Have you or has someone you know ever felt so depressed that you lost all interest or pleasure in any activity, together with feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness? When these feelings are accompanied by changes in appetite and sleep, problems concentrating and physical complaints, the chance is high that you have a depression. In this case an appropriate diagnosis and early treatment by a physician is very important.

The support and involvement of family and friends family and friends can play a crucial role in helping someone who is suffering a depression, by motivating the patient to visit a doctor and to take the medication punctually.