Talk:Depression (mood)

Notice

Please note that this is the Wikipedia article that covers depressed mood as an everyday emotion, a subject in normal psychology. It is not an article about the psychiatric disorder known as major depressive disorder, or "clinical depression" or sometimes simply "depression". Please add content specific to that or any other psychiatric syndrome (such as dysthymia, bipolar disorder, etc) to its respective article. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 04:34, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

An emotion is short-term, and a mood is long-term, so I'm not sure what you mean by your first sentence. Furthermore, the article mentions that depression is classified as a disorder medically (second sentence), but possibly the article's intent has drifted since you wrote your message. To me it seems like both articles (Depression (mood), Major depressive disorder) are both about the same topic, but from different perspectives; respectively layman and medical. I don't really see another difference. Yodo9000 (talk) 22:12, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Depression is a normal part of everyday life, but MDD is characterized by changes in mood that last about two weeks, and occur cyclically. Depression normally passes, but the cyclical nature of MDD can be life long. All mood disorders, as far as I'm aware, are cyclical in nature and tend to be very difficult to treat. Mood, while long-term, doesn't typically last more than two weeks, or recur. Lofenyy (talk) 08:39, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Depression

Could there be ways to overcome depression without necessarily taking drugs? Kunmzio (talk) 14:09, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes. Check out Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Some lifestyle changes are known to help as well. Cognitive behavioural therapy Lofenyy (talk) 08:32, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Structure

The structure of the article could be improved. "Medical treatment" as a "factor" is confusing, both in terms of the title and content. Perhaps it should be renamed "medical side-effects," or something like that, and the sentence on Therapies, which clearly does not belong under this topic, should be integrated with the content on "management."

Regarding "management," perhaps the topic should be designated as topic no 2 or 3, as this is most probably a high priority for many depressed people who may visit this entry prior to reading up on "major depression." Kim99 (talk) 18 February 2023 (UTC)

All good points, Kim99 I've changed the sub-heading from "Medical treatment" to "Side effect of medical treatment". I agree Management could be closer to the top. I'm going through the article removing unsourced and poorly-sourced text and text that is irrelevant or that misrepresents a source at the moment. I'm wary of raising "Management" to higher prominence until I've had time to compare that section with the article Management of depression. Our section looks incomplete at first glance. I'll get round to article structure eventually. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 09:15, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Personality factors

The last sentence of the personality factors section is completely unrelated to personality and doesn't belong there. All other aspects of the section are correct. Lofenyy (talk) 08:29, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Lofenyy. I have deleted it. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 09:01, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

median age of depression and history

In this paragraph of the Wikipedia article:

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity. It affects more than 280 million people of all ages (about 3.5% of the global population). Depression affects a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being.

I would like to edit it to this:

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.[3] It affects more than 280 million people of all ages (about 3.5% of the global population).[4]According to studies, the median age of onset for depression is 32.5 years old.(https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/depression/facts-statistics ) Depression affects a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being

In this part of the Wikipedia article:

History

In Ancient Greece, disease was thought due to an imbalance in the four basic bodily fluids, or humors. Personality types were similarly thought to be determined by the dominant humor in a particular person. Derived from the Ancient Greek melas, "black", and kholé, "bile", melancholia was described as a distinct disease with particular mental and physical symptoms by Hippocrates in his Aphorisms, where he characterized all "fears and despondencies, if they last a long time" as being symptomatic of the ailment.

I would like to edit it to this:

In Ancient Greece, disease was thought due to an imbalance in the four basic bodily fluids, or humors. Personality types were similarly thought to be determined by the dominant humor in a particular person. Derived from the Ancient Greek melas, "black", and kholé, "bile",[48] melancholia was described as a distinct disease with particular mental and physical symptoms by Hippocrates in his Aphorisms, where he characterized all "fears and despondencies, if they last a long time" as being symptomatic of the ailment. Depression has been diagnosed, treated, and studied for thousands of years, with the earliest recorded instance of the disease dating back to second century B.C. Mesopotamia. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0141076813486262)

Aspect1010 (talk) 13:39, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 July 2023

The first words in "addison's disease" and "cushing's syndrome" should be capitalized. 93.72.49.123 (talk) 00:24, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done, thanks PlanetJuice (talk • contribs) 00:36, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Missing Link

Hi. Link to the German article is missing. Cheers. 185.143.182.181 (talk) 23:03, 30 July 2023 (UTC)