Clinical depression is one of the most common psychiatric illnesses. It affects approximately 10% of the population during a person’s lifetime. A depressive episode is defined as a period of time lasting at least two weeks during which a person experiences five or more depressive symptoms.
It is not uncommon for a person to feel nervous about starting psychotherapy. After all, you are being asked to start talking extemporaneously to someone you have never met about things that are intimate, oftentimes sensitive, and sometimes painful.
Clinical depression is one of the most common psychiatric illnesses. It affects approximately 10% of the population during a person’s lifetime. A depressive episode is defined as a period of time lasting at least two weeks during which a person experiences five or more depressive symptoms.
It is not uncommon for a person to feel nervous about starting psychotherapy. After all, you are being asked to start talking extemporaneously to someone you have never met about things that are intimate, oftentimes sensitive, and sometimes painful.
