Is depression considered a mental illness?

Answer 1

A mood disorder is a mental illness which is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. This imbalance causes your moods to swing uncontrollably.

In unipolar depression, you feel very sad for no good reason, and often feel tired, defective, and may even have physical symptoms such as headache or nausea.

In Bipolar disorder or manic depression, your mood swings between depression and a feeling of uncontrolled elation known as mania.

In anxiety disorders, you feel anxious, nervous, and worried for no good reason.

All mood disorders respond quite well to proper medication, and often can be cured or brought under total control with a combination of medication and psychological therapy.

Answer 2

• Emotionally yes, cognitively no. However, those who profit from the numerous medications given to those diagnosed with depression will disagree with my opinion aggressively.

• I believe it is. I am 18 years of age and have suffered from it since I was 8. As a result of my depression I have suffered memory loss.

• Depression can be caused by an imbalance in seratonin transmission and reuptake. This means there can be a physical side to depression. The tricky part is in realizing that the physical aspect will cause psychological issues; often it's impossible to determine what parts are physical and what parts are purely mental.

Answer 3

a major depressive episode

Depression is a disorder which welcomes severe Heart diseases at times.

Answer 4

Depression often pertains to mental health, so in general, yes. But it is usually seen as a psychological disorder vs. "mental".

Answer 5

Emotional/mental

Answer 6

it is an anxiety disorder

Answer 7

both