Depression Mood disorders

An estimated 21.0 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode. This number represented 8.3% of all U.S. adults. 

May patient do not recognize depression illness until the symptoms are more advanced and affecting activities of daily living and impairing patient's functioning at work or with relationship at home.Depression symptoms to affect the brain and nervous system which can affect multiple organ systems in the body causing many physical manifestations.Many patients often do not recognize depression symptoms since they manifest with physical manifestations and many patient often just think they needed just having a bad day and do not feel good. His lack of awareness does cause problems patient is not recommended to have depression until the symptoms are more advanced and have been longstanding.We focused on educating patient on symptoms of depression and understanding how depression affects the brain and the nervous system causing physical manifestations of the body.Also that depression has some genetic component and can be hereditary as well as a social component with environmental stressors and triggers.Patient with depression can improve once a recognized understanding what causes depression when it is occurring and then developing coping strategies to deal with depression.If patient is needed additional assistance and medication treatment can be a beneficial beneficial adjunct factor to help patient with depression recover and get back to their activities of daily living.