Depression isn't just a brief blue mood or a passing sadness that lifts in a few hours or even a few days. People who have depression -- or, in more formal clinical terms, major depressive disorder -- experience at least five of the following symptoms, which must include the first or second, nearly every day, all day, for at least two weeks:

	Persistent depressed mood, including feelings of sadness or emptiness
	Loss of interest or pleasure in activities or hobbies that were once enjoyed, including sex
	Feelings of hopelessness and pessimism
	Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and helplessness
	Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
	Loss of appetite accompanied by weight loss or overeating accompanied by weight gain
	Decreased energy, fatigue, and feeling "slowed down"
	Restlessness and irritability
	Difficulty concentrating, remembering, and making decisions
	Thoughts of suicide or death (not just fear of dying) or suicide attempts
	Persistent physical symptoms, such as headaches, digestive disorders, or chronic pain, that do not respond to medical treatment and for which no physical cause can be found

we are giving  Ayurvedic treatment to the patient who is suffering from stress and depression

Shaman Chikitsa Sashodhan Chikitsa Shaman Chikitsa:  This type of ayurveda treatment is very much needed and helpful for our nation,  For example power giving to brain example vacha, chorak and life-giving jivanti,mashparni. Specialy for Mental illness we have our in-house ayurvedic medicine such as: Vishvadh Churan Unmad Manjan Rasa Sasvatadi Churan Parmod Churan These medicine are really helpful in treting the patient stress and ailment Sashodhan Chikitsa: if the patient is unable to leave the the drugs and still taking drugs and alcohol after the first treatment then .He would be given the Sashodhan Chikitsa, In which the patient is kept on very light food so that his or her mind become pure and clean and after that with the help of yoga asana patient is kept away from the drugs .Massages like Abyang, Sanahan and Savedan help the patient body to get back its power and vigor back and Shriodhara help the patient to fight back with the withdrawal symptoms of drugs