Essays on Depressed People

Karen appears to have a very positive attitude about her future. She seems to have realized that the end of her relationship wasn’t about her but was about the lack of commitment on her partner’s part. Karen’s strengths lie in the fact that she is positive about her future and that she is making plans for that future. She has an optimistic outlook on her dating future and is committing herself to a gym membership. This indicates that she is moving in a forward direction. Karen could be afraid of the stigma that can be attached ...

Introduction

The topic of the research is how healthcare professionals communicate with people who struggle from depression and anxiety to overcome their communication barriers. Communication is the integral factor that binds together society. Where two or more animals are in the same environment, they have to find a way of communicating to ensure their survival. Most animals have primitive modes of communication that are just enough to ensure that the animals are able to survive in their environment. Human beings are more developed and have more advanced modes of communication, such as language. Although communication is not entirely for survival, ...

That tobacco causes lung cancer and other forms of cancer has long been established and accepted by the health community and the general populace. Daniel Neal in his essay “Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse” shows stats of public perceptions to indicate that we have moved on from the period when there was a debate of the dangers of tobacco (Neal, 2011). However, there are studies that have shown that tobacco use has other unwanted outcomes beyond just cancer and the better-known effects of smoking. A number of studies have linked tobacco use to depression. Jane Collingwood asks ...

World For All is an association that cares for abandoned and sick animals and forwards animal adoption or re-homing of those that have been left in the streets. During their 2013 campaign, they posted an ad that definitely draws attention for more reasons than one. It is a black and white ad with a grey background. It shows a man at the edge of a black rooftop with his hands and feet in a position that shows his intention to throw himself off the roof, while his leashed dog seems to be pushing the man towards the opposite direction and prevent his jumping. Although ...

International Marketing

Abstract Music plays an unchallenging positive role on the mental patents. Not only the advance researches have proved its importance, but also the evidence of music treatment were found in the ancient times histories. Music is the part of every tradition for many years and nobody can deny its importance. Today, the role of music repetition has proved a way of treatment for the mental patients for the therapy and disorder purposes. The researches of the neurophysiological have described the demonstrational impacts of music not only the patients but also useful for the basic emotional system of the ...

Statement of Authorship

I certify that this assignment is my own work and contains no material which has been submitted as part of an assignment in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the assignment. Signed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Introduction Depression is defined in Webster dictionary as a medical condition of serious nature in which the affected person feels extremely hopeless, sad, and insignificant and is unable to live a normal life like other people . ...

Problem Statement

Most medical scientist and psychiatrists have defined depression as a mood disorder that often results to incessant feeling of extreme sadness and loss of interest in most activities that one used to enjoy. Depression has various references; the condition could be referred to as major depression, major depression disorder or clinical depression. Depression results to a variety of emotional and physical problems because the condition affects one’s thinking and behavior. Depressed people find difficulty in doing everyday tasks and experience severe hopelessness. Depression affects 19 million adult Americans, meaning it is the leading mental disorder in the U.S. Studies ...

Psychology

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During the past several decades, a lot of scientists studied various aspects of depression, including its treatment, reasons and consequences. These scientists have provided answers for a lot of questions in respect of the depressive disorder, gathered knowledge and solid experience, offered many methods of its prevention. The investigations provided us with a profound knowledge of the depressive disorder. However, it is not easy to answer the questions: what do people with depressive disorder need? How to treat people suffering from depression effectively? The researcher Pim Cuijpers, professor of Clinical Psychology, in his article makes stress on ...

Abstract

Depression is known to influence an individual’s cognition and reaction. With this, studies were analyzed to come up a consistent assumptions and conclusions about how cognition and depression is connected. Cognitive Theories of Depression was discussed. The foundations of cognitive theories of depression was briefly explained, and later focused on studies by Aaron Beck, Dr. Albert Ellis and Martin Seligman. The main principles and assumptions of their works were explained as well as analyzed their objectives and proposals. Moreover, cognitive deficits in depressed individuals were discussed. Furthermore, it was explained how cognitive deficits develop, and the idea of memory ...

Depression: Cognitive Perspective

Introduction Depression is an illness that affects a person’s physical, emotional and psychological health. There are several symptoms that can be observed from a person suffering from depression. For example, a common characteristic that can be observed from a person suffering from depression is a change in eating habits. People suffering from depression may also exhibit reduced levels of self esteem. Depression may also cause its patients to think irrationally. Although depression does not result in pain or improper functioning of bodily organs, it is a serious disease that needs a careful analysis and examination. Efforts to increase the knowledge about the issues surrounding ...

Normal simply means average, whereby people who behave normally are those who act in an average typical way. From a statistical point of view normal behavior is that which is expected from the majority of the people. Therefore abnormal behavior refer to any behavior which is not typical. Abnormal also is the clear sense of deviating from the normal or differing from the typical in a well defined behavioral characteristics assigned to one when with dysfunction or rare condition.

Psychological disorder: Unipolar depression

There are two types or kinds of unipolar depressions namely Major depression disorders and Dysthmic disorder. People infected with Major depression disorders ...