Bipolar Depression Research Paper

A small little girl is sitting with her knees up to her chest in a corner in her room. Her parents believe she is just sad. She really has depression.Someone had called her a mean name or fat, or something else very mean.Has someone ever called you a mean name?Has it made you sad? Depression is more than sadness. As Katie Hurley said ”Some signs are suicidal thoughts, poems, drawings, and essays.” Teenagers who have depression have a habit of not caring about things that had meant alot to them and giving away their favorite clothing or items.Depression comes along with anxiety and can be very unpredictable. As Michael Strober said”depression can linger for a few months but a significant number of young people can have a recurrence.” What …show more content…
They told her that she had anorexia, bulimia, and bipolar disorder. There are many types of depression.Some of them are, bipolar one and two, Cyclothymic disorder,Persistent depressive disorder, and Premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Depending on the type of depression you have, it may affect you differently.Many people with bipolar depression can be happy one minute and then a trigger can happen and make them depressed or very happy.Cyclothymic disorder is just like bipolar depression but the levels of happiness or sadness are not as high or low.Persistent depressive disorder is a more long term disease but is not as severe.Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is the depressed feeling girls get while they are on their period. It starts around 7 days prior the your period and will go until 3 days …show more content…
Normally the depressed feeling goes away after your period.Triggers are something that you see,hear,feel, or smell to set you off or to make you become depressed. Tiggers could be things such as a word, a smell, a song, or a place. Many different things can trigger a person. Some people have very different triggers.Children can also get depression.“ As many as 2 to 3 percent of children ages 6 to 12, and 6 to 8 percent of teens may have serious depression, and an estimated 2.8 million adolescents (ages 12 to 17) in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2014.” says the adaa. The two types of depression you can get before the age of 12 is major depression and dysthymia.Major depression lasts about two weeks and may resurface in the childs like as they get older.This type of depression is normally caused by a traumatic experience such as a death in the family or of a friend. Dysthymia is a less severe type of depression but lasts about two years.All depression will be treated the same. It’ll be treated with behavioral therapy and antidepressants.September is the national depression awareness month. Jamie Tworkowski,the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms even makes T-shirts saying We’ll see you