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more of the clinically accepted signs.
An important point to remember is that depression varies from mild bad moods to thoughts about, or attempts to commit, suicide. Clinically, depression is not diagnosed until the symptoms have continued for at least two weeks. Usually there is more than one indication.
“There is a difference between “the blues’ and clinical depression,” Ms. Mock emphasized. Everybody has trouble falling asleep once in a while. That’s not depression. That is more likely the mind and/or body’s reaction to an immediate problem in the individual’s life.
Research has established that depression is a biological illness caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Research has also established that treatment of the illness is most effective when medication is combined with counseling. Medication treats the chemical imbalance, eliminating the biological cause, while counseling helps the individual to cope and deal with life more effectively.
Ms. Mock said she is a great believer in exercise as potent therapy against depression. Running, walking, hiking in the woods and cutting wood are all good exercises both for the body and the mind. Scientific research has provided some evidence that exercise may, in fact, assist in altering imbalances in the brain by stimulating the production of some chemicals and inhibiting others.
Finding someone to talk to, particularly a professional with experience in treating depression, is another important tool in coping with depression.
Increasing involvement with others is also beneficial. Learning to relax, making time to have fun, doing something new or doing something for someone else usually has a positive effect. “Take the focus off yourself,” Ms. Mock suggested. “Try
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