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SIGNS OF
DEPRESSION
It is often difficult to know whether you are just feeling low, or it is more serious and you have depression. Some of the signs that someone may be depressed include: • Continuous low mood or sadness • Having low esteem • Feeling tearful • Feeling guilt-ridden • Feeling irritable and intolerant of others • Having no motivation or interest in things
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• Having suicidal thoughts of harming yourself.
Feeling low? Talk to us
THE FACTS ON
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DEPRESSION
therapies, practical support
• Depression is a real illness and a genuine health condition and not “trivial”, as some people may think
and employment advice quickly
• Around one in 10 people will experience depression at some point in their life
and easily and help with a variety of problems.
• People with a family history of depression are more likely to experience it for themselves, but there are also cases of someone becoming depressed for no obvious reason • Depression can sometimes be triggered by a life changing event like a bereavement, losing your job or having a baby.
We offer access to talking
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You must be 16+ and registered with a Liverpool city GP.
Source: NHS Choices nhs.uk
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For more information call: 0151 228 2300 or go online at: talkliverpool.nhs.uk
HOW TO FIND HELP Mersey Care has produced a series of self help guides to help people get more information. Topics include stress, sleeping problems, post natal depression and depression and low mood. They can be downloaded at: selfhelpguides.ntw.nhs.uk/merseycare
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