An initiative from a Sydney psychiatrist is expected to place melancholia in the list of mental illnesses. In 1980, the term had been dropped from the analytical catalogues of the psychiatrists.

People suffering from Melancholia should be given more attention by the doctors and not merely termed as patients treated for depression as Professor Gordon Parker from the Black Dog Institute said. He thinks that Melancholia, all together requires a different approach for its diagnoses and treatment. Professor Parker feels it is more of a physical condition rather than the psychological aspect.

A person could likely be facing physical damages with poor eye sight and concentration levels. A person could also experience lethargy, not out of choice but more so because of the inability to do anything due decreased levels of energy. The patients encounter terrible mood swings and are incapable of finding any way to cheer themselves up.

Certain treatments are unable to produce any progressive results which could mean there is a need to study the condition from a different light so that in future the patients get better results out of their treatments