Prevalence of Depression Among Medical Students in Sudan International University in May 2017 – August 2017

For ages, depression was described in literature and arts. Many definitions were developed through centuries; in the 19th century depression was seen as an inherited weakness of temperament. In the first half of the 20th century, Freud linked the development of depression to guilt and conflict. John Cheever, the author and a modern sufferer of depressive disorder, wrote of conflict and experiences with his parents as influencing his becoming clinically depressed.