... characteristic "alterations in the major chemical messenger systems responsible for neuronal transmission namely serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine"" (Friedman and Anderson, 2010). Zenker (Neurotransmitters and Depression, n.d.) explained that "serotonin is known to be the calming and inhibiting neurotransmitter while dopamine usually regulates the sense of pleasure, satisfaction and reward. However, ... motivation, ability to focus and energy." As a result of this, the monoamine- deficiency hypothesis was formulated which states that, "the underlying pathophysiological basis of de...

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... people get sick and die, parents divorce. We try to shield our children from these troubles, but we can't. Sometimes, painful life events can lead to depression. Other times, childhood depression related to biological factors seems to occur for no apparent reason. Among both children and adolescents, depressive disorders confer an increased risk for illness and interpersonal and ... should not lie 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 ofte...

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... just "feeling bad."" It's a biological disorder that effects your social interaction, motivation, and nearly every aspect of your daily life. Anybody can experience one or many of the symptoms of depression due to temporary upsets in their life. It's when a person continuously shows multiple symptoms for a lengthy amount of time and disruptions in the family, employment, and social life have ... success rate in the attempts of eliminating the depressive state. Which antidepressant is best for me? This question is often asked. Unfortunately, there is no exact antidepressant for one partic...

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... and how they think. This disorder cannot be cured without a treatment because it has to do with a person's chemical makeup and things that have happened in their life. Symptoms of depression include persistent sadness, anxiousness, emptiness, feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, guilt, helplessness, and worthlessness. Also a loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed is a ... the psychotherapy to learn more efficient ways to deal with life's problems. A special type of therapy is called Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which is typically used for indivi...

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... to the child's pediatrician. Before referring you to a child psychiatrist or psychologist, the pediatrician will rule out medical conditions with symptoms that are like the symptoms of depression. Most young people fulfilling this criteria will have seven or eight of the ten major symptoms. Change in school performance is characterized by frequent complaints from the teachers ... as this problem becomes more prevalent in the medical world, more research will be done. That way the word can be out, and society will know that childhood depression really does exist. References  Birmaher ...

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... responsible for moods and emotions. If there is a deficiency or imbalance in these neurotransmitters, a variety of disorders can result, including depression. Clinical depression is a name that covers the most common types of depression. Clinical depression should not be ignored, it is just as important to treat as any other disease. It involves feelings of sadness and hopelessness lasting ... alone without psychotherapy, may quell depressive symptoms biologically, but may not address the psychological part of it. Learning, through psychotherapy, how ones behaviour and thought patterns co...

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... or life in general. It takes away your feeling of well being. People with low self esteem are very prone to get depression. Depression is basically caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. Normally chemicals help cells communicate with one another by sending and receiving ... or from feeling good. Many people with dystymia also experience major depressive episodes at some time in their lives. The other type of depression is called bipolar disorder also called manic-depressive illness. Not nearly and prevalent as other forms of depressive disorders, bipolar disorder is character...

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... problems with eating, sleeping, thinking, concentrating, or making decisions, lacking energy, thinking about suicide, and feeling worthless or guilty. Bipolar I Disorder is marked by fluctuations between episodes of depression and mania. A manic episode goes on for at least a weeks, during which a person in unusually euphoric, cheerful, and high and has at least three of the following symptoms: ... do not, is complex because it depends one the interaction between biological and psychosocial factors. For this reason, there is both a psychosocial and a biological treatment of depression. F...

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... be a candidate for such an unlikely over looked disease due to its exposure at such a young age. Kazin's mother was truly affected by depression which could also mean Kazin might be affected as well. I experienced watching my mother struggle endlessly to provide for our family everyday throughout my ... including attention deficit and conduct disorder" . The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Harnish, and Lennon all agree that by being exposed to depression will somehow affect your personality or even worse, receive some type of DSM-III disorder. However, since both K...

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... suicide attempts • Restlessness, irritability • Persistent physical symptoms, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain, which do not respond to routine treatment Another type of depression very similar to major depressive disorder is dysthymia, only differing in severity and intensity of the symptoms. Although the length of time that it affects a person's life remains the same ... . For instance, historical analysis of his music shows that composer Robert Schumann was most prolific during his episodes of mania. His output dropped off drastically during his periods of ...

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... and extreme low (Weaver 1999:83). The exact nature and cause of depressive affliction, which radically changes a person's mood and behavior, is not completely understood. Theories explaining the origin of depression fall into two major categories, psychosocial and neurobiological. "Psychosocial theories are based on observations of the human behavior and on explanations as to how the human mind and human mood ... . Sur- rounding the idea that our natural sexual drives, when unfulfilled, lead to mental anguish and anxiety. Through further examination, with Frued's peers, the theory is broa...

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... mixed with a broader array of behaviors, such as: aggression, failing in school, anxiety, antisocial behavior, and poor peer relations. With these other behaviors, the diagnosis of depression is harder to make. There are have been many correlations and reported causes of these depressive symptoms in children. One of them is negative life events and stressful environments. ... outcomes of the event. Enhancing problem-solving skills, exercising the generation of a variety of solutions to a problem may address the rigid thinking that is often seen in depression. The goals of this would be t...

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... changes (Brown, 996). According to the DSM-IV classification of mental disorders, there are nine symptoms in which to look for when testing for depression. At least five of these symptoms must be present within a two week period to be considered depressed. These nine symptoms include: A depressed ... Eaves, & Costello, 2002). It is in response to the early onset of puberty in females and other key factors that the rate of adolescent depression in females is double that of adolescent males. While boys gain more positive feelings about their bodies through adolescence, girls" negative perce...

