Module Summary

• Depression is a serious mental health condition that can leave a person struggling to feel motivated, find joy in life their days, find the energy to do everyday tasks, and overall ability to enjoy life. 
• Depression can take on a wide variety of forms, including seasonal depression, postpartum depression, and clinical depression. 
• The warning signs of depression include a lack of motivation, changes to eating and/or sleeping habits, loss of energy, negative thoughts and feelings, and a loss of interest in things one once enjoyed. 
• Due to cultural and ethnic differences, depression can impact people of color in significantly different ways than it impacts white people. 

In the next module… 

In the next module, we will be covering the causes, triggers, and risk factors behind depression. Understanding why some people are more likely to experience depression than others, and help many take preventative measures and better understand their mental health.