Depression around the holiday season is common, according to Asha Shajahan, a primary care physician at Corewell Health. Volunteering to help those in need can lessen feelings of isolation and helplessness.

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METRO DETROIT — ‘Tis the season to be jolly, as the saying goes. But for individuals struggling with depression, the holidays can be an especially difficult time.

“It’s really common for people to feel the holiday blues,” said Asha Shajahan, a primary care physician specializing in family medicine at Corewell Health in Novi.

Ibrahim Sablaban, a psychiatrist with Metropolitan Behavioral Health — also part of Corewell Health — described two types of depression: clinical and non-clinical.

Clinical depression, Sablaban said, is a state where “things have gone awry (a

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