https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou en-us 2020-11-18 20:14:51 UTC 2025-10-15 14:48:31 UTC hello@padlet.com kjsigala https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938709319 I chose this topic for two main reasons, the first is that I have seen what depression does/can do to people from an outsider's point of view, and I myself have dealt with, and am still dealing with my own Depression. Another reason is that as time has progressed it is shocking how many new cases have been noted and that it seems that as time progresses the rate at which depression occurs increases exponentially. ]]> 2020-11-18 20:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938709319 kjsigala https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938713773 I believe this topic is so important for College Students due to how depression not only seems to increase the chances of developing other mental illness, but also can interfere with all aspects of one's life. From losing drive to attend classes or do work, to losing emotional attachment to friends and family causing relationship issues and loss, to even losing the will to keep going and thinking about ending it all. Depression can severely limit one's ability to function, such trying to study, but not caring at all and causing nothing to be retained. This leads to academic failings which causes a fall even further into the deep pit of depression, until the cycle repeats again in a endless loop. ]]> 2020-11-18 20:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938713773 kjsigala https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938715804 This study (stats on pg.138 of the report, or 142 of the pdf.) shows that an estimated 40.82% (after averaging the scores) of college students suffer from depression, meaning 2 out of 5 students are affected by it. It should also be noted that the other illnesses/issues that were most prevalent were anxiety and relationship issues, with a majority of the students suffering from one or both along with depression. I believe this to be of grave importance due to the number of students currently enrolled in college. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a whopping 19.9 million students were enrolled at U.S. colleges in fall 2019. We can then take that currently nearly eight million students are experiencing some level of depression. If we take that a step further and make an assumption that 1 in 10 of the eight million suffer from severe depression we still have 800k people who are dealing with the illness. To better put this in perspective, we currently have almost the entire population of Switzerland suffering from depression and (if we continue with our assumption of 1 in 10 of the 8 million we estimated before dealing with severe depression) the entire population of Fiji is currently dealing with severe depression. This is even worse when you think how this is just college students and no other demographic like high school students, the elderly, etc.]]> 2020-11-18 20:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938715804 kjsigala https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938718554 What I found to be this most interesting thing of this article is how over time our understanding of mental illness and depression has gotten much better, but the number of cases hasn't dropped even with the more effective therapies and medications. This along with the point of similar numbers across multiple studies is extremely concerning.]]> 2020-11-18 20:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938718554 kjsigala https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938720840 The main take aways I get from this speech are that if you are having problems and don't see a way out, seek help. As he says in the video, if your teeth hurt you go see a dentist, in the same way if you're hurting mentally, seek help. Secondly, this is more personal for me, but shame over being "weak" for being depressed can block one from reaching out to get help.]]> 2020-11-18 20:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938720840 kjsigala https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938722610 I found this article to be interesting due to it looking into the rise of depression following the lockdown/pandemic. Isolation makes depression MUCH worse in my experience, as your support group of friends and social interactions becomes limited. Another thing that I have noticed is that due to the pandemic a lot of therapy and counseling health care systems are overwhelmed with the amount of patients both new and old,  and that many of the actual sessions have become online via Zoom or other VOIPs to limit possible exposure to Covid 19. The inability to get the care one needs in a timely manner, on top of the lack of in person/face to face interactions could mean that as time progresses more cases of depression will develop faster, more often, and with increased severity.]]> 2020-11-18 20:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kjsigala/qds1q87c2ereecou/wish/938722610