Depression is a term used in psychiatry to designate a mood disorder, a syndrome in which the main The complaint presented by patients is depressive and sometimes irritable mood for most of the day.
However, depression is considered to be much deeper than sadness. The word "depression" comes from the Latin depression, in depress, which means "squeeze firmly", "down".
The psychic functions and motricity of the individual with depression are slower, in addition to a decrease in the capacity for attention and concentration.
Also present are constant negative thoughts, feelings of guilt, feelings of worthlessness, decreased pleasure and mood for daily and leisure activities, in addition to loss of ability to plan the future.
Initially, the term depression was used to designate symptoms or characterize mental states, and the disease was called melancholy, a term created over 25 centuries ago.
In the 20th century, in 1995, depression came to be considered a disease or affective disorder or of humor.
Depression and the anxiety they are the most frequent psychological disorders found in society. According to the World Health Organization, depression is one of the main causes of disability in the world, and suicide associated with depression claims about 850,000 victims annually.
Depression (Relief)
In geography, a depression is a sudden lowering of the relief, that is, it corresponds to an area with a lower altitude than the surrounding areas.
There are 2 types of depression:
- relative depression: It has a lower altitude than the surrounding areas, but it is located above sea level;
- absolute depression: It is located below sea level.
Depressions are usually flat, due to the erosive processes they have gone through over thousands of years.
