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Depression in Women, 2004.
Examines the factors that influence the development of and effects of depression in women.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the high incidence of depression in women. More specifically, the paper looks at the factors that influence the development of and effects of depression in women from adolescence to adulthood and examines existing psychological research about the underlying factors of depression.
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Depression in Young Women, 2007.
This paper discusses the causes and consequences of depression in young women.
1,111 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper relates that women are highly prone to depression, more so than men. The paper discusses the causes of depression and the serious consequences of depression in youth. The paper notes the importance of early intervention and treatment.
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"Depression is a serious problem among young women due to a variety of factors including societal expectations, childhood abuse, low self-esteem etc. Young women are at a greater risk of developing depressive symptoms compared to boys, though prior to puberty, boys exhibit a slightly higher risk. However from the age of 11 to 13, a dramatic change is noticed as young girls become more vulnerable to depression than boys in the same age group. It is a well-documented fact, which remains consistent across cultures. (Kessler et al. 1993) Depression is connected with serious personal and economic damage. Even though it was once assumed that higher rate of depression in young women compared to young men could be attributed to women's greater tendency to seek help and report such symptoms, it has now been rejected."
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Depression in Postmenopausal Women, 2002.
A review of medical articles on the topic of depression in post-menopausal women.
2,934 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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A study into the causes and symptoms of post-menopausal depression in women. The writer chose the subject because although it is almost an ?accepted fact? that post-menopausal women will suffer from depression, there seems to be little evidence to support the fact. The paper is broken up into a list of reviews of articles on the subject:
Nicol-Smith's "Causality, Menopause and Depression: A Critical Review of the Literature" Elias's "Mind and Menopause", McKeon's "Cruel Myths and Clinical Facts About Menopause", Goldman's "Menopause Alone Won?t Induce New-onset Depression", Hunter's "Depression and the Menopause"
King's "The Meno-pause That Refreshes", Thomas' "Life Stressors, Not Hormonal Changes" and "Menopause ?Emotions? More Precisely Defined"
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"Many changes occur in a women at menopause, both physical and emotional, and she has reached a stage in her life when her familial and social roles have also changed. Changes in hormone levels at menopause affect women physically and mentally, and women have to adapt to a new role in society. No longer able to produce children, they must divert their efforts to other rewarding issues to maintain their sense of self-worth. For years, women have been lead to expect certain conditions to affect them at menopause, and it is only now that doctors are starting to look more critically at menopause to find out which of these conditions are truly due to the physical changes taking place at menopause and which are due to sociological changes taking place at the same time."
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The Great Depression and Women's Work, 1995.
Examines the effects of economic collapse on conditions, opportunities and roles for married and unmarried women in the workplace, home and society in the 1930s.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 25 sources, $ 95.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy, with special emphasis on women in the workplace. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context of change for the structure of the American work force that came about as a result of the Great Depression, and then to discuss levels of employment and different types of jobs available to married and single women.
From the 1929 crash of the stock market to the onset of World War II, there was a persistence of what today would be (and indeed is) called a deep recession, as well as persistence of highly traditional cultural values informing Americans' experience of economic and cultural phenomena alike. In the years after World War I, American women readily entered the workplace in significant numbers. A number of economic and ..."
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Women and Depression: Worldwide Epidemic, 2004.
An examination of the epidemiology of women's depression, with a contention that the depression women experience is caused by their devalued place within a patriarchal society.
3,204 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 31 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper outlines the historic association between women and depression and highlights society's proclivity to believe women are more susceptible to mental illness due to their hormones. It argues, however, that women are more likely than men to experience depression and mental illness due to their social and political stance within society; that is, women are more likely to be depressed because, in a patriarchal society, they have "more to be depressed about". It covers physical and sexual violence, gendered economics, family 'responsibilities' of women, and the gendered implications of female embodiment.
