Depression : A Fast Growing Epidemic

God love us. Case and point, look at Jesus. Did Jesus ever have any hardship; did he ever have any suffering? And why, because God loves you and he sent his son to die for you and pay the price for your sins. Remember that. We need that foundation of faith. We need the real answers to God questions to hold onto when the storms

Depression is a rising epidemic that needs to be handled quickly. “In 2016, an estimated 10.3 million U.S. adults aged 18 or older had at least one major depression episode with severe impairment. This number represented 4.3% of all U.S. adults(“Major Depressive Episode with impairment” pg 1). This is a really high percentage and for all we know it will increase more and more over the years. Continue on if you want to know how to help with depression victims.

The Bible gives us a much broader understanding of God's relationship with us. Look at the verses at the top of the page. This comes from Psalm 44, one of the Lament Psalms. Laments are exactly what they sound like. A recognition that life isn't going right. That someone has lost. They are frank and raw discussion about feeling abandoned by God. They even sound a bit whiny at times.

In the beginning God is recorded as taking six days to create everything. He creates many unique and beautiful things in those first five days; however, only one of those created beings, humanity, received God’s direct breath. In fact, before humanity was even created, God is recorded as saying in Genesis, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness…(Holy Bible).” God intentionally placed his own likeness into all of humanity. Consequently, as Bufford (2007) states, it seems every human life has significance and worth intrinsically woven into it. As a therapist, this has immense ramifications. Not only does this understanding influence how I interact with every client, but it also gives me motivation to press through and understand even the most difficult clients.

I agree with you that if the patient is demonstrating signs of depression, we as healthcare professionals should act quickly and seek for appropriate help. “Psychological factors are powerful predictors of long-term disability for people with a variety of medical conditions” (Hart, Werneke, George, & Deutscher, 2012, p. 257). That is why it is important to incorporate a screening tool for depression in our evaluation. Identifying patients with increased levels of psychological factors during the initial evaluation would guide the clinicians in modifying patient management or ask assistance from other professionals to help improve outcomes (Hart et al., 2012). According to Kneebone, Neffgen, and Pettyfer (2012), to prompt for a more complete

Since I was in high school, I have struggled with depression, and in that time, I have learned that discouragement is depression’s best friend. Together, they tear you down and make you believe that what you are doing is meaningless, that your efforts are meaningless and that you, yourself, are meaningless. While I have grown to learn the difference between the truth of God and the lies that my sickness speaks to me, I know that this will continue to be something that I struggle with and fight against. In chapter two, Fields identifies three areas in which discouragement will develop in your spiritual journey. The first is “I am not worthy”, the second is “I feel guilty”, and the third is “I feel alone”. While reading over these, I could easily identify with these feelings, as I have often felt them in my own life due to my depression. In the midst of these areas of discouragement, Fields speaks hope, saying, “When discouragement hits you, count on God to use that season in your life to increase your ministry effectiveness” (49). I truly believe in this statement, as I have seen it in my own life. When I first was diagnosed with depression, I felt so alone and fragile. Now, I can see how God has strengthened me through it and how He has enabled me to help others through my testimony. Battling discouragement is tough, however, battling it with God on your side is not. Fields reminded me that while discouragement will continue to follow me through life, God can, and will, strengthen my ministry through it. That is something that I will continue to hold on

When people are either depressed or angry, they often turn to cures such as alcohol and drugs to ease their pain. The devil uses these supposed cures to take over their lives and slowly draw them away from God’s compassionate and protecting arms. Instead of believing the devil’s lies, a working cure for depression is studying the Bible. Hundreds of thousands of verses

I read the biblical story of Job I realized that sometimes a person can go through things that are not expected in their life. I also realized that it is important to trust God and keep your faith. Job held a reputation of being a man that feared God and held integrity. Job was a man who was tested by Devil in order to prove that he would never curse God. The devil felt that Job only held his integrity because he was so blessed abundantly. As a result, Job lost his house, sheep, oxen, camels, servants, and children. Even though Job always lived the life that God wanted him to live, he still faced a disaster. Throughout the story Job realized that he wanted to complain to God and talk to him about his judgement. Job felt that it was unfair that

