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    How can clinical depression affect my health?

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    Elisha Lawry

    Organisational Psychologist, Psychologist

    I have a deep commitment to helping people achieve an effortless life balance. My focus is to bring positive transformation to clients suffering from Anxiety, … View Profile

    Clinical depression is a very severe depression. It can be quite long-term. People with a very strong clinical depression often are quite isolated and are often closed off from a lot of their social environments. They feel disconnected. They feel low in terms of their ability to motivate themselves. They lose interest in environment and often they lose interest in self care such as looking after their food intake, their water intake and their sleep.

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    Dr Cahal Meegan

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    I am a registered clinical psychologist readily available to assist you in understanding and improving your quality of life impacted by mental illness, relationship or … View Profile

    Depression as an illness can have a significant impact on a person's ability to manage self-care day to day and thus on overall negative impact on their health.  Depression may impact on motivation and energy for completing adaptive and healthy behaviours such as diet, medical compliance and exercise as well as promote unhealthy coping behaviours such as excessive alcohol intake and drug taking. It may also lead to social withdrawal thereby limiting a person's social and professional supports, including seeking medical and psychological assistance.  If a person has concurrently another illness, which requires self-management and assistance, this lack of self-care will impact on this illness as well.  It is important to seek treatment for depression as would be encouraged for any illness.  The best place to start for all your primary health needs is to discuss your concerns with your GP.

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