Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Depression causes may include a chemical imbalance in the brain and stressful life events. Darwin described depression as a clarifying force, focusing the mind on its most essential problems, in his autobiography, he speculated on the purpose of such misery; his evolutionary theory was shadowed by his own life story. “Pain or suffering of any kind,” he wrote, “if long continued, causes of depression and lessens the power of action, yet it is well adapted to make a creature guard itself against…

Depressive Disorders Summer Holder South University Depressive disorders are a mood disorder that is widespread among all ages, genders, and ethnicities. Depressive disorders are a worldwide and serious debilitating health disorder ranking as one to the leading causes of disability. The age of onset occurs throughout any time of the life span and is its effect is a hindering as other chronic illnesses. Depressive disorders are twice as likely in females between the ages of 15 and 40 as…

Abstract Depressive disorders are prevalent and continue to grow in the United States and globally. People have attempted to define depression since the beginning of time but in the 17th and 18th centuries, studies for depressive disorders began to utilize the scientific method. The introduction of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1952 increased the quality of diagnosis, assessment, and treatment for people exhibiting depressive symptoms. The DSM-5 published…

Seasonal affective disorder also known as SAD, affects people during the changes in seasons. This causes people to lose energy and feel constant mood swings. If someone gets this in the fall and winter they tend to gain weight and hibernate. If they get it in the spring and…

Seasonal affective disorder is like a weariness of the winter. There are an estimated 4 to 6% of the United States people who have this disease, which can be referred to as SAD. People relate SAD to the winter blues and how people cope with the cold and dreary days. (Lliades, 2015) The symptoms of SAD can be mild or severe and are also close to major depression symptoms. These include sadness, loss of interest in normal activities, sleep change, appetite change, and weight gain, feelings of…

bipolar illness. People with manic depression, or people who are bipolar rotate from being in a very good mood, to a very bad mood, and a normal mood where they are not extremely happy or sad. Bipolar disorder tends to appear during adolescence and can affect both men and women. Some symptoms of bipolar disorder include being in a manic state and becoming very violent and reckless. When in this state people do not think straight and tend to act without knowing or thinking about the consequences…

The article entitled, “To Know Suicide: Depression Can Be Treated, But it Takes Competence” is about the components of suicidal depression. The article introduces an American artist, Ralph Barton, who leaves a suicide note behind explaining that his difficulties have brought him a life of deep sadness and depression. The article explains how stress is an important factor for suicide, but one of the most prominent risk factors are mental illnesses. Suicidal depression is described as involving…

major depressive disorder) experience depression throughout most of their time. Symptoms include loss of interest in activities normally done, trouble sleeping, feeling “sped up”, or “slowed down”, feeling tired, and worthless, having trouble making decisions, and thoughts of suicide. Doctors describe patients as majorly depressed if these symptoms occur for more than 2 weeks. Depression that lasts for a period of time more than two years is called persistent depressive disorder. Overeating/ not…

Bipolar disorder is included with “types of depression” because the mood swings can sometimes take them into a depressive state. In addition to bipolar, there is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) (Types of Depression). SAD only happens during the colder, darker, winter months. Postpartum depression is a maternal disorder. Postpartum depression is what happens, sometimes, when a woman has a child. This can range from…

Depression is a huge and well known Mental health problem. According to the NIMH 6.9 percent of the world's population struggles with this disease. There are not only different types of depression but also different causes and symptoms to it. There are different treatments for this disease. There are many different types of depression somee ranging to less severe to high risk severity. A high risk depression is called major depression. This is one of the many severe depression. Most common…