PHYSIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION
Kelly Cristina Nunes Da Silva and Maria Gisele Dos Santos*
ABSTRACT
The current society, due to the technological advance, excessive collections, reigning individualism, among others, is faced with a significant increase of individuals with depression, according to COSTA (2010). Some authors conceptualize depression as a disease where the individual feels inferior to everything and everyone, with no capacity and willingness to face the challenges, because it presents a feeling of fear of failure, thus promoting a reduction of the feeling of pleasure, irritability, feelings of guilt and, in more serious cases, suicidal thoughts. According to RIBEIRO et. al. (2007) in their studies, the concept of depression is applied to a mood disorder, encompassing cognitive, behavioral, physiological, social, economic and religious factors, since depression is considered an evil that is rooted in the individual's "I" interfering in a negative way the course of their thoughts and decisions. In addition to these characteristic feelings of depression, COSTA (2010) points out that depression also generates disorders at the brain level, due to the dysregulation of essential neurotransmitters, as well as the reduction of cognitive function, which promotes the formulation and decision of an adequate response front to a stressor event.
Keywords: Depression; mood disorder; physiological depression, behavioral aspects.
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