What are the different types of Depression?

Question

Not like dystheria, bipolar disorder, mdd, but in the sense that there is situational depression and what other types, in this sense?

Answer 1

--Dysthymia: is a long-term, mild depression that lasts for a minimum of two years.

--Bipolar I Disorder: is an episodic illness in which moods may cycle between mania and depression

--Bipolar II Disorder: is an episodic illness that is defined primarily by depression but evidences episodes of hypomania

--Postpartum Depression: or Post-Natal Depression is clinical depression that occurs within two years of childbirth

--Depression with Melancholic Features: - Melancholia is characterized by a loss of pleasure (anhedonia) in most or all activities

--Depression with Atypical Features: - Atypical Depression is characterized by mood reactivity (paradoxical anhedonia) and positivity, significant weight gain or increased appetite, excessive sleep or somnolence

--Depression with Psychotic Features: - Some people with Major Depressive or Manic episode may experience psychotic features

--Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or sometimes unipolar when compared with bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living.


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Answer 2

There is a thing called Adjustment Disorder. It can be with Depressed Mood, Anxiety or Mixed Emotional Features. That's like having some kind of problem that stresses you out and makes you depressed. It can happen to anybody and it generally goes away after a few months, but sometimes it's so bad somebody may need to be hospitalized for it.

Answer 3

There are no different types of depression. Its normally caused by a chemical imbalance. Talk to your doctor