Major depressive disorder

often been an outlet for people who are experiencing emotional distress to the point where they do not desire living anymore. Suicide is defined as the action of killing oneself intentionally. As of recently, suicide in adolescence has emerged as a major topic of conversation for the educational community. As an increasing number of educators are experiencing the loss of their own students from suicide, the factors that cause suicidal behaviors have been examined in further detail. By gaining…

I learned a few things during my first year. One of the things I learned is called “Imposter Syndrome.” The term was first coined in 1978 by Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes “to designate an internal experience of intellectual phoniness.”[i] People suffering from imposter syndrome “maintain a strong belief that they are not intelligent” despite any evidence to the contrary (pg. 241). This study specifically studied high-performing women, but some of the causes of this syndrome also apply to men.…

battle with depression and anxiety, the dissonance I habour regarding which career path to take - medicine:the opportunity of a lifetime or aviation:my love and, my walk with The Lord. They capture the seats of my emotions and feelings. They are the major threads in the tapestry of my life thus far. Tension, despair and hope are the themes. I do not know my father. He is alive. His name is Ezekiel. I can try to remember some of the few interactions…

Emotional Impact PTSD has a significant emotional impact on returned soldiers; this is amplified with the occurrence of comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD). Ikin, Creamer, Sim, and McKenzie (2010) investigated the prevalence of comorbid PTSD and MDD amongst Australian veterans of the Korean War; 52 percent of PTSD cases were shown to have co-occurring depression. Key features of MDD include, disturbances in appetite, sleep, energy and concentration and overwhelming feelings of…

A Downward Spiral Many people get to a point in life where they contemplate with the idea of suicide. People have their personal reasons - depression, financial issues, relationships. Some people facade positive emotions to conceal private despair, while others show signs leading to their suicide. In the 1962 film drama The Days of Wines and Roses, a married couple’s relationship falls apart due to alcoholism. “The Doomed in Their Sinking” by William Gass, Gass tries to understand the concept of…

A crisis provides a trauma or catastrophe that can be used to either grow or degenerate. A crisis is often thought of as something that happens unexpectedly like a tornado or a hurricane and while a crisis can be unexpected, a crisis can range in its levels of severity from personal to national. The crisis can be a part of someone’s life cycle as well. During a crisis the counselor provides awareness to resources, coping skills, and predominantly calculate safely for those involved in the…

hallucinations, anxiety disorders, and phobias (Hales 19). If your child presents any of these factors for over two weeks, you should seek…

The disease known as depression is affecting up to 16% of students in college institutions (Aselton, 2012). The purpose of the paper would be to identify the reason why this disease crops up, as well find the various coping methods that may be used by those affected by it. The percentage between men and women are apart by 7, women being more prone to depression (Genuchi, 2015). The abuse of substances such as alcohol is also prevalent amongst those who are clinically depressed, specifically men…

Chapter Twenty-Three Do You Fear Failure? Think for a moment, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid of failure? Are you afraid to aim for success? Are you afraid to chase your dreams? Now think, what would you do if you had no fear? What could you achieve? Who could you become? A friend of mine and I were having a conversation once in regards to fear and he said to me, “Have you ever stopped to think of how capable we all could be if we had confidence in our own ability? If we had…

Cognitive therapy was founded by Aaron Beck, and he based this therapeutic approach on two main ideas. The first idea is that individuals who are depressed have a negativity bias in their thinking, and the second idea is that the way individuals interpret the events around them contributes to the maintenance of their depression (Ball, n.d.). In a more refined sense by Ball (n.d.) it can be said that cognitive therapy is based on the premise that it is not the event itself that the individual…