... world" (Sergant 5). Depression is a medical condition that is all too often thought of as a defect in character. Depression will affect one out of every five people in the US. Although depression is often thought of as the common cold of mental illness, the disease is actually quite complex; it has both physiological and psychological causes, and can take many years to ... is needed to rule out disorders like thyroid disease, anemia or a viral infection that could produce similar symptoms as a depressive disorder. The lab tests include a thyroid screening and blood count. The neurologica...

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