1. Gender Discrimination
The third type of depression is named manic-depressive disorder, commonly called bipolar disorder. This is the least common form of depression and occurs when the patient experiences alternating symptoms of depression and mania. Symptoms of mania include extreme excitement and euphoria, severe insomnia, and a remarkable increase in energy (Psychology Information.).
George S. Zubenko, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, states that women are twice as likely as men to develop depression ("Genetic Differences" 7). Researchers have found that there are many factors attributing to this disproportion.
Depression has proved to be genetic. There is a 25% chance that a person will get depression if first degree relatives had it (NAMI). Zubenko believes that differences in genes are the cause of the gender gap. The professor found a chromosome, named CREB1 that makes up .01% of the human genome. He believes that depression can be blamed on this chromosome. 80% of women who inherited this gene experienced depression, while in a second version of the gene, the women seemed to be safe from the disease ("Genetic Differences" 7).
In addition to genetics, scientists have found that there is a connection between depression and a chemical imbalance in the brain. However, they are not sure whether other factors, such as stress, cause the imbalance or if the lack of that chemical makes the person more likely to experience depression.
According to Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, who researches at the National Institute of Health, there is less serotonin produced in women's brains than in men's, resulting in more women being susceptible ("Understanding Depression"). Serotonin is a very important chemical in the brain that regulates mood (LearnAboutDepression.com).
Leibenluft has also found that estrogen, the hormone in women, may be a factor in depression because estrogen seems to make it more difficult to deal with stress ("Understanding Depression").
In general, the first point of view has advantages because the readers hear only one-side opinions; the person who is telling the story is involved in all the incidents. "(...) in that attitude his shape was seen plainly as well as his face; his unusual breadth of chest, disproportionate almost to his length of limb. ... The sufferings of this mortal state will leave me with the heavy flesh that now cumbers my soul. ...
A recent report published by the Pew Research Center revealed that black and Hispanic households were hit the hardest by the recession, causing the greatest disparity in wealth between the United States' largest minority groups and white households. In the four-year span between 2005 and 2009, the ...
According to them, overcrowded prisons have caused "needless suffering and death" to the prisoner's lack of mental and medical care. ... Cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the law is as punishment that would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the common law or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community (Encyclopedia). ... The sentencing guideline for the Three-Strike law affects disproportionately ethnic minorities. ...
Greek drama focuses on the eternal question "How must one live in a world of suffering, how can one act freely in a world circumscribed by limitations of self and fate?" ... They must be someone whose basic goodness leads the audience to question their seemingly disproportionate suffering. Even though the hero is good person, their suffering should not be presented as unfair, accidental or wrong. ...
., penalties were disproportionate in relation to the crime and the focus was on deterrence of crime. ... Statistics show that death penalty sentences are disproportionately imposed on racial minorities and the poor (Dambrun, 2007). ... If we look at the prison population, many prisoners are suffering from life long history of drug abuse, alcohol dependency, abuse, or some sort of mental illness. ...
The family members of a person who is suffering from alcoholism are always negatively impacted by the addict's behavior. ... Although the alcoholic is anesthetized from much of the pain of daily problems, the family members are not; as a result they must experience the alcoholic's suffering as well as their own. ... - Growth deficiencies such as low birth weight, decelerating weight over time and disproportionately low weight to height ratio. ...
Robert Latimer is a highly controversial Canadian case about a father who killed his mentally disabled daughter out of compassion to end her severe suffering. ... I will argue that the mandatory minimum sentences in Canada should be reduced or eliminated as they result in very few positive outcomes for the offender and society, increase recidivism rates and correctional system costs, and disproportionately affect vulnerable people. ... He found that mandatory minimum sentences are not an effective deterrent for low income, drug dependent people who are still suffering from past psychological, ...
In fact, some women's need to be thinner has reached almost epidemic proportions with more than seven million women and girls suffering from some form of eating disorder (Zimmerman 39). ... Wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, and even football are classic examples of sports where you find a disproportionate number of male athletes with eating disorders.... Men are far less likely to admit to suffering from an eating disorder because it has been dubbed "A woman's" disease (news.bbc 2). Doctors and psychologists are not used to seeing men and may not pick up on the warning si...