By Justine Cruz
NR 511- Professor Vijayarani Suresh
, DISEASE AND BACKGROUND OF
DEPRESSION
• The use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, such as
operating negative biases that lack positive biases, self-processing,
misinterpretation, attention and memory.1
• Heterogenous disorder= Other mental conditions (anxiety, PTSD, OCDs,
phobias)
• Types: MDD, Dysthymic disorder, melancholic depression, seasonal affecti
disorder, post-partum depression and psychotic depression
IN THE UNITED STATES
• Incidence & Prevalence 2- 17.3 million adults, which is 7.1% of population
• 8.7% are female and 5.3% are males
1. LeMoult & Gotlib, 2018
2. NIMH, 201)