King Saud Medical City explained that smiling depression appears when a person is smiling on the outside but feels sad on the inside, and those around him do not feel that he is suffering from depression.
The city indicated that the symptoms of smiling depression are severe, deep and continuous sadness, a feeling of lethargy and fatigue, changes in appetite, weight and sleep, in addition to a loss of pleasure and interest in any activities that a person enjoyed before.
She pointed out that the treatment of this type of depression includes the same way that other depressive disorders are treated by eliminating its causes, in addition to medical treatment in the form of a group of medications such as antidepressants, cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as the presence of social bond, especially the husband.
