Healthy Mondays – Depression
Depression: serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way.
Know the signs:
- Sad mood
- diminished interest in activities
- weight loss or gain
- fatigue
- inappropriate guilt
- difficulties concentrating, and recurrent thoughts of death
Know the facts:
- Research shows that depression significantly affects interpersonal relationships, and families and networks all suffer when someone is depressed.
- The use of medications and/or certain psychotherapeutic drugs have been very effective in treating depression.
- Depression is related to many adverse health behaviors. It is unknown as to whether depression causes the behaviors or vice versa. Some of these behaviors include:
o Smoking
o Alcohol Consumption
o Physical Inactivity
o Sleep Disturbances
To make an appointment with our counselors to be screened for depression, please call 724-938-4056 or stop in the Health Center in Carter Hall.
For more information on depression, visit http://www.cdc.gov or contact Fran Fayish at x5922 or fayish@calu.edu