Everybody's mood varies according to events in the world around them. People are happy
when they achieve something or saddened when they fail a test or lose something. When
they are sad, some people say they are 'depressed', but the clinical depressions that are
seen by doctors differ from the low mood brought on by everyday setbacks. Psychiatrists
see a range of more severe mood disturbances and so find it easier to distinguish these
from the normal variations of mood seen in the community. General practitioners (GP's) need to
be sensitive enough to distinguish emotional reactions to…
