[The depressive syndrome]

Depression is not like depression. For that it is important to divide the various impairs of emotional life: mood fluctuations--sorrow reactions--depressions. This provides specific knowledge about the versatile and so often misleading depressive syndrome--and not only at the doctors, but also at the concerned and especially the relatives, even friends, colleagues, neighbours and so on. Only this way it is possible to shorten the, within tormenting, time between the beginning of the depression and the first consultation of a doctor.