1. Lesson 5 - depression Learning Objectives
· Understand what depression is
· Compare medical depression to ‘feeling down’.

2. Who is this? Why is he famous? What are his greatest achievements?

3. Cavalry officer
Dramatic escape from captivity in Bohr war
Conservative MP
Prime minister during World War 2
Bulldog spirit
Love of cigars and brandy
Constructed Grand Alliance against Hitler
Prime minister for second time in
Considered one of the greatest British icons ever

4. Churchill also suffered from manic depression – he called it his ‘black dog’
‘‘I don’t like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand back and, if possible, get a pillar between me and the train. I don’t like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second’s action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.’’

5. Robbie Williams
Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick.

6. Marian Keys
I know of people who don't believe it, but depression is an illness, but unlike, say, a broken leg, you don't know when it'll get better.

7. Why do people develop clinical depression?

8. Signs and symptoms of depression
PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
continuous low mood or sadness
feeling hopeless and helpless
having low self-esteem 
feeling tearful
feeling guilt-ridden
feeling irritable
having no motivation or interest in things
finding it difficult to make decisions
not getting any enjoyment out of life
feeling anxious
having thoughts of harming yourself
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
moving or speaking more slowly than usual 
change in appetite or weight (usually decreased, but sometimes increased) 
unexplained aches and pains
lack of energy or lack of interest in sex
changes to your menstrual cycle
disturbed sleep (for example, finding it hard to fall asleep at night or waking up very early in the morning)

9. Suicide – key points
Most people with diagnosed depression do not take their lives
People who express suicidal thoughts are very unwell – immediate medical help is needed
Suicide devastates families and communities
People do not ‘commit suicide’ – they are not criminals
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