Depression by Mason Hewett

Depression by Mason Hewett https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k en-us 2017-03-03 17:11:35 UTC 2017-03-03 17:16:50 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157677586 •Depression is when you get feelings of severe despondency AND/OR dejection.

•Depression is also when you are barely able to get up in the morning or you are just not up for anything because you are depressed.

•The scientific name is major depressive disorder.

]]> 2017-03-03 17:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157677586 History of Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157677779 •In Ancient Greece, disease was thought due to an imbalance in the four basic humors.

•The disease was later named melancholia by the Greeks and methods such as bleeding, self poisoning and purging were thought to cure it.

•By the middle of the twentieth century, advances in neuroscience had given psychiatrists and psychologists unprecedented insights into how the mind works. For example, they learned that both chemicals and electricity make up brain activity, that different parts of the brain are responsible for different behaviors, and that modifying these things could change how a person acted and felt. With this understanding, treatments like electro-shock therapy and lobotomies were performed in the hope of curing, or at least dampening, depressive moods.

•Another major development of the 20th century was the creation of formal categories to classify various mental illnesses. To help standardize and treat mental illness as more akin to biological disease, psychologists and psychiatrists put together the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1952. In the first edition of the DSM, the term melancholy was replaced with depressive reaction to describe a severe low mood resulting from an internal conflict or an identifiable event like job loss or divorce.

]]> 2017-03-03 17:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157677779 People who are affected by Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157677929 •Depression can affect anyone, at anytime. And it doesn't just affect the person who is depressed. Friends, family, and others who care about the depressed person are affected as well.

•Depression mainly takes hold around the age of 32.

•Depression is also more common in women than in men.

]]> 2017-03-03 17:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157677929 How common is Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678116 •25% OF WOMEN SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.

•DEPRESSION ALSO EFFECTS ONE IN EIGHT PEOPLE PER YEAR.

•DEPRESSION IS SO COMMON THAT IN THE US ALONE, THE REVENUE GAINED FROM PEOPLE SEEKING HELP IS OVER 40 BILLION A YEAR.

]]> 2017-03-03 17:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678116 What causes Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678206 •Depression can take hold during or after a major disease takes hold.

•Past physical, sexual, or emotional abuse can increase the vulnerability to clinical depression later in life.

•Certain drugs such as isotretinoin (an acne medication) can increase your chance of getting depression.

•Personal disputes with family and friends.

•Family history of depression.

•Major changes in your life, such as a new job, getting married. A loss in the family or getting fired.

]]> 2017-03-03 17:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678206 Symptoms of Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678374 •Fatigue is one very common symptom

•Sleep problems

•General Irritability

•The inability to concentrate

•Anxiety

•Alcoholism/drug use

•Suicidal thoughts

•Trouble making decisions

•And general stress

]]> 2017-03-03 17:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678374 How Depression is Diagnosed mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678508 •Most of the time a psychiatrist will diagnose depression but sometimes a doctor will diagnose it as well for some of the physical symptoms you might show. ]]> 2017-03-03 17:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678508 Cure for Depression mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678643 •Depression has no full cure as it is a state of mind, but seeing a psychiatrist could very much help lighten and lift your mood and hopefully stop your depression.

•Antidepressants are also another option but those eventually stop working and you can get addicted to them.

]]> 2017-03-03 17:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678643 Long term Prognosis mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678776 •Depression can come back after you cure it because you are probably the type of person who is susceptible to it if you got it in the first place.

•You can also get it again from other causes (see slide 6).

]]> 2017-03-03 17:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678776 How Depression impacts Youth mason_dgh9 https://padlet.com/mason_dgh9/ojv547wl2n3k/wish/157678920 •Depression impacts youth as it can affect their lives and lead them down a dark path that can lead to suicide.

•Depression in teens mostly stems from school and social life as they can feel they are bad at everything after getting bad grades or they can feel like nobody likes them in a social setting.

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