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Depression and Its Effect on Health and Well-Being

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Good Health and Well-Being

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Clinical depression; Major depression disorder

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Depression is a mood disorder which significantly impairs an individual’s ability to live a normal life and severely affects their mental health and well-being. Depression is characterized by chronic feelings of sadness and a loss of interest and enjoyment in everyday activities. Although feeling sad is part of depression, depression is not simply sadness. The emotion of sadness is a core part of the human experience that everyone will experience at one point or another as a normal response to life events such as the loss of a loved one. Depression differs in that it takes a chronic, long-lasting form and requires no trigger to begin. As a clinical disorder, depression is defined by official nosologies such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and the International Classification of Diseases(ICD-10). In order to meet a diagnosis for major depressive disorder (MDD), one must present...

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    Venessa Ercole

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Ercole, V. (2020). Depression and Its Effect on Health and Well-Being. In: Leal Filho, W., Wall, T., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69627-0_126-1

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