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Depression can be considered the "common cold" of psychological disorders. This expression describes its pervasiveness, but definitely not its seriousness. Depression is considered a mood disorder, which is a psychological disorder, characterized by emotional extremes. Studies have shown that depression is the number one reason people seek mental health services. Depression is often a response to past and current loss. It is a sort of psychic hibernation: it slows people down, avoids attracting predators, and evokes support. There are normal downs that people have, such as feeling bad in reaction to profoundly sad events. However, when individuals persist with their feelings of depression and the response becomes more serious, the line may be difficult to draw between normal feelings of sadness and a depressive disorder. Understanding depression is important; therefore, the following will be discussed: symptoms of depression, types of depression, reasons why people may get depression, and ways to get help.
An individual, experiencing signs of depression, may vary in their individual symptoms as compared to others. All individuals are not alike. Depressive symptoms may be those such as feeling deeply discouraged about the future, dissatisfied with life, or feeling isolated from others. In addition, individuals may lack the energy to get things done or the energy to get themselves out...
They may be unable to concentrate, eat or sleep normally. Some may even wonder if they would be better off dead.
There are different types of depression. They are dysthymic disorder, major depressive disorder, manic episode, and bipolar disorder. First of all, dysthymic disorder is a down in the dumps mood that fills most of the day, nearly every day, for two years or more. Secondly, major depressive disorder occurs when signs of depression (including lethargy, feelings of worthlessness, or loss of interest in family, friends and activities) last two weeks or more without any particular or notable cause. To get a sense of what this might feel like, imagine combining the anguish of grief with the sluggishness of jet lag. Thirdly, manic episode is when individuals experience symptoms of euphoria, hyperactivity, and are wildly optimistic. Mania can be compared to running on fast forward. Fourthly, bipolar disorder is an alternation between depression and mania symptoms. When a person is in a manic phase of the bipolar disorder they are usually over talkative, overactive, and elated, yet easily irritated if crossed at the wrong time. In addition, persons with bipolar may have little need for sleep and show few sexual inhibitions. They are also loud, flighty, and hard to interrupt.
People may get depressed for different reasons, unique to the individual.…
Depression is an often-devastating symptom and illness in people. It affects millions of people worldwide and can last anywhere from week to months to years. People often have issues with depression and seek treatment. When they do, they do not adhere to treatment protocols and may regress back into depressive episodes. There are also situations and history that may attribute to the feelings of depression such family history, tragic events,
Not all physical activity could tackle depression. Researchers at Glasgow University interviewed hundreds of men and women about the types of exercise they engaged in (Templeton 2002). They discovered that housework, unlike vigorous exercise, not only failed to improve the morale of depressed people but also worsened their condition. They found that physical activity performed as paid work had no effect on well-being. There was no improvement in the mood,
So, although the reverse of these characteristic is not indicative of depression, their expression within the context of grief suggests the lack of clinical depression. With the fundamentals of depression outlined, it is reasonable to wonder why such symptoms and behaviors manifest themselves in certain people and why they do not in others. Many different researchers coming from many different scientific backgrounds -- from psychology to biochemistry -- have investigated
Moreover, ending the cold war enabled the formation of international alliances that help and support members, and also fight together against common enemies. Bibliography Cold War, MSN Encarta, Encyclopedia Article, Microsoft Corporation, 2006 http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569374_1/Cold_War.html, last accessed on February 27, 2007 Walter Lippmann, the Cold War: A Study in U.S. Foreign Policy, Harper & Brothers, 1947 Cold War, Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia, February 24, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war,last accessed on February 27, 2007 Proxy War, Wikipedia, the
Social Impact of Cold War & Terrorism The Cold War is often associated with the idea of making great and physical divides between the good and the bad of the world. It was a symbolic representation that extended for about 30 years on the expectation that the greatest powers of the world could, under the right circumstances, impose a sort of benign order on the planet by isolating the evil empires
Imperialism which is often considered to be a final stage of capitalism was a logical continuation of industrialization, development of trade and colonization. Global trade and goods exchange have united Europe, Africa, America and Asia into an integral organism. Imperial system as well as interaction between the major colonial super-powers guaranteed economical stability and peace. Colonies were perfect markets for the goods produced in metropolises and were used as emergency