Treatment for depression

I can’t recall how I ended up in complete despair, a cloak of depression. It was a fog that moved in slowly and steadily. Till I couldn’t tell right from left and up from down, it was the outcome of a vision concealed with a blanket of depression. Vapors of depression integrated with my thoughts and feelings, that’s when I lost myself. What vanished was my will to live, life then became this hollow landscape that I aimlessly wandered through without knowing what I was seeking. Then, my bleak and…

have depression is significant weight loss, insomnia or hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue and loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, diminished ability to concentrate, and recurrent thoughts of death. Most people who suffer from depression usually experience major depressive episodes in unipolar depression, while some others experience both depressive and manic episodes in bipolar disorder. The…

Depression is a common mood disorder that affects individuals from varying backgrounds and walks of life. In the western world depression is the most prevailing mental health issue (Johnson & Thimm, 2017) and worldwide depression is the leading link to the cause of disability and disease-related disability (Charkhandeh, Talib, & Hunt 2016). Today, effective treatments for depression include psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy either separately or combined (Mayo Clinic, 2018). Cognitive…

Days, Glad Days: A Story about Depression would most likely be for ages of 5-8. The story is about a girl, Amanda Martha, trying to understand her mother’s depression. Which at times causes her mother to be sad, cry, or even be in bed all day. This book is meant to help children deal with parents with depression and notice that there are good and bad days to depression. There are also quite a few illustrations, which are meant to help the children visualize depression. Mommy stayed in bed this…

Depression isn’t like a cold or allergies, it doesn’t just come and go. There is always a reason for someone to be diagnosed with this condition and it takes a little while for people to fall so low into this stage. Depression is a serious medical condition in which someone feels constantly sad, lazy and hopeless. It causes people to not be social, constantly drag themselves around miserably and think suicidal thoughts. Many people get into a state of sadness here and there but that doesn’t…

Depression is a prevalent and potentially debilitating condition that is projected to become to become the most burdensome disease worldwide by 2030 (Aikens, Trivedi, Heapy, Pfeiffer, and Piette, 2015). Depression is associated with poor adherence to medical regimes and treatment in patients with comorbid medical conditions (Bajracharya, Summers, Amatya, and DeBlieck, 2016). An advanced nurse practitioner must incorporate an early mental health screening tool (Patient Health Questioneer-2 and 9)…

Depression Depression is simply defined as a mood disorder that causes the persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest; that tend to have an impact on both physical and mental health that is serious if no seriousness taken against it. Depression as sickness when not taken seriously may take several days, weeks or even years. Depression has always being ignored to be a minor issue that does not need the consultation from a health expert just because of the mentality that people go through…

of Disease Control, also known as the CDC, depression is the most common type of mental illness, affecting more than 26% of the U.S. adult population (CDC, 2011). Many famous figures, such as Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Manley Hopkins, Van Gogh, Beethoven, and Bach, struggled alongside William Styron with severe depression and overwhelming irrationality. William Styron, author of Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, suffered from suicidal depression and madness and was eventually…

According to Mayo Clinic, depression “is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.” Depression is not just feeling sad or grieving, it is being so sad and down that it affects all areas of everyday activities. Although there are different types of depression, they all have many similarities. Four main types of depression include major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation…

the latter, I warn you now. What I am about to say may trigger a few of our audience. If that is the case, I do apologize in advance. Moving back to the matter at hand, I hope you guys are familiar with the term “depression.” For those who haven’t heard of this mental condition, depression is the disorderly of the brain that results in a severe case of despondency (the state of hopelessness/dejection) and dejection (sadness caused by failure, loss, etc.) caused by “ faulty mood regulation by…