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: https://youtu.be/kYunYTrA6Ks

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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 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression
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 https://www.dbsalliance.org/education/depression/statistics/
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

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