more than mild or last more than few days, help should be sought. Endogenous depression it occurs without a particular bad event, stressful situation or other definite, outside cause being present in the person’s life. Endogenous depression usually responds well to medication. Some authorities do not consider this to be useful diagnostic category. Atypical depression is not an official diagnostic category, but it is often discussed informally. A person suffering from atypical depression generally has increased appetite and sleeps more than usual.Depression is not a character flaw, nor is it simply feeling blue for a few days. Most importantly, depression is not your fault. It is a serious mood disorder, which affects a person’s ability to function in every day activities. It affects one’s work, one’s family, and one’s social life. There are as many potential causes of depression as there are people who suffer it. Depression is most often experienced as a depressed mood, which may sometimes be related to some recent, notable event, which occurred in one’s life.In a society where there are many stigmas and ignorance regarding mental illness, a person who feels suicidal may fear that other people will think they are “crazy” if they tell them how they feel, and so may be reluctant to reach out for help in a crisis. In any case, describing someone as “crazy”, which has strong negative connotions, probably isn’t helpful and is more likely to dissuade someone from seeking help which may be very beneficial, whether they have a diagnosable mental illness or not. People who are suffering from a mental illness such as schizophrenia or clinical depression do have significally higher suicide rates than average, although they are still in the minority of attemptors. For those people, having their illness correctly diagnosed can mean that an appropriate treatment can begin to address i...
