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Background: Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects
how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a
loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s
ability to function at work and at home. Depression affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year. And one in six
people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life. Depression can strike at any time, but on average, first
appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Women are more likely than men to experience depression. Some studies show that onethird
of women will experience a major depressive episode in their lifetime. Objectives: The main goal of this expert system is to
get the appropriate diagnosis of disease and the correct treatment and give the appropriate method of treatment through several
tips that concern the disease and how to treat it and we will see it through the application on the expert system. Methods: in this
paper the design of the proposed Expert System which was produced to help Psychologist in diagnosing depression disease
through its symptoms such as: a loss of energy, a change in appetite, sleeping more or less, anxiety, reduced concentration,
indecisiveness, restlessness, feelings of worthlessness, guilt or hopelessness and thoughts of self-harm or suicide. The proposed
expert system presents an overview about depression disease is given, the cause of diseases is outlined and the treatment of disease
whenever possible is given out. SL5 Object Expert System language was used for designing and implementing the proposed expert
system. Results: The proposed depression disease diagnosis expert system was evaluated by psychologist students and they were
satisfied with its performance. Conclusions: The Proposed expert system is very useful for psychologist, patients with depression
and newly graduated psychologist. |
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