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Depression has many faces, changing the way it appears from one person to the next.
Compounding this problem is the fact that most people are unaware that depression is an illness. Also, many have a negative attitude toward mental illness and its treatment. Depression is a troublesome and sometimes incapacitating condition that affects more than one million Canadians a year. People suffering from a depressive episode will often display a variety of physical symptoms. The depressed person may complain of a sad or blue mood.