Depression and anxiety are common throughout the life cycle; depression and older age have commonly been associated with one another. Late-life depression is a major medical‚ social and economic concern for the elderly population. There are many factors that can cause late-life depression. It can be caused by inherited traits‚ certain medications you take‚ an illness (especially an extended one)‚ or a stressful life event. Things like death of someone close to you‚ moving to a new area‚ or experiencing
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Causes of the Depression My three major points are The Dust Bowl‚ World War 1‚ and the Stock Market Crash. These three major points put millions of people in a sad place‚ A place nobody wanted to be at. Everyone wanted to believe it was a dream. Doing their best to raise their children. Caused a whole lot of damage to the crops‚ getting around to places‚ and especially losing loved ones. This was all happing in Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ and New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas. For eight years
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Yoga & Depression Everyone feels down sometimes‚ but when depression continues for a long time‚ it can lower your energy for living and make it easier for you to get sick because‚ it weakens your immune system. Clinical depression is a persistently sad‚ hopeless‚ and sometimes agitated state that profoundly lowers the quality of life and if untreated it can result in suicide. Since the 1970s yoga was studied for being the treatment for depression. Yoga has become more popular in the medical
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The Great Depression and It’s Effects on General Society The Depression of the 1930’s was a very hard time for the middle and lower classes in America. Due to the depression‚ both classes had to struggle to survive and give up many of their favorite pastimes due to lack of monetary funds. Blacks had to give up low paying jobs to upper class white males who had lost their higher paying jobs. Mexican workers were sent out of the country. Many people‚ especially farmers‚ were evicted from their houses
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everyone feels some sadness on occasion‚ when this feeling becomes constantly recurrent‚ it is considered a disorder. Children under stress‚ who experience loss‚ or who have ADD/ADHD‚ learning‚ conduct or anxiety disorders are at a higher risk for depression. This is because children‚ unlike adults‚ have a harder time verbally expressing their internal emotions so they tend to act them out. People who are unaware of childhood depressive disorder automatically label the child as “hyper” or “challenged”
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suffer from depression without even knowing it‚ for some indirectly and for others directly. The amount of people suffering from depression varies because of the cause of the depression. Some people go through severe traumatic incidents‚ abuse and some from medical conditions. For some it is uncontrollable‚ they are not able to forget their past. They feel absolutely hopeless and many have no one to turn for help. Multiple individuals are lonely and this loneliness contributes to depression and other
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Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of guilt or low self-worth‚ disturbed sleep or appetite‚ low energy‚ and poor concentration. Depression is different from feeling down or sad. Unhappiness is something which everyone feels at one time or another‚ usually due to a particular cause. A person suffering from depression will experience intense emotions of anxiety‚ hopelessness‚ negativity and helplessness‚ and
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for many days‚ months or years can fall under the clinical description of Depression Disorder. To treat clients with depression in group therapy‚ it is import to understand all the factors involved such as sex difference‚ socioeconomic status relation‚ ASD community‚ efficacy of antidepressants‚ and major effective therapeutic techniques that you might be able to implement in your group. Sex Difference Anyone can get depression no matter the age‚ sex or even economic status. Never the less‚
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Minor depression‚ similar to major depression and dysthymia. Symptoms of minor depression are less severe and/or are usually shorter term. Without treatment‚ however‚ people with minor depression are at high risk for developing major depressive disorder. Psychotic depression‚ is severe depression accompanied by some form of psychosis‚ such as hallucinations and delusions. Lastly‚ Seasonal Affective Disorder‚ depression that begins during the winter months and lifts during spring and summer.
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Depression‚ the feeling of severe despondency and dejection. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher In the Rye‚ is a 16 year old who suffered the loss of his younger brother to cancer. The death of his brother had a profound‚ and overwhelming‚ effect on Holden’s mental and emotional state throughout the entire book. It can be said that Holden may very well be suffering from depression. As the story unfolds‚ the reader begins to understand the root of Holden’s struggles. Although some
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