title: Talking sensibly about depression.
abstract: In an Essay to highlight World Health Day 2017, Vikram Patel proposes a staged model, from wellness to distress to disorder, for classifying depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.|Public Health Foundation of India, National Capital Region of New Delhi, India.|Sangath, Goa, Porvorim, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1066-8584
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000473:pathology