Mood Disorders and Treatments

Depressed teenager

Everyone has felt down before, but how do you differentiate between simply feeling blue versus suffering from clinical depression?

Life can feel pretty stressful in our society, so it is normal to have better days than others. Knowing how to spot clinical depression from just everyday blues may prove important to understanding yourself or those you care about who someday might experience depression.

Essential Questions

  • What are the symptoms of various mood disorders?
  • What are the causes of various mood disorders?