The differentiate between sadness and clinical depression - 3 differences between the two concepts.

Date Submitted: 01/29/2003 20:17:58
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 1 pages (241 words)
In order to understand the difference between sadness and clinical depression, we must first understand that sadness is felt universally, while clinical depression may not be. The textbook definition of clinical depression is 'a change in mood along with a cluster of symptoms'. These symptoms are emotional, cognitive, somatic, and behavioral. For example, we all will experience sadness when we loose a loved one, and we all have different ways of grieving, There is no …
Is this Essay helpful? Join now to read this particular paper
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
…come from a certain precipitant, or is grossly out of proportion to a precipitating factor. The Quality- the mood may change from previous and feels different from 'normal' sadness. The Associating Features- the change in mood may come with a cluster of symptoms, and History- the mood change may be preceded by a history of past hyperactivity and/or elation. Clinicians are able to follow these guidelines to help differentiate between sadness and clinical depression.
Need a custom written paper? Let our professional writers save your time.