Depression: Imagine living with the most common and most painful mental illness (Blackman 89). You wouldn't be able to do your work or get along with anyone. This disease is depression; this paper will discuss facts about depression, signs and symptoms, different types, medication and therapy. Depression is a persistent feeling of sadness, despair and discouragement that last over a long period of time (Salmans 171). Depression affects a person's mood, thoughts, body, and behavior (Lytle). A …showed first 75 words of 1431 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1431 total…is feeling blue and down in the dumps for a long time it could be the most common mental illness, depression that is causing this horrible feeling. Bibliography Bibliography Blackman, Maurice. You Asked about … Adolescent Depression. Available at http://www.mental.health.com/mag1/pgs51-dp01.html Hales, Dianne. Depression. Chelsea House Publishers, New York, Philadelphia, 1989. Kist, Jay. "Dealing with Depression" Current Health 2 Jan.1997 25-28 Lytle, Victoria. The dark clouds of Depression. NEA Today Dec.1994