Depression

Analytical Essay # 68548

Medical and Health > Public Health Issues
Psychology > Behaviorism
Psychology > Disorders
Psychology > Therapies

Depression

Examines the etiology and treatment of major depression from a psycho-analytical and cognitive-behavioral perspective.

829 words () | 6 sources | APA | 2006 Pakistan

Paper Summary:

Depression is basically a psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness and thoughts of death. The paper shows that the causes and treatments put forth by various experts on depression may conflict with each other, but the one thing that everyone agrees upon is the severity and undesirability of depression and the need to employ means and treatment to cure it.

Paper Outline:
Introduction
Psycho-Analytical Perspective
Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective
Conclusion
References

From the Paper:

"The research conducted in 1960s, indicates that people suffering from depression have imbalances of neurotransmitters which are the substances that allow brain cells to communicate with one another. These transmitters are Serotonin and Norepinephrine. A shortage of either of these may result in depressive mood. The irregular activity of Cortisol, a hormone that the body produces in response to stress, anger, or fear, may also result in depression."