Did you know that there is over 3 million cases of depression reported each year and 20% of those people develop psychotic symptoms.In the poem “In The Dark” the poet describes putting on a fake smile to please the others around him while he suffers with severe depression.The theme of the poem is that you should not risk your own happiness to please others. The theme of the poem relates to being human because many people can relate to feeling alone and pretending to be happy. I…
Depression is a growing illness and more and more people are affected daily. People often underestimate this disease because they assume its “normal” or they believe it’s all in the persons head. The major issue is people not becoming educated enough and developing the wrong impression of this disease. The main ideas the author included were the types, factors, and how depression affects people in different ways. Depression is real and so much more harmful than just being “sad”. The article…
as long as they can remember. Others feel that they go in and out of depression most of their lives. Some symptoms come and go, while others stay constant. According to the University of Washington, dysthymia is a type of depression where a person’s mood is regularly low. Feeling positive is difficult for people with dysthymia. People with other forms of depression tend to fluctuate between periods of being emotionally ok and being really depressed. Whereas, people with dysthymia are at a…
The world is a busy place. Many demands are made on our time. So how do we squeeze in quality time for ourselves? One thing that I have noticed is people not suffering from Bipolar Disorder, don’t understand how truly draining it is. They make seemingly simple demands on your time and then are confused or even upset when you can’t follow through. I want to give a glimpse into the Bipolar brain to explain why that is. First of all, if you have Bipolar Disorder, you probably spend the majority…
Neuroscience and Depression Jessica Hess Southern Connecticut State University Depression is an affective mood disorder, which is a psychiatric disorder that involves a change of mood and emotion (Pinel, J, 2014). There are several different categories of depression. Major depression is a very familiar term and is the most well known form of depression. This is characterized by symptoms such as loss of interest and an inability to enjoy life and the cause remains unidentified. Another…
Introduction Everyone experiences sadness during certain periods in his or her life, but sometimes the lingering sadness and anxiety doesn’t fade away. This is called depression, a mood state characterized by significantly lowered mood and a loss of interest or pleasure in activities that are normally enjoyable 1. Depression can vary from different types of diagnoses ranging from minor to severe depression, which can be life threatening. Those who suffer from this mental illness experience an…
in behavior especially if a person is not on medication that can help them control their mood swings and changes in their physical ability. As mental illness has different illness such as bipolar, PTSD, depression and more that I will discuss later on. I feel that having a mental illness is not something that is easy to live with and can change a person behavior and destroys relationships because of the mood changes. I want this society to realize that if you know someone that has a mental…
Major depressive disorder is a type of unipolar mood disorder that only shows depressive symptoms. A patient that has major depressive disorder can have a different range of symptoms of mild, moderate, or severe. These symptoms only have to be noticeable for two weeks, according to the DSM-5. Some patients also show signs of psychosis or suicidality. It is noted that if there are two or more major depressive episodes, it is recurrent. This is very important when predicting the future of the…
Jamilette Duran, a twenty-five year-three month old female, attends Lehman College Speech and Hearing Clinic for individual speech-language services twice weekly for 50 minutes. She has been attending the Speech and Hearing Clinic since 1998. At six months of age, she was diagnosed with Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) and Cerebral Palsy (CP). Jamilette has a diagnosis of an articulation disorder, receptive and expressive language disorder secondary to IDD and CP. Josefina Duran,…
According to Ciccarelli & White (2014), major depressive disorder (MDD) known as a type of mood disorder is when an individual suddenly feels unhappy and lack of interest in most of anything. The daily routine of an individual who is suffering from MDD would be affected and would feel a sense of worthlessness in life. I have an aunt whose name is Carmen, she is 32 years-old who became a widow overnight and witnessing her brother recovering from stroke is suffering mental breakdown. Despite the…