Depression is a disorder that includes feelings of hopelessness and sadness, but is seldom related to stress issues
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Depression is feeling very sad. Hopelessness is loss of hope. These are the word meanings. Clinical depression of Depressive Disorder is a medical illness, which has hopelessness as one of its features. Just being hopeless could be because (of series) of frustrating life experiences. This is different from Clinical depression.
Assuming you meant 'schizophrenia' - it's a neurological disorder, that causes the patient to develop alternate personalities.
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a combination of symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorders like depression or mania. People with schizoaffective disorder can experience periods of psychosis, mood disturbances, and impaired functioning in daily life. Treatment typically involves a combination of therapy, medication, and support services.
This pattern describes rapid shifts in emotional states, moving between high levels of energy and euphoria to deep sadness and lethargy. This alternating behavior is characteristic of bipolar disorder, where individuals experience manic episodes (exalted feelings and excitement) followed by depressive episodes (extreme sadness and decreased activity). It is important for individuals exhibiting these symptoms to seek professional help for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Dysmythic disorder is a chronic depressive disorder that is less severe than major depression. Symptoms include sadness, feelings of hopelessness, change in eating or sleeping patterns, loss of interest in things you once enjoyed, irritability, low self-esteem, low energy, and feelings of guilt or worthlessness.
There is no such thing as manic depressive behavior.Manic depression (more correctly called bipolar disorder) has a characteristic collection of mood related symptoms and is thus a mood disorder.
Unipolar Depression, also known as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), is a mental health disorder that is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyable. It is called unipolar because it only involves depressive symptoms and does not include episodes of mania or hypomania, which are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
Symptoms of dysthymic disorder in adults include, loss of interest in daily activities, sadness, hopelessness, lack of energy, low self-esteem, concentration issues, irritability, lack of activity, social withdrawal, worried over the past, lack of or greater than normal appetite and sleep problems. In children dysthymic disorder can be presented as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Key symptoms of dissociative identity disorder include experiencing multiple distinct identities or personality states, significant memory gaps for personal information, recurrent gaps in recall of everyday events, consistent sense of detachment from oneself, and experiencing detachment from emotions or behaviors.
Manic depression and bipolar both refer to the same disorder. The individual will alternate between states of manic behavior and being depressed. Treatment is a combination of medication and psychotherapy.