ng enough. As with anxiety it is important for the clinician to differentiate between depression as an appropriate response to things such as loss and grief and that of an extracted prolonged disorder. Depressive disorders can be sorted into two subtypes. One is termed Major Depressive Disorder and the other is Bipolar Disorder (Kaplan et.al 1994), For the purpose of this paper Major Depressive Disorder shall be highlighted.
             Diagnostically depression requires five out of the nine possible symptoms to fit the DSM-IV criteria, Out of these two are called important symptoms and at least one of these is required to fit the criteria. The two important symptoms are 1. Depressed Mood, A lack of pleasure or happiness in things the client use to enjoy and 2. This state must last for most of the day for most of the days of the week for at least two weeks. There are some Quid Pro Que's, that is that the depression cannot be attributed to any physical illness, be the result of bereavement or as a re
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