearing or seeing hurtful activities.
Seasonal Affective Disorder – This disorder is considered as the beginning of a
depression that takes place during winter at the time of less sunlight.
Bipolar Disorder – This is a diverse type of depression, because of people with
this type of disorder experience highly low moods (National Institute of Mental
Health, 2019).