What types of depression are there?
There are many different forms of depression, the most notable being:
- Substance-induced mood disorder, as its name suggests, results from either intoxication or withdrawal from a substance
- Mood disorder due to a general medical condition such as hypothyroidism
- Bipolar disorder, involving extreme changes in mood and behaviour
- Major depressive disorder involves two or more major depressive exercises
- Dysthymic disorder is regarded as having a depressed mood more often than not for at least two years.
- Adjustment disorder with depressed mood is probably the most common form of depression related to overwhelming emotional or psychological stress.
- Postpartum depression (or Post Natal Depression)
- Seasonal affective disorder
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