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Women and Mental Illness: From Hysteria to Depression
The View from the Bottom Rung of the Gender Hierarchy
Physical and Sexual Violence
Cultural Implications of Female Embodiment on Economic (In)Dependence
Family Caring Responsibilities
Damned if They Do and Damned if They Don?t: the Feminine Gender Role
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"The connection between women and mental illness is a long and, in many ways, inseparable one. Historically, in our cultural myths, it is women who are ?mad? or drive men to ?madness? ? spinsters, crones, and witches are all depicted as slightly mad, while the Furies and the oceanic Sirens are supposed harbingers of madness. Let us not forget either that it was the first woman, Eve, who brought both literal and symbolic madness, in the form of disharmony and evil, to ?man?kind. The extensive medical history between women and mental illness begins in recorded history, not surprisingly, as intricately bound up with that which defines them as ?other? ? their biology. Four thousand years ago the Egyptian ?Kahun Papyrus? associated female distress with the ?dislocation... of the uterus.? Fifteen hundred years later, Hippocrates described the female disease ?hysteron? caused by an organic imbalance of the womb, and thus the female ?hysteric? was born. By the seventeenth century C.E., dominant medical discourse had relocated the site of women?s mental illness from the womb to the brain, and hysteria became a disease of the mind."
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Woman and Depression, 2003.
Discusses factors involved in women suffering more from depression than men.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 127.95
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Examines gender differences, the prevalence of somatic depression in women, childhood adversity and sexual abuse and their association with depression, postpartum depression, and ethnicity.
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"This research paper will critically review four articles from the literature to answer the following research question: What factors are associated with women suffering more from depression than men...".
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Women in the Great Depression, 2004.
This paper discusses the role played by women during the Great Depression.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 63.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that history often neglects or misrepresents the role played by women during the Great Depression. An examination of this period in this paper, reveals that this is a grievous error. The writer maintains that in fact, women were indispensable as heads of families, as laborers, and even as professionals during this time.
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"The Great Depression was the single worst economic crisis ever experienced by the United States. In President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's own words " fully one-third of the nation's citizens were ill-housed ill-clad and ill-nourished". Roosevelt's was a presidency sired in crisis and sustained in war and the very fabric of American society could not but be fundamentally altered, as these extraordinary years progressed. One such fundamental change pertained to the American family. The Great Depression would forever reform the ways in which women in America were perceived, utilized ... "
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Depression in Middle-aged Women, 1981.
This paper discusses depression among women in the middle years: Definition, symptoms, effects, causes, sex and family aspects, self-esteem and self-expression, treatment with drugs and therapy; re-education and desensitization.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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"This research describes depression among women in the middle years.
Depression is an illness like kidney or heart disease. It is a mental state in which grief or anxiety or ?agonized feelings? predominate. In Hippocrates time, the fourth century B.C., it was known as melancholia, literally ?depression,? a despondent condition thought to be one of the four temperaments of man. Today, we view depression as a product of mental, physical and social forces, which adversely change a person?s behavior, feeling state and thoughts.
Physically, depression may include such symptoms as nausea, dizziness, diarrhea, headaches, stomachaches, or abnormal neural functions. In extremity, it can result in a nervous breakdown or psychotic break. Under most conditions, it is experienced as ... "
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Depression and Anti-Depressants, 2006.
An analysis of the condition of depression and its treatments.
1,879 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses the condition of depression and the possible causes of its development. It analyzes techniques used for treating depression, such as electroconvulsive therapy, as well as drugs prescribed for depression, such as mirtazapine, vanlafaxine and duloxetine.
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" Electroconvulsive therapy applies shock to cause a seizure (FamilyDoc.org, 2005). The seizure releases many chemicals in the brain, called neurotransmitters, which deliver information or messages from one brain cell to another. This makes the brain cells work better and the person's mood will improve when brain cells and chemical messengers work better. In applying the therapy, the doctor first conducts a physical examination of the patient. If he or she is fit, an anesthesiologist applies anesthesia to put the patient in a sleep-like state. The anesthesiologist examines the heart and lungs of the patient or decides if some blood tests or an electrocardiogram will be needed before undertaking the first ECT treatment (FamilyDoc)."
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A Guide to Depressive and Manic Depressive Illness, 2001.
Introductory explanations under various headings on how to recognize the disorder, causes and how to get better, etc.