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... that as many as three million people in the United States are estimated to suffer from Bipolar Disorder or also known as Manic-Depression (Bower,2000). This condition is marked by periods of severe depression interspersed with episodes of uncontrollable elation, restlessness, racing thoughts and delusions. As expected with these symptoms, this diseases not only affects ... have wayward brain chemicals and genes gone bad which seem to bully people back and forth between weeks of moderate-to-intense euphoria and comparable spells of soul-deadening depression. A few weeks of relative calm...

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... of sadness, worthlessness, and guilt can become so severe that they can take over every aspect of a person's life and in turn, cause them to lose all feeling of happiness. Depression is due to a combination of internal and external factors that affect people's life. The internal factors include reproductive elements and biological changes that occur in the brain. The external factors ... to eat, sleep and drink. A chemical imbalance of these neurotransmitters causes a disturbance within specific receptor sites in the brain, thus impairing a person's function as it would normally (Roesch,...

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... each year: family, career, caring for elderly parents, menstruation, pregnancy and menopause, to name a few. However, there is one more problem that millions of women face each year: depression. There are a number of reasons that women are more susceptible to this debilitating disease and fortunately, many treatments available to control it. 18.8 million Americans, which is approximately 10% of ... of persistent dejection, ranging from relatively mild discouragement and gloominess to feelings of extreme despondency and despair (Encyclopedic Dictionary 246). There are a number of symptoms...

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... the nature of the illness is truly exhibited, and treatment is thoroughly explored is that of a twenty-nine-year-old married, mother, who presented with a history of recurrent and disabling depression and headaches. Several weeks before presentation, she became severely depressed randomly after a long period of stability, and had difficulty moving, diminished appetite, crying spells for much of her days ... family history, she was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Within one week's time on new medication, she began to improve markedly, including clearer thinking, more productive work bei...

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... negative world view. It is also associated with family history of mood disorders and other psychiatric conditions. The person is even more likely to develop depression if a relative has a history of recurring depression. "Children with Major Depression have an increased incidence of Bipolar Disorder" (Watkins). "Research findings, clinical experience, and family accounts provide substantial evidence that bipolar disorder, also ... ordinary emotions is that Bipolar Disorder can seriously impair functioning in school, with peers, and at home with family. Bipolar Disorder is very serious an...

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... negative world view. It is also associated with family history of mood disorders and other psychiatric conditions. The person is even more likely to develop depression if a relative has a history of recurring depression. "Children with Major Depression have an increased incidence of Bipolar Disorder" (Watkins). "Research findings, clinical experience, and family accounts provide substantial evidence that bipolar disorder, also called ... ordinary emotions is that Bipolar Disorder can seriously impair functioning in school, with peers, and at home with family. Bipolar Disorder is very ser...

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... the relentless, unforgiving pain, right? Wrong. Numerous sources and research studies have come up with the conclusion that the main reason for terminally ill patients choosing to undergo euthanasia is depression, a symptom which is hardly life-threatening. In a survey conducted by The Journal of the American Medical Association of terminally ill patients and their attitudes towards euthanasia, they concluded that " ... their unrelenting difficulties. As Ezekiel Emanuel points out in his article appearing in the Atlantic Monthly, "Our usual approach to people who try to end their lives ...

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... . These mood episodes may last for a few hours, a few days, or quite a few months. Some people affected by bipolar disorder will be prone to either the mania or the depression, and others may have neutral amounts of both. Bipolar disorder affects around two million Americans every year, that's about one to two percent across the nation. More often than not ... distracted, a reduced amount of sleep and need for sleep, nonstandard poor judgment, increase in sexual drive, hazardous behavior, overspending, and denial that anything is wrong. The most common symptoms of depression are feeling ...

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... -esteem, and believing themselves being empowered by God. If untreated a manic episode can last as long as three months. Manic or hypo-manic stages almost always alternate with periods of depression. The symptoms are decreased energy, fatigue, inability to experience pleasure, loss of interest in life, withdraw, insomnia or excessive sleep, and thoughts of death and suicide. While manic attacks tend ... to come and go very quickly, periods of depression are slower to develop and disappear. Most victims are level between their periods of disordered moods, and some are never free of sympto...

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... delirium and dementia toward this phenomenon. This report describes and discusses worsening PTSD symptoms (Mittal, et al, 2001, p. 1). The patients in this study presented complaints of depression, anxiety, and memory problems. Patients reported PTSD symptoms that included re-experiencing combat trauma and avoidance of stimuli associated with war. Another common theme was patients that reported ... depressive symptoms including sad mood, ideas of worthlessness and hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, insomnia, and decreased energy. Also, increased loneliness, depression, anxiety, and forgetf...

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... level are experiencing increased tension and uncertainty, and are updating their resumes. The loss of a job can be devastating, putting unemployed workers at risk for physical illness, marital strain, anxiety, depression, and even suicide. Loss of a job affects every part of life, from what time you get up in the morning, to whom you see and what you can afford to ... do. Until the transition is made to a new position, stress is chronic. A feeling of powerlessness is a universal cause of job stress. When you feel powerless, you're prey to depression's traveling companions, helplessness ...

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... aren't clearly defined. A person with bipolar II for example, may begin to rapid cycle as well as experience a few episodes of full-blown mania. A person originally diagnosed with clinical depression may be medicated and then experience classical symptoms of bipolar I. Still yet, an individual with any form may experience mixed states. Mixed states can occur often and is characterized by ... an anxious, heightened state of emotion yet including symptoms of depression and mania at once. Mixed states are the most unstable and frightening (http://my.webmd.com/). Being diagnosed with bipola...

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