What is Depression?

Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home.

Depression symptoms

• Feeling sad or having a depressed mood
• Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed
• Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting
• Loss of energy or increased fatigue
• Increase in purposeless physical activity
• Feeling worthless or guilty
• Difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions
• Thoughts of death or suicide

Treatment for Depression

Our treatment for depression is centered on helping the whole person, not just the symptoms. In our treatment approach, we first identify all underlying causes for depression and any co-occurring mental health conditions such as anxiety or substance abuse. We will then address all of the underlying factors. Treatment of the underlying causes of depression involves an in-depth analysis supervised by our functional medicine specialists.