Great Depression Research Paper

Can you imagine staying locked up in your room for the rest of your life? Many depressed people spend their days doing exactly that. The explanation? Depression deprives people of daily activities and takes up all their energy. Sometimes they can’t even bother to get out of bed to cook for themselves, more or less for their children. This mental illness is very common in our world, keeping millions from living a healthy life. Many things can cause depression or anxiety, such as alcoholism. To many people, the term alcoholism means a drinking problem, but in the eyes of many clinicians, doctors, and psychologists, it is a drastic disease: "Clinicians call such a behavioral disorder a disease because it persists for years, is strongly hereditary, …show more content…
According to the article "Depression." in Britannica School, "Depression, in psychology, a mood or emotional state that is marked by feelings of low self-worth or guilt and a reduced ability to enjoy life [sic]." Also mentioned in the article, "A person who is depressed usually experiences several of the following symptoms: feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or pessimism; lowered self-esteem and heightened self-depreciation; a decrease or loss of ability to take pleasure in ordinary activities; reduced energy and vitality; slowness of thought or action; loss of appetite; and disturbed sleep or insomnia." ("Depression" 1) I want to base this paper on ways to prevent and stop alcoholism and help those who resulted in depression and/or anxiety using specific …show more content…
In 1920, the US passed a law prohibiting the manufacture, sale, import and export of intoxicating liquors. The illegal alcohol trade boomed and by 1933, the prohibition of alcohol was canceled, but I believe it should be banned again. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informs us that "Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death. This dangerous behavior accounted for approximately 88,000 deaths per year from 2006–2010, and accounted for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 20–64 years." Furthermore, Britannica School states that "Alcoholics—who chronically experience severe intoxication—are said to be 30 times more liable to fatal poisoning, 16 times more liable to death from a fall, and 4.5 times more liable to death in a motor-vehicle accident. Risk of death by suicide, homicide, fire, and drowning are roughly doubled. These liabilities reflect not only the effects of immediate intoxication but also poor self-care by alcoholics." ("Alcoholism" 17) As you can see, alcohol has become a serious problem that has hurt many families by taking their loved ones, and something must be