Is Depression A Serious And Potentially Deadly Illness?

America is in crisis with the current rise of mass shootings. Many times society will use mental illness as a scapegoat for what the shooters did. One must wonder if it is in fact the mental illness a person has or just society’s view of the mentally ill that brings people to the conclusion that the mentally ill are the perpetrators of mass shootings. The perception is that the mentally ill are unstable, not understood and perhaps not cognizant of their actions or in touch with reality. These ideas

disorders have different definitions, they both share common misconceptions. For example, many people believe that someone who is battling an eating disorder can just stop. However, that is not true because an eating disorder is classified as a serious mental illness. Most of the time the disorder that the individual is battling is their way of coping with emotional stress and is therefore very difficult for them to give up. Another misconception about eating disorders is that they are a “cry for attention”

Deadly Diet What is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is any range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. There’s many different types of eating disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge eating, and Bulimia Nervosa are the most common. These deadly diets affect 20% of females between the ages of 13-40 years old. Not only do these disorders affect the body physically but also affecting the body mentally. What causes these disorders? Examples of biological

Depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death. People that are depressed have sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason. It is a serious illness that affects thoughts, feelings, and the ability to function in everyday life. Thirteen to fourteen million Americans suffer from depression in any given year and over

the darkness lifts and things start to feel enjoyable again. Clinical depression has many affects, as the pain it causes in a person’s life, the physical affects, and these could lead to teen suicide. However, sometimes the sadness or loneliness persists, or gets worse, despite all attempts to "snap out of it." Tears or anger come easily and the simplest tasks seem difficult. Such feelings can be signs of clinical depression, which is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder among teens

is known to eat almost anything. However, it is typically defined as an eating disorder which involves the persistent ingestion of nonnutritive substances. Causes may be, but not limited to, mineral deficiencies, mental illness/ disorders/ disabilities, stress, anxiety, depression, cultural practices, in poor areas, or simply enjoying the taste or texture of the items they consume. There is not an exact number

Causes may be, but not limited to, mineral deficiencies, mental illness/ disorders/ disabilities, stress, anxiety, depression, cultural practices, in poor areas, or simply enjoying the taste or texture of the items they consume. There is not an exact number or percentage of people who have this disorder because a lot goes undiagnosed due to embarrassment, denial, or even overlooked by doctors and/or dentists. Although Pica can potentially affect anyone, it usually occurs in young children, pregnant

the physician is not the only healthcare personnel involved; it may include, but is not limited to, a physician, nurse, and pharmacist. This may conflict with the healthcare worker’s own morals and there are cases in which the patient suffers from depression, or the patient is not receiving proper palliative care. Allowing physician-assisted suicide causes the physician to become entangled in an ethical and moral discrepancy and has too many other issues surrounding it for it to be legal. Physician-assisted

some cases can be life threatening. The reason Anorexia and all eating disorders in general are important to study is because they are a significant part of society. Eating disorders also hold the title of the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Therefore, more people are dying of ED’s each day. The main cause of these deaths is not only from malnutrition, but suicide. Eating disorder are long lasting and more than often result in death. More effective methods of treatment and recovery need

ancient Romans overindulged at banquets and then vomited so they could return to the feast and continue eating (Engel, B., Staats Reiss, N., & Dombeck, M. 2007). Ancient Egyptians drew hieroglyphics that depicted their use of monthly purges to avoid illness (Engel, B., Staats Reiss, N., & Dombeck, M. 2007). Africa contains several stories concerning adults who fasted during times of extreme famine in order to save