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What is depression?
Depression is a mood disorder which results from a variety of factors related to biological and genetic background, environmental influences, and childhood or developmental experiences. There are many types of depression.
Depression is classified into the following types:
- Major or clinical depression (or unipolar) - severe depression
- Dysthymic disorder - mild but persistent (at least 2 years) depression
- Unspecified depression - depression symptoms fall between major and dysthymic depression
- Bipolar disorder (manic depression) - full mania and major depression (I) or hypomania and major depression (II)
- Cyclothymic disorder - mild mania and depression
- Adjustment disorder - depression caused by environmental changes
- Medication-, substance- or illness-induced depression
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Post-partum depression
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