Types of psychological depression

Depression is a continuing issue in the teens/young adults of america but it’s not all hopeless there are ways to help with these problems and ways to identify which of the different types of depression you have. There are many different type of depression and many symptoms of each type that will help identify I won’t be going over all of them but I will go over some of them and their symptoms. I will also go over some tips to help get over a depression relapse. A depression relapse is if you have had depression before and you got over it but then got it again. Here are a couple of tips to get over a relapse. “While staying busy isn’t a problem, doing too much, too soon could be. Feeling overwhelmed creates stress, and stress is a risk factor…

Through numerous studies in the field of psychological-health study, as early as 1893, an association between depression and the cause of different types of cancers seem to be widely studied. Five studies based on the link between severe or chronic depression and the development of cancer are reviewed. In a study of the causation of cancer in chronic depressed elders, Chronically Depressed Mood and Cancer Risk in Older Persons, results show that there is a considerable correlation between…

expecting to increase to 33% by 2031 (Lam, Cervantes, & Lee, 2014). The older adult populations encounter many challenges; one major issue among this population is depression. Clinical systems of major depression are found in 15% to 30% of community-dwelling older adults. Studies also found the rate of major depression were 14%-42% higher among older adult residents of long-term facilities (Lam, Cervantes, & Lee, 2014). Utilizing theories such as resilience theory and Erikson’s psychosocial…

Have you ever gone through depression? It is most likely that the answer to this question is yes, but can a child go through depression? Yes. When we hear the word depression we usually imagine an adult going through depression but not a child, and yet it is more common than we think. Studies have shown that about 5% to 9% of children meet the criteria for a major depression regardless of their gender (Rathus, 2014). What exactly is childhood depression and what are the signs a child is going…

Depression Discrimination: Caging the Beast Within There’s a world in which most people aren’t able to comprehend. A world that’s dark, cold, and oppressive. One that is inhabited by so many, yet spoken by so few. In a personal account, one woman speaks out about such horror. Jamie Flexman states, “It’s like being trapped inside your own prison and true access to your brain lies behind that locked door. Sometimes, briefly, you are allowed outside to stretch your legs but you know this is…

Depression and Insecurity in Interpreter of Maladies All relationships and marriages run into problems at one point or another. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies she wrote about the various problems that come about in different relationships. There is no denying the fact that depression and insecurity are significant personal problems portrayed through the characters Jhumpa Lahiri created. A problem in some relationships is depression. In her article…

Living with Depression The Catcher in the Rye (1951), written by J.D. Salinger, illustrates the life of Holden Caulfield as he shares his experiences from traveling from Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania to New York City. This book analyzes the sixteen year old's life during the 1950s. Holden suffers from depression which affects his daily behaviors and thoughts and causes him to experience mood swings such as anger, impulsiveness, confusion, sensitivity, nervousness, solitariness, and sadness.…

His depression may be a result of his bereavement. He shows depression by constantly saying things make him depressed and sad. Holden shows signs of depression when the girls he was hanging out with at the bar leave because they have to get up early and watch the first show at the Radio City Music Hall and he says, “It makes me so depressed I can't stand it. I'd have bought the whole three of them a hundred drinks if only they hadn't told me that” (Salinger 85). Holden feels depressed after they…

Depression has become so encrypted into our daily life. It would not be rash to suggest that almost every single person has had experience of depression whether that be personal, or illness of a loved one. Goleman (1992) makes an interesting observation that people born after 1945 are ten times more likely to suffer with depression than people born before this date. What does this mean? Well, firstly it shows that the root cause of most depression cannot be due to increasing chemical imbalances.…

the interpersonal model for depression proposed by Coyne (1976), and as suggested in a number of studies (e.g, Gruen, Gwadz, & Morrobel, 1993; Goering, Lancee, & Freeman, 1992), a patients’ close, intimate relationships…