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  1. The Origin of Our Modern Concept of Depression-The History of

    Abstract. The modern concept of depression arose from earlier diagnostic formulations of melancholia over the hundred years from the 1780s to the 1880s. In this historical sketch, this evolution is traced from the writings of 12 authors outlining the central roles played by the concepts of faculty psychology and understandability.

  2. The History of Depression and Treatment

    Hippocrates, a Greek physician, suggested that depression (initially called "melancholia") was caused by four imbalanced body fluids called humours: yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, and blood. Specifically, he thought that melancholia was caused by too much black bile in the spleen. Hippocrates' treatments of choice included bloodletting, baths ...

  3. Biological, Psychological, and Social Determinants of Depression: A

    Rodent research has shown that there may be a bidirectional association between the gut microbiota and depression: a disordered gut microbiota can play a role in the onset of this mental health problem, but, at the same time, the existence of stress and depression may also lead to a lower level of richness and diversity in the microbiome .

  4. History of Depression

    Abstract. The symptoms that define depressive conditions have been recognized for millennia of medical history. The earliest Hippocratic writings not only define depression in similar ways as current works but also use context to differentiate ordinary sadness from depressive disorder. Sadness was understood as a natural reaction to loss ...

  5. The neuroscience of depressive disorders: A brief review of the past

    Furthermore, studies exploring the effects of experimental manipulations of monoaminergic pathway activity, for example, through restricting the availability of the serotonin precursor tryptophan, report that only those who had previously suffered from depressive episodes or who have a family history of depression develop depression-like ...

  6. Evolution and Emerging Trends in Depression Research From 2004 to 2019

    A relationship network of depression research was established, highlighting the highly influential countries, journals, categories, authors, institutions, cited articles, and keywords in this research field. ... Risk factors for depression include a family history of depression, early life abuse and neglect, and female sexuality and recent life ...

  7. Basic concepts of depression

    Basic concepts of depression. This paper reviews concepts of depression, including history and classification. The original broad concept of melancholia included all forms of quiet insanity. The term depression began to appear in the nineteenth century as did the modern concept of affective disorders, with the core disturbance now viewed as one ...

  8. History of depression

    In the mid-20th century, researchers theorized that depression was caused by a chemical imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain, a theory based on observations made in the 1950s of the effects of reserpine and isoniazid in altering monoamine neurotransmitter levels and affecting depressive symptoms. [32]

  9. When is sorrow sickness? A history of depression

    The Empire of Depression: A New History Jonathan Sadowsky Polity (2020) ... Yet, apart from illness memoirs, the voices (and research) of people who experience depression, those who become ...

  10. Psychometric origins of depression

    Susan McPherson is Professor of Psychology and Sociology in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex. David Armstrong is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Sociology at Kings College London. He is the author of Political Anatomy of the Body (1983) and A New History of Identity (2002). This article examines the historical ...

  11. The Science and History of Treating Depression

    Jonathan Rottenberg, writing in Psychology Today, skewered the idea thus: "As a scientific venture, the theory that low serotonin causes depression appears to be on the verge of collapse. This ...

  12. The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella ...

    The idea that depression is the result of abnormalities in brain chemicals, particularly serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT), has been influential for decades, and provides an important ...

  13. History of depression.

    The first serious approaches to subcategorize different types of depressive disorders developed in the seventeenth century. Despite agreement that a melancholic or psychotic form of depression existed, researchers debated the categorization of neurotic or nonpsychotic depressions until 1980 when the DSM-III introduced major depression as a ...

  14. (PDF) History of depression through the ages

    With the advent of psychiatry as a medical. discipline, depressive disorder was included in the classi fi cations of mental disorders. In the fi rst half of the 20 century, depression was only a ...

  15. Depression: Detecting the Historical Roots of Research on Depression

    Depression is the most common mental disorder that happens in all societies and age groups. Identifying influential and determining the historical background of research on depression prevention can help guide future studies and investments. Studies regarding depression prevention can be analyzed based on several different aspects.

  16. Scholarly Articles on Depression: History, Definitions, & More

    a personal or family history of depression or other mental health disorder. trauma or stress, such as physical or sexual abuse, relationship issues, or financial worries. drug or alcohol abuse. medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, and Parkinson's disease.

  17. From Melancholia to Depression: Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century

    My book From Melancholia to Depression: Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry charts how melancholia was reconceptualized in the nineteenth century as a modern mood disorder and a precursor to clinical depression. The book shows how this occurred chiefly in two ways. First, the idea of disordered mood as a medical concept was created through the appropriation of language from ...

  18. The History of Depression: Causes and Treatment

    In the history of mental health, depression has been thoroughly researched in an attempt to understand the condition. The discovery of depression and the growth of knowledge about it can be attributed to many thinkers and scientists. ... and biological are responsible for depression. Nonetheless, ongoing research is necessary to have a better ...

  19. Depression

    Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. Research suggests that genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors play a role in depression. Risk factors for depression can include: Personal or family history of depression; Major negative life changes, trauma, or stress

  20. The history and controversy surrounding depression

    The history and controversy surrounding depression. Tiny Matters May 17, 2023. There's a whole lot of information (and misinformation) out there about depression, and debate surrounding how it's treated. In this episode, Sam and Deboki unpack this complex mood disorder that impacts over 300 million people across the globe as well as the ...

  21. Major depressive disorder: Validated treatments and future challenges

    Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and a major contributor to the global burden of diseases. According to the World Health Organization, depression is the second-leading cause of disability in the world and is projected to rank first by 2030 [1]. Depression is also associated with high rates of suicidal behavior and mortality [2].

  22. What Is the History of Depression? How Depression Has Changed

    Throughout human history, and long before our current definition for major depression or major depression disorder treatment, the concept of depression has been repeatedly molded and reconceived.As society changes, so does its view of depression, with philosophers, social theorists, artists, and laypeople all adding their own input into what constitutes this hard to pin down experience, which ...

  23. A case of prolonged mania, psychosis, and severe depression after

    The article presents a case of a 32-year-old woman who presented for continuation of treatment in May 2021 with a chief complaint of "cognitive dysfunction and severe reduced functionality." Eight months before her first appointment with one of the authors, the patient was in her usual state of health. She had a history of mild depression and generalized anxiety disorder, successfully treated ...

  24. A brief history of the development of antidepressant drugs: From

    Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, recurring, and debilitating mental illness that is the most common mood disorder in the United States. It has been almost 50 years since the monoamine hypothesis of depression was articulated, and just over 50 years since the first pharmacological treatment for MDD was discovered.