The Mental Depression : Causes And Consequences Of Depression

Once again things took for the worse during the Age of Enlightenment (18th and early 19th century) the thought process for depression was that of inheritance. Once again people with mental illness were rejected from society, which lead to them becoming poor and homeless and in some cases being institutionalised. It wasn’t until the later part of the Age of Enlightenment that doctors sought out to explain the causes of depression, which some doctors thought it was aggression that was at the core of it. The treatment suggested was a good diet, plenty of exercise and talking to someone about

More than 17 million Americans have depression. Depression is much more than grieving or ‘the blues’. It’s a serious illness that can take a terrible toll on individuals and families says the Mayo Clinic Health Center. In reality the effect of antidepressants is not that much, but it bases on the certain person and their lifestyle such as sleeping habits, mood, etc. However many have benefited from antidepressants and lives have changed for the better. Yet some have had no effects. Therefore, antidepressants should not be prescribed for children diagnosed with depression.

This topic came from the thought that depression is something that all of us have experienced at some point in our lives. It focuses on adolescents because during this period we are young and vulnerable and may not know how to cope with situations or circumstances that may lead us into depression. Factors such as going through puberty and issues at home with parents can all cause depression. This paper will talk about what is depression, how families can affect depression in the child, and how depression can lead to long term effects.

When most people hear the phrase “The Great Depression” they only associate it the crash of the stock market and the hard times that followed. Here in the Midwest, when we think of the Great Depression we also think of the Dust Bowl and the Dirty Thirties. The Great Depression was a very climactic end to a series of poor choices that greatly affected the entire United States.

Not only may medications be less effective than therapy, medication can have serious side effects that can make them dangerous, especially in children. “The link between antidepressants and suicide rates among children and adolescents is a very serious issue that both Congress and the FDA are investigating” (Davis). Medication meant to help with serious depression cannot be considered beneficial if it causes the patient to consider

Macdonald et al. (2009) suggest that the current levels of antidepressant prescribing needs to be assessed. In this study, which gave an insight into General Practitioners (GPs) perspectives on the rise of antidepressant prescriptions, it was evident that many GPs believed that unhappiness, exacerbated by social deprivation and the breakdown of traditional social structures, was being ‘medicalised’ inappropriately (Macdonald et al. 2009). However, participation in this study was voluntary so it is very likely that GPs who were interested in mental health and comfortable with their own prescribing practice would be more likely to take part, thus raising the question; are antidepressants really overprescribed?

Depression is a psychological mood disorder that is common in today’s world. The effect of depression affects the person’s ability to control their feelings and thoughts, resulting in their activities of daily living being negatively affected. For a person to be diagnosed with depression they must have had the symptoms present for 2 continuous weeks at minimum (Nimh.nih.gov, 2015). Correspondingly, depression in females and the symptoms thereof are different to that of men. From social pressures to pregnancy hormones females have varying factors that alter their depressive experience from the male sex often making depression more difficult to treat ("Depression in Women: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Self-Help", 2016).

The first step to treating many of these new cases of depression is the prescription and use of antidepressant medication, however this has cause a mass flooding of our society with unnecessary prescription drugs. Due to the ease of treatment, primarily with prescription drugs, and the large range of severity in depression is often over diagnosed, adding to the problem.

Depression is one of the mental illnesses to describe overwhelming sadness and loss of interest in activities. It significantly influences daily life and productivity. Depression is now extremely common, affecting millions of people throughout the world. For a person to be diagnosed with depression, symptoms and signs should be examined by a medical professional using appropriate and effective screening tools. A patient with depression usually presents excessive sadness followed by anxiety and agitation for some periods of time usually longer than two weeks (Parekh, 2017). Ever since mental disorders were accepted as medical conditions by the society and the biomedical field, the rate of depression and other mental disorders seem to be on the

A mental illness is a “condition that impacts a person 's thinking, feeling or mood and may affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis” (Nami). Just because people are diagnosed with the same mental illness does not mean that they will react the same way as others. Some people with mental illness are very quiet, nice, and most of the time you can’t even tell that they have a mental illness, most of the time those are people that have been diagnosed with depression for example. But on the other hand, a person who is always quiet and anti-social can react very violent to certain situations and can even commit very dangerous crimes, such as murder. Major depression is a more severe case of depression it is a feeling of sadness that continues on and on and a feeling of hopeless with lack of interest in anything and in every life activities. This affects the way you think and feel, and also certain behaviors lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. In most cases depression does not lead to the murder of others but to the murder of themselves, many people who attempt suicide fail but about 15% of people that attempt suicide do fulfill their desires and end up killing themselves.

From the the psychological assessment, the defendant suffers from a mood disorder, specifically, Bipolar 2. Howard has experienced a hypomanic episode lasting for more than four days and a longer term depressive episode. This defendant did not have psychosis, which is a loss of contact with reality. The reason Howard did not have psychosis is because he was in touch with reality, he was just easily distracted but he was not in a different “world”. People had a hard time following him because he was just changing topics, but not because he was lost in another world. Furthermore, it is not Bipolar 2 because he does not have a manic episode. This is why Howard is diagnosed with Bipolar 2.

Did you know that people who suffer from depression can raise the percentage of having health problems than those that don’t. Even life events such as graduating, getting married, divorced, a new job or as little as getting into a fight can lead to depression. More than 20 million people in the United States suffer from depression in a given year and up to 15% of those who are clinically depressed die by suicide (All About Depression).

Depression is in fact a legitimate mental disorder. There is too much research to doubt its existence. However, the title of “depression” is being handed out like cotton candy at the state fair. Too many people cry wolf for society to completely believe and understand the seriousness of the condition. With the number of people being diagnosed with depression growing, more and more people begin to feel that the condition is merely fabricated and can simply be cured with willpower and a little effort on the affected person’s part. The impact and the severity of suffering from depression is being lost due to its rapid growth and widespread use. In the 1950s, 1 in every 20 Americans were routinely taking an antidepressant (Depression). In 2012, its was found that nearly 1 in 10 Americans had suffered from depression at one point or another (Unhappiness). That is a disparity of 10% in roughly sixty years. Although I agree with depression being a serious condition, I cannot accept the overall conclusion of its prominence and widespread diagnosis in modern society.

Some people have mental health concerns from time to time throughout their life, but continual signs and symptoms can cause frequent stress and problems in daily life. A mental illness influences how a person feels, thinks, functions, and how they respond others. Anxiety and depression are both examples of mental health illnesses. Anxiety is being extremely nervous constantly throughout typical life events and responsibilities (Cleveland Clinic). Depression is a broad term used to describe an extreme negative drop of mood such as sadness and hopelessness accompanied by disturbances in body functions. Anxiety and depression are both recognizable and have been acknowledged. Even though the amount of people who go through anxiety and

Depression has numerous causes and effects which affect not only the person but the people around them. Depression doesn’t have a specific cause; in most cases it’s different for everyone. It is a common, treatable mental illness that can be experienced at any time in life. It is often described with feeling sad, unhappy, miserable, or “down in the dumps”. Most people have these feelings on occasion. There are several types of depression. These different types of depression describe slight, but often important, diagnostic differences. True clinical depression interferes with mood disorder in everyday life for weeks, months, or even years. Most people think depression affects only one