The effects range from sadness to suicidal tendencies. Clinically depression is an overall feeling of sadness or despair that may begin after some loss or tragic events but continues long after- ward. Inappropriate thought patterns that generalize every event as a calamity. Depression may be best described as a loss of interest in life. In general depression can also cause individuals to withdraw from society and their own social support.
Women are twice as likely to have depression over men.
Bipolar-disorder was really first observed and written about by, Plato in Early Greece. This illness effects about 2.2 million people in the United States. The primary incidence of this disorder is during young adulthood and can be seen sometimes in adolescents. Severe and heightened degrees of mania with swings to major depression. Onset is cyclic with recurrent episodes.