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Depression

Clinically abnormal condition of low mood state with the inability to enjoy life and function at optimal levels. Depression may be caused by events in a person’s life, or it may be triggered by an endocrine disorder or other illness. In some cases, depression is misdiagnosed when the underlying problem is actually an endocrine disease, such as HYPOTHYROIDISM or CUSHING’S SYNDROME, and the patient is not truly clinically depressed. It is also true that patients may have an endocrine disorder as well as depression.

Most physicians consider depression highly treatable, and many patients respond very well to antidepressant medications. Most of the modern selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have response rates in the 80 percent range. Many different types of antidepressants are available.

Consequently, even if the first medication does not work, another medication may be efficacious.

Patients may also need to receive short-term therapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), in which the therapist teaches the patient how to identify and challenge irrational beliefs that are self-defeating and destructive.