Symptoms And Symptoms Of Depressive Disorders

This paper will focus on depressive disorders, and it will describe what they are, how they manifest themselves, what causes them and/or what makes certain individuals susceptible to the disorder as compared to others. This piece will also describe the most common treatment practices, and the effectiveness of these treatments. It will conclude by offering some testimonials from individuals who suffer from depressive disorders as well as some additional commentary about depressive disorders and their implications/challenges.

Eventually in life, any given individual will encounter testing days that brings on a depressing mood. An individual may feel miserable, sad, or even tired. A depress state of mind is something that is normal and a basic event in our day to day lives. For a few people, it turns out to be more than a basic discouraged mind-set, it turns into a state of being a disorder. It is assessed that million of Americans will develop some type of mood disorder issue eventually in their life. Mood disorder is not something new mood disorder are something that has been around a very long time.

Depression is a general term that can be classified as a syndrome commonly presenting as lack of happiness, loss of

This case study pertains to a 37 year-old female named Ellen Waters of undisclosed race who appears to be suffering with some form of a depressive disorder. Ellen is a single (never married) graduate student who lives alone and works in home healthcare. Throughout her adult life she has been unable to or uninterested in maintaining a job or a relationship for longer than a few years, and even her current relationship may be waning (the longest she’s had, at about six years). Her early family life was tumultuous; there was heavy domestic strife between her parents, her father abused alcohol, and Ellen reported that both parents emotionally abused her (there is no mention of siblings). Ellen first attempted suicide at age

Sarah presents with more than enough relevant symptoms and signs often associated with Criterion A, for a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with a recurrent episode. Based on the duration of her symptoms and the fact that she mentions having previous episodes of depression in the past, further reinforced this diagnosis. It is important to note that none of her symptoms are attributed to any medical conditions or etiology. With no current or past history of alcohol or substance abuse/use, it is clear that these symptoms and signs have caused a change of previous functioning as noticed by her sister Gloria. Sarah reported having a depressed mood with crying spells lasting all day, for more than several weeks. Her recurrent (Criterion A1) suicidal ideation without a specific plan are explained as she reported being close to taking all the pills in her medicine cabinet. In this depressed mood, she also reports having chronic feelings of profound emptiness. This essential feature of MDD, along with her self reporting of (Criterion A2) loss of appetite as evidenced by her not going out to buy groceries to eat, could have also contributed to her rapid weight loss. Sarah reported having no energy to do anything and only watching television in bed, which can also be seen as a sign that meets (Criterion A3) of extreme fatigue. Her reporting of not bathing for a week can also meets (Criterion A4) of markedly diminished interest

Severe depression can have a devastating effects on not only individuals, but also on their families and communities. Depressive disorders when severe or prolonged enough can cause some patients to seek to harm themselves, or worse; to seek to end their lives. While over the last century there have been significant strides in the treatment of depression, there still is much work to be done. May medication that treat depression take a long time for patient to reach therapeutic dosages, mean that patients often have to wait weeks on longer for their symptoms to improve. Because of the significant time for these medication to begin to cause patients depression to enter remission, there is a critical time frame in which patients need help or

Everyday, people read whether they want to because it helps them do many daily actions, such as reading signs while driving or ordering food at a restaurant. Everyone likes to read because they have to, so why can’t people read to help clear their minds? In today’s society, a newly introduced psychiatric therapy called bibliotherapy helps restore many people’s ailments, such as depression, one piece of literature at a time. Depression is a major disorder that thousands have to live with everyday, but less than half go to a form of therapy for the disorder. Bibliotherapy can either be prescribed by themselves or they can get a doctor to give recommendations. Bibliotherapy helps with depression by showing better results than other therapies and by empathizing with many characters and situations within different pieces of literature, such as novels, self-help books, and poetry.

A woman in Iran has noticed in herself a persistent sadness, lack of energy, headaches, and a feeling of imbalance. What does this mean? Do these symptoms characterize a disorder? Will she receive help for these problems? In this particular case, some of the symptoms are considered universally characteristic of a depressive disorder, while others are culture-bound, peripheral symptoms which are context-dependent on whether they set off red flags as a mental-illness. What would differ in regards to treatment if the person was male-gendered? Culture plays a key role in determining not just what idioms of distress will result in diagnoses but also in prescribing gendered roles that affect individuals’ subjective experience of mental and physical health. The World Health organization defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (“WHO definition of Health,” n.d.). Despite the existence of a universal definition of health, culture-defined gender roles prevent universality in its ease of attainability.

Words hold immense power. They are more than just vibrations of the throat and symbols crashed together in a hope that another person will be able to understand their meaning. They form a bond with their audience on an unconscious level that can affect them individually as well as collectively. Anne Curzan, author of How English Works, wrote, “Words have the power to hurt and heal, inform and misinform, reveal and hide” (5). Writers are among those that truly comprehend the power within words and use that knowledge to their benefit. They also understand that the systemically structured aspects of the language go hand in hand with the actual wording to create the desired message. Images, messages, and the creation of worlds depend on the

Are we as a society competent in recognizing and treating depression? Researchers at the Mayo Clinic define depression as “a mood disorder that causes sadness and loss of interest” and goes on to say, “it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems”(Depression). For two years, I knew that something was wrong with me, but the symptoms that I was experiencing didn 't mirror anything that I equated with depression. My primary care physician was equally perplexed by my presented symptoms and I was tested for every imaginable physical ailment. My symptoms gradually increased in severity until my depression had effected every aspect of my life. Worried that all of my problems were all just “in my head”, I did everything that I could to keep my pain to myself and cope. Unfortunately, my story is far too common. According to a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, depression effects 11.9% of the general population and "it has been estimated that in 2020 depression will become the second leading cause of disability"(Cepoiu). It is imperative that society develops a sufficient understanding and compassionate awareness of depression.

Family and friends become worried about this person. They don’t understand why this person may be depressed or know how to help. So in turn both the person and their loved ones feel helpless. People that have strong social support and loved ones to lean on tend to recover faster than people that isolate themselves or have no one.

Analyzing one’s work is incredibly important in order to explore one’s style of writing and to discover certain factors that influence it. When analyzing the work done throughout this semester, I came to the conclusion that important aspects of my writing include how my identity and my style of writing changes based on my audience, the different ways I build my ethos and my use of logos, and the importance of kairos in order to persuade the reader.

It is certified that Ms. Syrrina Ahsan of Final Semester (Session 2013-2015), Department of English Literature has carried out this work entitled

The participants in this study were 30 students both males and females majoring in TEFL and literature studying at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, participated in this investigation.

An oral production or drama text in any literature works plays a crucial role in enriching the content. Some writer may classify some drama work as films and thus eliminate it from being part of writing. Oral productions provide enrichment to culture and language spicing up the written work ("Literary Genres: Definition, Types, Characteristics & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com," 2017). They reveal insights into the targeted culture and presents language in a manner that is easily understandable and memorable by placing them in a realist social context. Giving the readers a chance experience a characterization of drama makes them become feel involved in the context contribution. The topic at in question, African American Literature will require supporting cultural background ideas which will enrich the content. Therefore, the inclusion of drama text in the attempt to support the topic at hand makes it indeed a literature work.