The Pros And Cons Of Clinical Depression

Depression is a common mental disorder that affects over 20 million people in the U.S. The world health organization estimate that depression will be the second highest medical disability by 2030, this illness affects people of all ages, cultures, social positions, geographic, and demographic locations. Exposure to violence, abuse, neglect, and poverty are the likely reasons people become susceptible and vulnerable to the illness of depression. What if you were suffering from depression wouldn’t you like to know if you were suffering an illness or are you just becoming senseless? The Pros and Cons of this ongoing debate is a sensitive and complicated issue. Some have concluded that seeing depression as an illness is a drawback, yet other see this idea as a benefit, this seems to puzzle the medical and non-medical audience. Although some of the disagreements reveal that labeling the sickness as depression will help the patients …show more content…
Other less common forms of depression are Bi-polar and Manic depression, in which case the common symptoms are accompanied by hallucinations and dangerous highs and Manias, then there is SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) which affect a Patient mood by sunlight, there also is Post-Partum depression (The baby blues) that is said to be cause by hormonal changes, lack of sleep, and all other issue associated with child birth. So, in fact depression seems to be a real illness and not rejecting free will and personal responsibility as indicated, studies show that depression is a mental illness and fortunately can be effectively treated and most people can have a full recovery, but if left untreated it can become dangerous and life