ADULT DEPRESSION

Adult Depression



Adult Depression

Introduction

Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that Adult depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adult suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group is greatly underdiagnosed and leads to serious difficulties in school, work and personal adjustment which may often continue into Adult. How prevalent are mood disorders in children and when should an Adult with changes in mood be considered clinically depressed?

Analysis

Brown (1996) has said the reason why depression is often over looked in Adults is because "children are not always able to express how they feel." Sometimes the symptoms of mood disorders take on different forms in children than in adults. Adult is a time of emotional turmoil, mood swings, gloomy thoughts, and heightened sensitivity. It is a time of rebellion and experimentation. Blackman (1996) observed that the "challenge is to identify depressive symptomatology which may be superimposed on the backdrop of a more transient, but expected, developmental storm." Therefore, diagnosis should not lay only in the physician's hands but be associated with parents, teachers and anyone who interacts with the patient on a daily basis. Unlike adult depression, symptoms of youth depression are often masked.

Adult Depression Causes

Depression in Adult may be caused by many factors, which range from drug abuse to poor upbringing in early childhood. Adults brought up by a single parent are at a high risk of being depressed once they grow up due to the perception that, they deserve nothing better than what their parents had to offer them during this stage. To determine whether this is true, two sample data will be collected and analyzed and a report will be written based on this.

Lutz et al. (2007) argues that, how a child is brought up determines what he/she will become as an adult. According to him, a family with all members present is the first and the foremost school in one's life which is well suited to teach Adults all about integrity, character, morals as well as responsibility and wisdom. To him, a child learns from both parents a lot than when the parent is single. This sums up the need for two parents so that a child can have a bright future; a future with no depressions and other related issues.

On his part, Liu, Y. (2006) says that, interaction in one's adult life depends on whether he/she had good level of attachment from parents. According to him, people who have had weak attachment relationship with parents or experienced some form of parental rejection/ inconsistency in childhood end up believing that they are not worth and often expect little concern from others. This may drive them into ...