Investigating and analyzing the relationship between holding mourning meetings and depression

Sadness is one of the emotions that is a normal behavior and of course, it can be considered as a symptom of a mood disorder in certain circumstances. Some people have assumed the mourning of Ahl al Bayt (A.S.) and especially Imam Hussain (A.S.) as examples of depression. In this research, using library sources and in a descriptive way, the question that "is the holding of mourning gatherings in the mourning of Athar imams is one of the examples of depression or not?" The results of the research show that according to none of the criteria in the diagnosis of mental disorders (including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM), not only holding a mourning ceremony is not an example of depression, but such a ceremony also creates vitality and peace.