William Cowper shows through his work that he believes dealing with struggles is more manageable when accepting the fact that you can’t push away others, chiefly God and your relationship with him. Cowper lived a life of suffering with personal issues and his faith. After the loss of his mother, he fell into deep depression. He dealt with severe mental breakdowns that sent him over the edge, and throughout all of this, he was terrified of the fact that God had betrayed him. He came through his depression with the help of George Herbert and his poems. Herbert’s poems contained beauty and hope that encouraged Cowper to have the strength to pull through. Cowper struggled with his relationship with God during this period however, and “he confessed later that instead of giving God the credit for his mercy he formed the habit merely of battling his depression, if at all, by seeking changes of scenery.” He later then realized that God needed glory for his

In an ideal world parents would be loving, supportive, encouraging, respectful, and understanding of their children’s dreams, passions, desires, goals, and choices regardless if their children’s aspirations aligned with theirs. Unfortunately, we do not yet live in the utopia prophesied throughout the Bible and must; therefore, do the very best that we can until that day arrives. James presents to counseling facing an almost impossible dilemma. Does he follow his heart and God’s calling into ministry or does he explicitly and directly disobey his earthly parents and risk being ostracized, disowned, and abandoned? Given James’ age and the high level of stress he must be experiencing the primary focus of the Transformational approach (TA) to counseling should be set aside for the moment while the counselor attends to James’ “health and functionality” (Moon, 2012, p. XXX). The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSI) should promptly be administered to assess James’ current frame of mind.

Depression is one of the fastest growing psychological disorder. It affects a major part of the world population. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), depression is defined as a condition in which a person feels discouraged, hopeless, unmotivated or disinterested in life in general. There are two types of depression namely Major Depression and PDD (Persistent depressive disorder) (America). A major depressive episode involves an interference with the ability to work, play, eat or sleep. Also, a major depressive episode will have five symptoms namely persistent anxiety or sadness, feelings of guilt or helplessness, loss of appetite and thoughts of death and suicide etc. Some of the causes may be the death of a loved one, a romantic breakup and a medical illness etc. On the other hand, PDD is less severe than major depression but involves a lot of the same symptoms such as low energy, poor appetite, and overeating etc. According to the ADAA, the difference between major depression and PDD is that a person with major depression sees life as worthless and may try to end it. Whereas, a person suffering from PDD will see life as a half empty. According to the DBSA, roughly 14.8 million American adults are affected by major depressive disorder (Alliance). Some more statistics include the median age of onset is 32 and that it is prevalent more in women compared to men. The purpose of my research proposal is it successfully try to instill the idea in

I learned how emotions are a result of one’s attitude and we must acknowledge all are flawed (unbelievers and believers) and our emotions are sin- impacted and sin-impaired. This basically implicates we need to repent for some of the emotions that we have and deal with the sinful attitudes connected to these emotions. Secondly our emotions are connected to our thought process and should always be honoring to God. That is why Philippians 4:8 is such a potent verse because it reminds us to always think on the pleasant and pure things of Christ. Scripture always directs our emotional state and helps us to see the sin. Biblical counseling helps the counselee to focus on the sin, even the things we deem as “small sins”. This entire book is filled with challenges, convictions and counseling methods to equip Biblical Counseling. The challenges in this book directs you to the stability and sufficiency of scripture, the convictions reveal we are flawed and need scripture and last but not least counseling should always be centered on Gods love and Gods

how do you deal with a heart that’s ill, feeble, hurt, heavy, broken, riped, torn, isolated, crushed, decrepit, and depress? no one could or perchance would have been able to tolerate me except God. what an unpleasant state of mind and spirit. God’s plans is not to harm us, but to prosper us and give us hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29.11 niv)

Job 's suffering seems to come out of nowhere 2. and have no connection to his character. His story is recorded for us so that we will have some help in living through these calamities—and not just keeping a stiff upper lip but bowing reverently and trustingly before the sovereign goodness of God.

In the Book of Job, the character Job is viewed by all as being a godly man. As a result of his piety and unwavering loyalty to the Lord, the Lord blesses Job. These blessings are viewed by the people in the Book of Job as a reward for having a strong relationship with God. Therefore, when Job’s blessings are stripped from him, he experiences great suffering. Suffering in the Book of Job is defined as the loss of material possessions and questioning one’s relationship with the Lord. Job is the epitome of a devout follower of the Lord. He demonstrates that during times of suffering followers of God should not blame God, but should reevaluate their relationship with the Lord in order to maintain religious devotion.