Depression

Is an intense long-term lowering of mood, including:

• lack of energy (apathy)
  
• a sense of hopelessness
  
• sad miserable thoughts
  
• slowed down physical movement and speech
  
• anxiety, often without obvious cause
  
• a loss of appetite for food
  
• agitation and even panic attacks
  
• guilt
  
• suicidal thoughts
  
• difficulty in sleeping