There are many types of mental illnesses that effect people. One of those mental illnesses is depression. Depression is considered “as one of the top five global health problems” (Blais, 2013, pg. 110). People can suffer from depression throughout their life whether it be at a single time or multiple times throughout life. Depression can be experienced by children, young adults, adults and elderly people. In fact depression is one of, if not the most “common psychological disorders experienced by college students” (Lee, 2005, pg. 24). However studies show there are some gender differences. According to Antonuccio, Danton & DeNelsky (1995), it has been found that “women have rates of depression twice as high as those of men.” There have been
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The BDI is used fairly often in literature about depression and is specific for detecting that particular mental illness. The BDI is questionnaire that consists of 21 questions. This questionnaire depends on self-reporting, which of course is not always accurate because an individual could potentially skew the results but when a person is honest it is fairly accurate. When completing the BDI an individual have a total score of 0 to 63 (Beck, 1961, pgs.1-3). Each question on the BDI provides an individual with four options and the goal is for the participant to chose the phrase that best describes their feelings, behavior or attitude toward things like sadness, satisfaction in life, health, or sex etc (Beck, 1961, pgs.1-3). When scoring BDI, scores that fall between 0-13 tends to indicate either normal ups and up or minimal depression. A score that is between 14-19 indicated mild depression. Furthermore scores between 20-28 indicate moderate depression. Lastly scores between 29 and 63 indicate severe or extreme depression (Beck, 1961, …show more content…
Blais, Malone, Stein & et al. (2013), suggest in their findings that; when treating depression psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy have proven to be effective. Furthermore, Blais, Malone, Stein & et al. (2013), claims that the combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy is just as effective if not more effective than one treatment on its own. Psychotherapy in itself has many different types of treatments. The best way to describe psychotherapy is counseling or talk therapy. Psychotherapy can include treatment types like cognitive-behavioral therapy, pleasant activity therapy, and interpersonal therapy along with many others (Antonuccie, Danton & DeNelsky, 1995, pgs.574-581). In this study psychotherapy is essentially talk therapy or counseling. Pharmacotherapy is another option of treatment. Pharmacotherapy is drug therapy. Pharmacotherapy treats depression with anti-depressants. There are many different anti-depressants that can be chosen. Antonuccie, Danoton & DeNelsky (1995) warn about the use of anti-depressants in their article. They suggest that when using anti-depressants an individual has a “higher risk for relapse with [the use of] medication alone” (Antonuccie, Danton & DeNelsky, 1995, pg. 581). Essentially drugs alone would not be a permanent solution, furthermore an individual is more likely to experience depressive
The BDI is used fairly often in literature about depression and is specific for detecting that particular mental illness. The BDI is questionnaire that consists of 21 questions. This questionnaire depends on self-reporting, which of course is not always accurate because an individual could potentially skew the results but when a person is honest it is fairly accurate. When completing the BDI an individual have a total score of 0 to 63 (Beck, 1961, pgs.1-3). Each question on the BDI provides an individual with four options and the goal is for the participant to chose the phrase that best describes their feelings, behavior or attitude toward things like sadness, satisfaction in life, health, or sex etc (Beck, 1961, pgs.1-3). When scoring BDI, scores that fall between 0-13 tends to indicate either normal ups and up or minimal depression. A score that is between 14-19 indicated mild depression. Furthermore scores between 20-28 indicate moderate depression. Lastly scores between 29 and 63 indicate severe or extreme depression (Beck, 1961, …show more content…
Blais, Malone, Stein & et al. (2013), suggest in their findings that; when treating depression psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy have proven to be effective. Furthermore, Blais, Malone, Stein & et al. (2013), claims that the combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy is just as effective if not more effective than one treatment on its own. Psychotherapy in itself has many different types of treatments. The best way to describe psychotherapy is counseling or talk therapy. Psychotherapy can include treatment types like cognitive-behavioral therapy, pleasant activity therapy, and interpersonal therapy along with many others (Antonuccie, Danton & DeNelsky, 1995, pgs.574-581). In this study psychotherapy is essentially talk therapy or counseling. Pharmacotherapy is another option of treatment. Pharmacotherapy is drug therapy. Pharmacotherapy treats depression with anti-depressants. There are many different anti-depressants that can be chosen. Antonuccie, Danoton & DeNelsky (1995) warn about the use of anti-depressants in their article. They suggest that when using anti-depressants an individual has a “higher risk for relapse with [the use of] medication alone” (Antonuccie, Danton & DeNelsky, 1995, pg. 581). Essentially drugs alone would not be a permanent solution, furthermore an individual is more likely to experience depressive