Every year, around 21 millions adult Americans (9.5%) suffer from a depressive illness. Depression affects not only the individual but also those around them, their families, their colleagues and friends and causes abnormal functioning and pain. The economic cost of this affection is very big but its emotional one cannot be estimated.
Usually people affected by any depressive illness are reluctant in seeking treatment even though it is now known that many years of research made curing of these diseases even in severe forms possible through medications and therapies. However, not to many people accept the idea that depression is curable or that they are suffering from this illness. If one recognizes in himself or in others around him signs and symptoms of depression will know after reading this work what are the necessary Steps to do in order to ameliorate the situation or even cure it and maybe his or others' life.
Suffering from clinical depression means more then just being sad of feeling down after a bad day at work or after a minor failure. It is a complex state of mind that is felt all the time. It creates other disorders or dysfunctions in the organism such as eating and sleeping disorders, having trouble thinking, concentrating, reading, or even watching television; loosing interest for things one used to enjoy and the Capacity to concentrate over it. Sometimes, depressed persons think about death, talk about it or start believing that they would be better off dead. These are Similar symptoms to those of someone who lost a beloved person and who is grieving. However, in case of depression, the feeling arises without the loss encounter and last a lot longer.
