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How does depression impairs ability to function daily?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A person with: Severe depression might not eat (or eat too much), stop sleeping (or sleep much of the day), stop cooking, cleaning the house, taking care of personal hygiene, miss work, stop studying for school, isolate from loved ones - etc.

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Answered 12/5/2017

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