Disabilities can range from being mentally ill, handicap or mood disorders. One serious problem that can have an effect on a person is depression. Depression is something that affects a persons overall energy and mood. It is a disability that many people suffer from and is due to various reasons and causes.
Though depression is a serious problem, it is treatable over a period of time. The reason one suffers from depression vary from individual to individual. Unlike mood swings and temporary feelings, depression is constant. It is a constant struggle with emotions. This illness causes interference with one’s ability to perform everyday tasks; it jumbles one’s thoughts, behaviors and their overall attitude. Depression also called Major Depression …show more content…
Disability is a difficulty in functioning at the body, person, or societal levels, in one or more life domains, as experienced by an individual with a health condition in interaction with contextual factors. Disability is a state of decreased functioning associated with disease, disorder, injury, or other health conditions, which in the context of one’s environment is experienced as an impairment, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Understanding both the health and the environmental aspects of disability allows for the examination of health interventions that improve functioning as well as interventions to change the environment to improve participation of people with disabilities. However, when defining disability we should be careful to distinguish objective descriptions of the disability experience from an individual’s satisfaction with that experience. Although equally significant, data about disability are objective descriptions that differ from subjective appraisals. Data about quality of life, wellbeing, and personal satisfaction with life are useful for health and policy planning; but these data are not necessarily predicted by the presence or extent of disability. (Leonardi, …show more content…
These symptoms are present nearly every day, most of the day, for at least 2 weeks. In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, the character Tiffany is referred to as crazy and unstable throughout the film. We learn that Tiffany has a history of extreme emotional reactions, unstable interpersonal relationships, difficulty controlling anger, and self-harm. In Tiffany’s case, the unexpected death of her husband had caused her to become depressed that in turn led to major depressive
Though depression is a serious problem, it is treatable over a period of time. The reason one suffers from depression vary from individual to individual. Unlike mood swings and temporary feelings, depression is constant. It is a constant struggle with emotions. This illness causes interference with one’s ability to perform everyday tasks; it jumbles one’s thoughts, behaviors and their overall attitude. Depression also called Major Depression …show more content…
Disability is a difficulty in functioning at the body, person, or societal levels, in one or more life domains, as experienced by an individual with a health condition in interaction with contextual factors. Disability is a state of decreased functioning associated with disease, disorder, injury, or other health conditions, which in the context of one’s environment is experienced as an impairment, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Understanding both the health and the environmental aspects of disability allows for the examination of health interventions that improve functioning as well as interventions to change the environment to improve participation of people with disabilities. However, when defining disability we should be careful to distinguish objective descriptions of the disability experience from an individual’s satisfaction with that experience. Although equally significant, data about disability are objective descriptions that differ from subjective appraisals. Data about quality of life, wellbeing, and personal satisfaction with life are useful for health and policy planning; but these data are not necessarily predicted by the presence or extent of disability. (Leonardi, …show more content…
These symptoms are present nearly every day, most of the day, for at least 2 weeks. In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, the character Tiffany is referred to as crazy and unstable throughout the film. We learn that Tiffany has a history of extreme emotional reactions, unstable interpersonal relationships, difficulty controlling anger, and self-harm. In Tiffany’s case, the unexpected death of her husband had caused her to become depressed that in turn led to major depressive