Depression: A Review of its Definition

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com is really conceived as depression can be seen, often observing interchanges in the conceptions of emotion, state, disorder and disease, and also, being used as a synonym with other alterations such as “melancholy”. Derived from the above, the present study intends to make an analysis of the term “depression”, starting from its definition and generating later reflections of what is found in the area.