Understanding Depression: Clinical Manifestations, Psychopharmacology, and Treatment Options

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Clinical Manifestations and Psychopathology of Depression.........................................................1
Psychopharmacology useful for Diagnosis of Depression..............................................................3
Patient Education.............................................................................................................................4
Other Treatment Options.................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The purpose of the paper is to enlighten the reader regarding the details about the facts of
medical condition depression. Depression is a mood disorder that creates the loss of interest
among different activities in the environment. Depression disconnects the person from most of
activities that people perform in the environment and affect the life of people substantially.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), depression has become one of the most
common illnesses that lead to disability among people. There are around 350 million people who
are affected by depression, globally. Another fact about this mental illness is that it is more
common to appear in women than in men. Symptoms of depression in a person include lack of
joy, reduction in interest to take part in any activity that brings joy to them, numbness and less
focus to any external environmental activity (van der Velden, et. al., 2015). Life events such as
bereavement change the mood of the people instantly that distinguishes them from other people
in the environment. This problem consistently changes the mood of people and feel loss of
interest in activities that significantly cause impairment in daily life. The below mentioned paper
highlight details about the clinical manifestation and psychopathology of the depression,
psychopharmacology useful in diagnosis of the problem and other remedies and education
needed is explained in the paper.
Clinical Manifestations and Psychopathology of Depression
Usually there are as such no specific symptoms that show that the person is facing the
problem of depression in the environment, as it is not a problem that gives physical symptoms.
Most of the people feel sad and depressed on many occasions but that cannot be regarded as
depression, it is higher level of mental illness. Every person has its life’s struggle that makes him
or her depressive in the environment and injures his or her self-esteem. However, when this
feeling of overwhelming becomes a part of the physical symptoms and lasts for a longer period
of time then they can restrain a person from maintaining their regular lifestyle (Borsboom, 2017).
The clinical manifestations of the problem include: