Major Types Of Major Depressive Disorder

Mental disorder is a common term to refer people’s mental health conditions in Canada and internationally. People who have studied Hamlet, a play that’s written by William Shakespeare, know that Ophelia is one of the characters who suffer from a mental disorder, which known as major depressive disorder. At the beginning of the play, Ophelia’s mental state is very healthy, she falls in love with her boyfriend Hamlet, yet their relationship is controlled by her father. During the play, Ophelia experiences a transformation of her mindset, which causes by Hamlet. As the play closer to the end, the death of Polonius, father of Ophelia, makes Ophelia’s mental becomes more unstable, which leads her to suicide at the end. Thus, due to all the unhappy events that happen to Ophelia’s life all at once, the psychological harms slowly turn Ophelia becomes insane and eventually brings her to death.

Andrea Yates was born on July 2, 1964. In high school she graduated as valedictorian and moved onto college where she graduated with a nursing degree and preceded to become a registered nurse. It wasn’t until after Andrea met her husband, Rusty Yates, and had her first of five children that she started to show signs and eventually be diagnosed with major depression and psychotic features.

Even though sadness and grief are mandatory aspects of life, when sadness takes over the quality of someone’s daily life, they become depressed. Depression can be a debilitating disorder and can effect anyone at any time. Because of the broad spectrum of events that can cause depression, there are several different forms such as persistent depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, major depressive disorder, manic depression, and bipolar disorder. With the prevalence of depression growing rapidly in today’s society, like many others, I know several people who have faced depression and even though they all have the same disorder, their experiences and outcomes

In conclusion, sexual prejudice has become a major concern in our community and country. It not only has affected individuals physically but also mentally as well. We have made big strides in the United States in accepting lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. This will continue to be a process as we become more educated on this topic. In this paper, I compared

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or unipolar depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders seen in primary care but only half of all MDD sufferers seek medical help (Johnson Vanderhoef 109; Myers DeWall 520). NEED A TIE IN SENTENCE

In our media-intensive culture, it is not difficult to find different opinions as well as stereotypes. Stereotypes are found in the media every day and affect our opinion as well as how we perceive others. Stereotypes of the GLBT community in the media are most commonly found in movies or in TV shows but they rarely talk about their sexual identity. When their identity is being portrayed, it is shown with some form of stereotype. The identity of the homosexual seems to stem from a stereotype itself; sometimes as if the GLBT community has formed their identities based on stereotypes. Men are commonly shown as “feminine” while women are portrayed to be “masculine”. Other stereotypes such as that all gay men are all into fashion or that

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is currently labeled one of the world’s greatest health problems, with an estimated prevalence of 4.7% and the second highest cause of years lived with a disability in 2010. The economic impact on patients with MDD is extensive particularly in patients that do not respond to treatment. Severe MDD can lead to loss of productivity and increase mortality.

Lucy Lee is a 30years old African American that was referred to the Community Behavioral Health Agency by her mother. She attended the intake session with her mother Grace who appeared to be very worried about Lucy. Lucy is a single mother with one daughter currently in high school. Lucy stated that even thou she loved her job because she had few friends who also worked there, she had to quit her job, as she does not feel the need as well as the energy to leave the house. She mentioned that prior to this feelings, she would go out to the mall with her daughter to shop as well as the movies; but lately, Lucy has not been interested in participating in any of her usual fun activities. She has been unable

The disorder I will be focusing on is Major Depressive Disorder. Major Depressive Disorder, also known as major depression, has been a continuing health problem for human beings throughout the course of history. According to documents written by philosophers, healers and other writers, depression has had a deep-rooted existence dating as far back as the second millennium B.C. At this time, Major Depressive Disorder was referred to as “melancholia.” The earliest documentation of melancholia appeared in the ancient texts of the Mesopotamian population. It was then believed that all mental illness was a result of demonic possession and could only be healed by the power of a priest. It was not until much later that the first historical understanding of depression as a spiritual or mental illness was recorded. According to historical documentation, populations such as the ancient Greeks, Romans, Chinese and Egyptian civilizations had controversial thinking about the causes of melancholia, or depression. The Chinese and Egyptian cultures believed that their mentally ill were possessed by demons and practiced exorcism techniques such as beatings, restraint and starvation. Unlike the Chinese and Egyptians, the Romans and Greeks contributed mental illness and depression to biological and psychological disease. Treatment techniques such as gymnastics, massage, special diets, music, baths and herbal

Many people throughout their lives go through periods of sadness due to various different things such as grief at the loss of a loved one or a stressful event occurring, and this process is natural, even a part of human nature, in order to experience all aspects of life and get support from those around us (Horwitz & Wakefield, 2007). However, this “organic sadness,” as it were, is quite different from what we call depression as a mental illness; as to say that one has a mood disorder, a number of symptoms must occur at once and impair functioning of the individual (Ingrim, n.d). To put into perspective the prevalence of this disorder, over 98 million people are affected globally, with middle and low income countries more highly afflicted,

The basic pathophysiology of major depressive disorder has not been clearly explained. Current evidence suggests a complex interaction between the availability of the neurotransmitter, receptor regulation, and sensitivity underlying the affective symptoms.

According to research conducted by Boysen and Logan (2016), masculine disorders elicit more stigma than stereotypically feminine disorders. Participants believed that stereotypically masculine disorders were less genuine and more of a character flaw (Boysen and Logan, 2016). Fear was reduced for women than men. In addition, sympathy was significantly higher for women than men (Boysen and Logan, 2016). This is attributed to stereotypical beliefs that women are harmless, docile, and more in their minds and emotions than men. As a result, stereotypically masculine mental disorders than stereotypically feminine disorders (Boysen and Logan, 2016). It can be hypothesized tend to be viewed as more of a character flaw that the negative traits thought to be stereotypical of men result in both the perceptions of some disorders such as those associated with sex, aggression, and boldness as masculine (Boysen and Logan, 2016). Overall, stereotypically masculine disorders such as alcohol abuse, antisocial personality disorder, pedophilia, and pyromania, are more stigmatized by society whereas feminine disorders such as anorexia nervosa, major depression, orgasmic disorder, and dependent personality disorder, are more likely to receive sympathy (Boysen and Logan, 2016). Acknowledging these stigma attitudes toward certain disorders tell us a lot about our society and its views on masculinity and femininity as

Being part of a stigmatized group often accompanies a sense of negative self-worth. This association can become increasingly evident if an individual is constantly faced with adversities that make the individual feel devalued. Specifically, individuals in the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) population have unique experiences that proliferate the rate of being marginalized. This marginalization can negatively affect the individual and can be portrayed in multiple ways. At the society level, Herek & Garnets (2007) coined the term sexual stigma to describe this phenomenon in relation to sexual minorities. Sexual stigma, in the researcher’s terms, means that there is an inferior status in relation to a society that does not tolerate of any nonheterosexual behavior, identity, or relationship (Herek & Garnets, 2007). An example of this stigma would be a religion frowning upon a homosexual relationship and not tolerating or devaluing the homosexual couple. Herek also describes this at an individual level: sexual prejudice means “negative attitudes based on sexual orientation” (Herek, 2000), as a result, the individual may feel devalued through various means such as not being able to build relationships with individuals who oppose homosexuality. Both at the societal and individual level can include: prejudice -which is a negative attitude that an individual may associate to an identity (in this case an nonheterosexual identity)-, blatant

Mental health is a big problem in the world and there are many different types of mental health disorders. Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression and many others are faced by a lot of people.  The question is,  however ; Are we doing enough to help the people with these disorders? There are many different resources for people to turn to such as medication, psychotherapy, case management, and even smaller non-professional support groups, but that still does not seem to be helping as much as it could be. I believe that more should be done to help people and that they have a right to get the help that they need.

When a person hears the word depression they immediately think of being sad or down, this feeling could be caused by an event or just having a bad day. Eventually that feeling may pass. Typically this is why people don’t really take depression as serious as they should. Depression is a very serious disorder amongst a variety of ages. A lot of times the feeling one thought was going to pass doesn’t. Recognizing whether or not this is something serious can be difficult but once a person realize the symptoms they can get help.