7 Things To Avoid When Depressed

Depression is associated with persistently negative feelings, significantly affecting your thoughts and behaviour. It’s important to educate yourself on matters of depression, to sift through the misconceptions and avoid doing anything that might worsen the symptoms for you or those around you. Here's a video we also did on signs of concealed depression: #depression Credits: Writer: Chloe Avenasa Script Editor: Rida Batool Script Manager: Kelly Soong VO: Amanda Silvera Animation: Evelvaii YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong References: American Psychological Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Ed. Washington, DC, USA: APA Publishing. World Health Organization (2019). An Overview of Depression. Retrieved from Lin, N., Dean, A., &Ensel, W. M. (Eds.) (2013). Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, Academic Press. Hoong, S., Hasche, L., &Bowland, S. (2009). Structural Relationships Between Social Activities ad Longitudinal Trajectories of Depression Among Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 49 (1), 1-11. Srinivasan, J., Cohen, N. L., & Parikh, S. V. (2003). Patient Attitudes Regarding Causes of Depression: Implications for Psychoeducation. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48(7), 493-495. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (2018). Depression Statistics. Retrieved from Novick, D., Montgomery, W., Vorstenbosch, E., Moneta, M. V., Dueñas, H., & Haro, J. M. (2017). Recovery in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD): results of a 6-month, multinational, observational study. Patient preference and adherence, 11, 1859