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Article evaluation: I plan on adding more about Dopamine. Look into better treatment options. Add causes and theories behind what the causes are and why they affect some people and not others.

1. Situational depression vs. clinical depression This article has some great side by side comparisons on the difference between depressed mood vs. diagnosed depression. The Wiki article needs more description as to the difference between the two, because the major depression article that is linked is a good one, but being that this is a separate page would need more information as to what the differences are and why there is a distinction between the two terms. Knowing the difference between the two can allow the reader to understand when individuals go to seek professional help or to understand that there are times when that is not appropriate.

2.11 Natural Treatments For Depression: An MD’s Tips For Skipping The Prozac This article shows home remedies for minor depression or depressed moods. The Wiki article is looking at the mild depression, or simple depressed mood that people can go through from time to time that is normal. This lists things that an individual can do in order to combat these mild feelings and take care of proactively as an individual rather than seeking professional help for minor or momentary depressed feelings when professional help is unwarranted. These home treatment options could help individuals who are looking this article options for how to possibly curb their minor depression.

3.What causes depression? This article looks into the science behind depression and its affects on the brain, but further explores the complexity behind the issue. It explores the Dopamine imbalance in the brain and the effects of that which brings upon depression. I can use this to explain the chemical complexities of depression and how mild fluctuations vs constancy in lacking chemicals in the body can cause different outcomes.

4.Major Depression (Unipolar Depression). Major Depressive Disorder Can Often be Treated for Better Quality of Life This is a further description of major depression. This article looks into how lifestyle and life events can cause depression. Bringing up some of these indicators for major depression may shed some light into a persons life of how minor things ether being done or avoided before depression sets in can help alleviate minor depression, which prolonged can develop into major depression. Can be used in subcategory "management" as well as "life events" and "personality".

5.Signs and Symptoms of Mild, Moderate, and Severe Depression Further exploration into the differences between mild and severe depression. I can use this to back one of my other sources to reiterate the differences. I think that this should be a main point in this article, even a headline stating something along the lines of "NOT Major depression" or "differences between a depressed mood and major depression". I feel this needs to be very present in the article because the reader really needs to know the difference, especially if they do need to look at the Major Depression article vs the mild one that this article is.

6.Facts About Depression: Who's at Risk? This article emphasis is on risk assessment and lifestyle impacts on depression. I am finding this to be geared more towards Major depression, but by presenting these risks to someone looking into it, they could be able to self asses and see if they are either fitting into major depression or in the minor stages in order to figure out what is going on with either themselves or others, thus why they are looking into this article.

7.Can Alcohol Induce Depression? This looks into the clear connection between alcohol and depression. This is hit on very lightly in the current article and because alcohol is a huge factor in both minor and major depression, it needs to be brought up. also the idea that alcohol in itself can cause depressed moods as well as seems as if that is the home remedy for it, and this link between the two is what can roll minor depressed moods into major depression if someone uses alcohol in order to get over their minor depression. This aspect is huge in both types of depression and because alcohol is one of the social norms of humans, than it needs to be brought up in a heavy sense in this article.

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