2,480 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 37 sources, $ 75.95
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This paper discusses major depressive disorder and manic depression, which encompass symptoms of depression and mania or hypomania, a less severe form of mania than the acute mania that can occur with bipolar disorder. The paper is organized under the following headings: What is bipolar disorder? What are some of the signs of bipolar disorder? Suicide. What Is the Course of Bipolar Disorder? Can Children and Adolescents Have Bipolar Disorder? What Causes Bipolar Disorder? How is bipolar disorder treated? What can I do to help myself get better? Where can I get more information about bipolar disorder?
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"More than 2 million American adults,or about 1 percent of the population age 18 and older in any given year have bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, some people have their first symptoms during childhood, and some develop them late in life. It is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's life."
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Postpartum Depression Role Attainment, 2008.
This paper looks at depression following childbirth, both for women and the families involved.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 27 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that postpartum depression is a serious and invasive social problem affecting millions of women and their families every year. The writer notes that it is clear from the research on the subject that postpartum depression is both a biological and an environmental problem that can be successfully treated, if the individual seeks such treatment. The consequences of untreated postnatal depression are broad, as it can affect not only the individual woman but her infant, any children she previously bore and her partner, where one is present as well as extended relations and other social support structure members. This work addresses the issue of postpartum depression and the maternal role attainment, to develop a now suspected link between social and personal stagnation and postpartum depression.
Outline:
Introduction
Statement of Problem
Review of Literature
Methodology
Sample
Sample Selection
Variable Identification
Data Collection/Data Analysis
Instrumentation
Protection of Subjects
Limitations of Research Design
Expected Results
Summary/Conclusion
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"Research is conclusive of one fact, and that is that postpartum depression has long term effects, as individuals need but a few weeks to develop a habit, and many habits of child rearing, social inaction and role inaction or negative action can compound to result in long term social and personal stagnation relating to the interruption that this supposedly glorious developmental even creates. The difficulty regarding research is that most research regarding postpartum depression revolves around theses that are interested only in the infant well being, and not so much in the long term or even short term coping of the mother. In fact is often only in extreme high-risk population, such as rape victims, extremely young mothers, or known drug using mothers where the welfare of the mother is not considered the secondary factor to the disorder research. It is also clear form the existing literature that research is often compounded based on the idea that depression, in all its forms is environmental as well as biological and that it needs to be treated with multidimensional treatment plans. Yet, a true long term study regarding post partum depression and long term role attainment by mothers has not been done. It would therefore be prudent to develop a research base that responded to this gap as a way to understand the give and take of role attainment with regard to postpartum depression."
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Depression, 2002.
Examines the causes of depression in young and old women.
2,125 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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Recent research reveals that about one percent of the general population suffers from manic-depression and five percent suffers from major depression during their lives. However, the incidence for depression in women is twice as high or more; as many as one in five American women has a history of depression during her lifetime.
This paper examines the causes and effects of depression in both young and older women. It examines existing medical research for both groups, identifies major differences in depression for young and older women and presents a conclusive analysis of observations.
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"Additional studies reveal that from early adolescence onward, there is a steady increase in the number of women who experience symptoms of depression. Women's risk for depression during their reproductive years also presents a significant social problem, as the risk of depression in children is greater when they have depressed mothers. In addition, depression has been identified as the fourth most common cause of disability worldwide and has surpassed accidents as a major cause of lost work time."
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Child Abuse and Depression in Latino Children, 2004.
This paper asks if there is a correlation between child abuse and childhood depression among Latino children.
16,891 words (approx. 67.6 pages), 85 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This thesis focus looks at the correlation between child abuse and childhood depression among Latino children, in terms of whether child abuse contributes to childhood depression. The thesis focuses on the Latino community that resides in California. This community is made up of first-generation immigrants and their families, who have been born in the United States. The thesis explores what child abuse is, how it can be measured, and also what depression is, the most likely causes for depression, and how depression can be measured. The factors that contribute to all of these conditions within the Latino community are also discussed in terms of what cultural factors are important in determining the levels of these conditions within the community, both internally (i.e., culturally) and externally (i.e., socio-politically). The links between abuse (intrafamilial and inter-racial) and depression are then explored, and conclusions are drawn regarding the factors that contribute to childhood depression in this racial group within the United States.
