Clinical Depression: a disease like any other. Clinical depression is defined as "a mood or emotional state that is marked by sadness, inactivity and a reduced ability to enjoy life"(2:21). Depression is very different from the blues that people feel at one time or another. It is an illness, the same way that cancer or diabetes are illnesses. Depression affects the entire body and not just the mind. In most cases, it can be successfully …showed first 75 words of 1118 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1118 total…these 2 factors playing a big role in recovery, the sufferer will probably withdraw completely from society and this could possibly result in death! Bibliography 1. "Depression." Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropedia. Vol 4. 1992. 2. Nemeroff , Charles B. "The Neurobiology of Depression." Scientific American. On-line. Internet. 26 April 1998. Available: www.sciam.com 3. Peterson, Shelly. "Unmasking Depression." Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. V64. N6. Dec 1996. page 1417. 4. "Types." Depression.com. On-line. Internet. 1998. Available: www.depression.com (parts 3 & 13). 5. "Anti-Depressants." The Gerontologist. V38. N2. April 1998. P247.