If You're Angry Or Irritable A Lot, You Might Actually Have Depression

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Psychiatrist are realizing that anger and irritability are two big signs of depression – and that doctors should know this during diagnosis and treatment.

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, which is basically the Bible of mental conditions only lists anger and irritability as main symptoms of depression in adolescents and not of depression in adults. But studies tell a much different story.Zimmerman and his colleagues found that of 3,800 new outpatients at Rhode Island Hospital’s psychiatric branch, two out of three reported anger. Of those, half that had signs of overt anger were diagnosed with severe depression.

Why are depression and anger linked? Researchers are still trying to find out. Part of depression involves angry feeling being turned inward, to beat yourself up – some believe that some sufferers might also turn anger outward, too. The lack of information about the link between anger and depression is likely stopping many people from getting the help that they need.in which it took her months to figure out her anger was being caused by depression.

“I always figured that if I was angry, I couldn’t be depressed,” she wrote. “Knowledge is not a treatment but it sure helps give control, and understanding how things work is a strong defuse. Now that I know anger is a product of my depression, I might be able to start tracking my moods more accurately. Now that I can share this story, those who care about me might also be able to call out the signs for me. Now that I understand how my depression works for me, I can help myself.

It’s a theme that both the experts and depression patients with anger can agree on: understanding that anger and depression are linked can help everyone fight the disease, from diagnosing it, to naming it during an outburst, to talking about it in therapy, to realizing that it’s not your fault.

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