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	What is Depression?

      Everyone experiences variations in mood -- transitory blues, disappointments, the normal grief that accompanies the loss of someone you love. But a severe or prolonged depression that interferes with the ability to function, feel pleasure, or maintain interest is not a mere case of the blues. It is an illness. Researchers have demonstrated that it results from biochemical imbalances in the brain. (See the following source: www.depression.org/biochem.html) 

Depression can hit people of all ages and races.

Signs of Depression

• Feeling sad all the time

• Feelings of hopelessness, guilt, or worthlessness

• Loss of interest in friends, hobbies, or favorite activities 

• Insomnia or somnolence

Sign that someone may be in trouble

• Change in behavior

• Talk of ending their life things like "I don't want to live anymore" or "There is no hope for me anymore"

• Giving away things that were once very valuable to the person

• Depression

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