Understanding Depression and Stress
9th Grade · Health · 75 min
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Learning Objective
I can recognize signs, symptoms, and treatments for common mental health disorders like depression and stress.
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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.
