Did You Know There Are, At Least, 8 Types of Depression?
Depression is often used as an overarching diagnosis, but there are several, specific types
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As with all mental illnesses, depression isn t an easy-to-define condition, and there are lots of variations. We might describe ourselves conversationally as feeling depressed if we re a bit down, but medical depression is a formal term that covers a variety of depressive conditions – some very common and some relatively rare.
Labels aren t always necessary, and they vary from country to country. But it can be helpful to know what to look out for. Here are the main types of depression recognised by professionals.
Dr Sapna Bangar
Dr. Sapna Bangar is a Specialist Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with a Certificate of Clinical training from The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK. Dr. She has over 14 years of experience working as a psychiatrist with children and has a special area of interest in neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism and ADHD, eating disorders and emotional problems including self-harm in young people. She believes that every child is unique and should be treated as such whilst making treatment plans working on their individual strengths and weaknesses. She has numerous publications in research journals.
11th May 2021
MENTAL health treatment sessions for children across the Bradford district have soared since the start of the pandemic, new figures reveal. Data from NHS England shows that 67,665 sessions were delivered to under-18s by NHS services in the Bradford District and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area between April last year and January this year – 125.9 per cent more than in the same period 12 months before. Sasha Bhat, head of mental wellbeing for NHS Bradford District and Craven CCG, said: “We know that some people, including children, will have found the last year hard and that the impact of the changes that Covid-19 has brought will be far reaching across the district.
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