Essays on Depression

Introduction It is broadly recognized that the hardest step of becoming a practicing physician is the residency. While working their way through the residency, resident doctors must learn to adapt to a drastically different lifestyle from the one they know – an experience which puts…

LIVING WITH DEPRESSION IN PAKISTAN: In Pakistan, it is better to sink deeper and deeper into the abyss of depression rather than seeking any professional help from a psychiatrist. As in our country, there are many stigmas attached to psychiatry and psychiatric patients. What people…

What is depression? How would one define depression? Depression is becoming more prevalent in our country as a study has shown that over 18,000 Malaysians have been diagnosed with depression in 2017 based on the statistic obtained through mental health screening programs conducted on 273,203…

With reference to the TARGET principle, a detailed plan is needed to produce positive outcomes and results for depressed individuals. Designing a task strategy for depressed individuals to engaged themselves would be most appropriate. Some strategies would be to engage them in an aerobic physical…

Depression With the coming of every new eras, there has been the revelation of many new diseases. To call it new would be wrong, as it was already there but unknown to man. Depression is one such mental disorder that has spread its creeping claws…

Anxiety and depression are serious mental disorders that are not unusual to experience both systems together. Whenever symptoms are being encountered that relate to being feeling down occasionally, excessive anxious and lack of concentration then you are probably facing anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression…

Depression, biological depression, clinical depression, the blues and major depressive disorder. Several names, one condition. Sadly, it is considered as a social stigma by many. So, many a times it is concealed by people. The result? Family and friends unknowingly hurt the depressed. They being…

From the vivid, carefree ‘Golden Years’ to wretched poverty and unemployment, it is clear that the Great Depression was incredibly influential on Germany. From the politics of the Weimar Republic to the German society, the Depression affected every aspect of Germany. Its effect was bolstered…

The focal point of this essay will be the creative artifact “Explaining my depression to my mother”, a slam poetry piece penned by Sabrina Benaim. Benaim first performed her poem to an audience in 2013, during the semifinals of the National Poetry Slam in Oakland,…

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY These are two medical issues of concern that have drawn much global attention in the recent years. Both conditions result from normal reactions to certain stressors of life. In most cases, it is not easy to see the distinction between the disorders,…