Introduction
Problem Statement
Significance
Purpose
Latino?s in the US: Characteristics and Diagnosed Mental Health Needs
Need for Mental Health Care
High-Need Populations
Availability of Mental Health Services
Access to Mental Health Services
Use of Mental Health Services
Appropriateness and Outcomes of Mental Health Services
Latino?s in Society: Welfare and Minority Families
Legislative and Legal Advocacy of Latino Families
The Formalization of Informal Latino Family Supports
Child Abuse
What is Abuse?
Incidence of Child Abuse
Diagnosing Abuse
The Dimension of the Problem
Prevalence Studies
Rate of Child Abuse Increase
Potential Long-Term Effects of Abuse
Depression
Scope of the Problem
Clinical Characteristics
Risk Factors
What is Depression?
Depression in Children
Treatments for Childhood Depression
Latino?s and Depression: How is Depression Expressed?
Levels of Depression in the Latino Community
Risk Factors that May Contribute to Clinical Depression
Implications in the Latino Community
Single Parents
Lack of Resources
Discussion
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"The Latino community has it?s own deeply embedded cultural values and beliefs. Obedience is an important element for a family to be considered a good family (una buena familia). For the purpose of this study, the parents may be mother and father, or possible the grandparents, all of which will be addressed as the primary caregiver.
The Latino family defines discipline as a form of corporal punishment; the caretakers themselves may have been abused as children, and therefore consider corporal punishment an acceptable way to hand out discipline. Furthermore, it is difficult to get caretakers to see that when they discipline a child with corporal punishment, they are discharging their own anger on them, in many cases inflicting more pain and injury than was originally intended. The child then feels powerless and confused, and does not have labels for those feelings, and cannot verbalize what is happening to them, physically or emotionally."
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Depression, 2005.
Discusses the mental health problem of depression, including a look at how serious it is, the two categories of depression and its symptoms.
2,612 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper examines the emotional state of depression, explaining that it is a major health problem worldwide. The paper looks at the number of people affected by depression, what can happen to people suffering from depression when they don't receive help, the two main types of depression recognized by the medical community, typical symptoms of depression and how depression can impact the lives of its victims. The paper also describes how depression can be distinguished from healthy forms of sadness or grief and then describes some of the approaches that have been taken in order to learn why depression manifests itself in certain people and not in others. Finally, the paper discusses what has been learned in terms of the forms and symptoms of depression, its risk factors and treatment methods.
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"Fundamentally, depression is merely a form of mental disorder that disturbs an individual's "mood." Naturally, people tend to experience moods as positions on a spectrum of particular underlying emotions. Human moods "range from severe depression through mild depression, normal sadness, everyday moods, mild mania, and euphoria." Sadness, of course, is extremely common and relatively healthy as a part of ordinary human life; depression however--sometimes called major depression, or clinical depression--is deep, debilitating, despondency, which typically lasts for long periods of time. This type of mood, also, tends to significantly interfere with the individual's social, familial, or work-related life. In this way, clinical depression is distinct from the common meaning associated with the word "depression": people who are medically depressed cannot climb out of the pits of sadness quickly, and have difficulty functioning in their day to day lives."
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Mood Disorders and Depression, 2007.
This paper looks at numerous studies on mood disorders and depression.
1,134 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper examines a study on why adverse life events result in depression only in some individuals, a study on whether genetics has any association with the onset of depression following stressful life events, and a study on the treatment of major depressive disorders. The paper also discusses studies on the topics of bipolar disorder and recovery time from adverse life events, the variables that affect depression, recurring depression and finally, circadian rhythms and their affect on the mental processes of human beings.
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Introduction
Life Events and Depression
Stressful Life Events and Major Depression
Treatment of Major Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disorder and Depression
Variables of Depression
Recurring Depression
Alcohol and Anxiety
Circadian Rhythms
Conclusion
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"The researchers studied individuals that had suffered from depression after a significant life event and those that had not. It was determined that the impact of adverse life events on people is dependent on two factors. First, that the event be associated with "adverse interpersonal events" rather than "adverse achievement events". Adverse interpersonal events are related to death of a close family member, while adverse achievement events as associated to accomplishments in life. The authors also found that cognitive personality characteristics were a significant factor in the individual's likelihood of developing depression because of the thought processes that altered the outlook of the individual."
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