Does depression lead to schizophrenia?

Depression is a typical mood disorder that often co-exists with schizophrenia, and needs treatment as well. People who are mentally ill are likely to have symptoms of hopelessness and depression, and it is all these symptoms that tend to build up to take the form of a more severe condition, which is schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness, and depression is one of the symptoms as well as the causes of schizophrenia. However, the symptom of schizophrenia more severe in nature that includes inability to hear and recognize different voices and sounds, suspicious nature, delusions, hallucinations and also cognitive deficits. Patients suffering from schizophrenia often fail to differentiate between the world of imagination and the reality.

Depression triggers schizophrenia when left untreated for several ears. Chronic depression, that usually begins with very gradual stages of sadness that eventually progresses to become more severe in nature. The symptoms are coupes with insomnia or oversleep as well. Loneliness, hopelessness, affinity for everything that exists, reduced levels of energy, decreased sex drive and lack of concentration and mental awareness. A person suffering from severe depression might slip into schizophrenia without any prior sign or symptoms.
Treating depression with proper therapies can help in reducing the risks of developing schizophrenia or more complicated mental disorders in the long run.