A Review of Major Depressive Episodes in Adolescence and the
For writing assignment one, I reviewed a study on the affects of major depression in adolescence and how it makes an individual more susceptible to another episode later in adulthood. I also found two other articles that discussed major depression and then more specifically, depression in children and adolescents. Ideally for this review, I wanted to find a similar study. But after hours online and in the library flipping through psychology journals I turned up, what seemed to be empty handed.
After finding several websites that posted the press release I chose, I stumbled across NAMI, a mental health website. Not only did it tell me that it’s mental illness awareness week, it also led me to a great article on Major Depression. 9.9 million adults suffer each year from major depression. That’s 5% of the population. Twice as many women suf
The press release I had originally started with incorporates all this information in the new study done on this topic as well. The study concluded that there may be a correlation between major depression in adolescence and it reoccurring in adulthood. Some of the tested variables in this study were whether the subjects had graduated from college, employment status, health status, and other life stresses after they had experienced a prior depression. (www.apa.org) (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2003)
fer from depression than men and major depression can occur in all ages. (www.nami.org, 2003) And finally what grabbed my attention the most was the just about three-fourths of the people who experience a major depression in their lives will have at least one other episode. (www.nami.org, 2003)
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