Depression common but serious illness, say experts.

KARACHI -- Depression is a very common and serious illness, which affects about six to seven percent of the adults. Some important symptoms of depression include feeling sad, loss of interest, increased fatigue, slowed movement and speech and feeling worthless.

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Pakistani and foreign scientists expressed these views on Wednesday while delivering their lectures in the 7th International Symposium-Cum-Training Course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (November 04 to 07, 2019) being held at the Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), University of Karachi (UoK).

Over 700 scientists, including 100 scientists from 35 countries, including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, China, Egypt, Syria, Italy, Nigeria, Greece, USA, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, New Zealand, Hungry, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Thailand, Oman, Cameron, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc are attending this event.

On the third day of the symposium, Hungarian scientist Prof Dr Hedvig Bolcskei, Swedish Prof Dr Ute Romling, Canadian scholars Prof Dr Lakshmi P Kotra and Prof Dr Juan Ausio, Greek professor Dr Ioannis P. Gerothanassis, and many Pakistani scholars also spoke. Prof Dr Hedvig Bolcskei said that depression was the major depressive disorder, as millions suffer from depression. The major depressive disorder is normally treated by antidepressants, she said...