Depression: What You Need to Know. Interview with Dr. Astera Brylka.

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Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home.

In today’s podcast we will to talk about depression

-what depression is (symptoms/diagnostic criteria).

-How depression differs from being sad,

-The importance to switch how we think about depression.

Guest presentation:

Dr Astera Brylka was originally trained as a psychologist and later she continued her career in Academia in different countries, including Finland, Switzerland, and the UK. Now she is a Love & Relationship Coach who is passionate about helping busy IT/data science/finance single male professionals to find someone to love and have a happy and committed relationship with.