Understanding Depression and Stress
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Objective
I can recognize signs, symptoms, and treatments for common mental health disorders like depression and stress.
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Warm-up video
TED-Ed · 4:29Vetted channel
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Clinical depression is a medical disorder that lasts for at least two consecutive weeks and interferes with the ability to work, play, or love.
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Depression can have physical manifestations, including smaller frontal lobes and hippocampal volumes, as well as abnormal transmission of neurotransmitters like serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
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Effective treatments for depression include medications and therapy, and in extreme cases, electroconvulsive therapy.
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Practice
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According to the video, what is the minimum length of time that feelings of sadness must persist to be considered clinical depression?
Name three behavioral symptoms of depression mentioned in the video.
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“List five symptoms of depression as described in the video.”
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