emotional, motivational behavioral, cognitive or somatic symptoms, such as tearfulness, irritability, social withdrawal, sadness, little pleasure, feeling fatigue. At certain times also anxiety, anger and agitation. However not every individual will present the same symptoms (Haddad Gunn 2011). Depending on the severity of the illness, it can either be diagnosed as major depressive episode or Dysthymic disorder. According to the DSMIV, a major depression episode can disable an individual from two weeks…
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