Situational depression, otherwise known as reactive depression or adjustment disorder, is a short-term, stress-related type of depression.
It can develop after a person experiences trauma or a series of changes in their daily life.
What is situational depression
Age-related situational depression, as a special type of behavior characteristic of people of older age groups, develops as a result of age-related physiological changes in the central nervous system, which are characterized by a decrease in the intensity of emotions against the background of an age-related decrease in the strength and mobility of nervous processes.
However, situational depression is not an official mental health diagnosis.
It is classified as an adjustment disorder, specifically adjustment disorder with depressive mood.
What does the onset of depression look like
Typical symptoms of depression include: a feeling of depression and melancholy that persists for a long time; loss of pleasure and interests - loss of goals in life, abandonment of favorite activities; decreased energy, increased fatigue.
We previously talked about the signs of Asperger's syndrome.
