This Article “Depression, Asthma, and Bronchodilator Response in a Nationwide Study of US Adults” objective is to find if there is a connection between depressive symptoms and BDR or asthma in US adults. The United States alone has 16 million adults that suffer once a year from one major depressive disorder. Also, asthma affects nearly 28 million adults in the US and is also a major public health issue around the world. Even though asthma and depression have been linked with each other, it is still not clear if anxiety symptoms explain this association. But, to get some more statistics they did The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to get the nutritional and health status of adults and children in the United States.
Depression is a form of mental disorder “marked by feelings of profound sadness and lack of interest in activities. It is a persistent low mood that interferes with the ability to function and appreciate things in life. It may cause a wide range of symptoms, both physical
Depression Depression is the feeling of severe despondency and dejection or a mental condition. Being depressed is a normal reaction to a lost life, struggle, or injured self esteem. Depression also has many symptoms in which sometimes can cause a human their life. It's okay to feel sad and lonely up to the point when the feelings become overwhelming or when they involve physical symptoms that are long-term. These feelings can lead someone from not keeping a normal and active life.
In the Merriam Webster Dictionary, it states that depression can be a feeling of sadness, anger, anxiety, psychotic disorder that can be followed by sadness, inactivity, difficulty thinking and concentrating, decrease or increase on appetite, sleeping all day or not sleeping, hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal
Definition and Symptoms: Depression is a mood disorder that causes persistent sadness, loss of interest, and lack of energy. It affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves and can interfere
Appetite and sleep may be disturbed by major depression (pg. 553). I was homeschooled but never learned a lot because I had no motivation to do anything. I often times felt unloved, worthless, ugly and mostly felt complete hopelessness. As I got older, around the age of 17, suicidal thoughts started to always go through my head. Whenever I got mad or someone yelled at me I would just say I wish I was dead.
Other symptoms include loss in things that you used to find pleasure in, lack of energy, slower thought process, thoughts of death or suicide, increase or decrease in appetite and interrupted sleep or even the inability to sleep. It is believed that there are two main causes to clinical depression; psychological factors and biomedical factors. Psychological factors are situations such as progressive negative thoughts towards ones self or the world around them. Biomedical factors are often revolved around the decrease of neurotransmitters being released into the brain. The main neurotransmitters that cause problems if they are not released properly or there are not enough of them in the brain are serotonin and norepinephrine.
Depression is an illness that impacts the brain. Depression can lead to a range of emotional and physical conditions. Depending on severity can lead to an inability to sleep or concentrate on tasks. Depression can occur in early ages 12 to 17. Teenage girls are more probable to be depressed than adolescent male children.
When depression is left untreated, research shows "that the cost of treating a medical issue goes up. Patients who experience sign of depression and/or depressed use three times the health care and visit the ER seven times more than those who show no sign of depression. Depression is properly diagnosed by a primary care provider only fifty percent of the time (Shallcross, 2013). On the other hand, when physical and mental health care are treated together, for example, counselors and physicians, studies have shown that treatment is less expensive and the outcomes are better (Shallcross, 2013).
Depression could be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain that medication can correct. It is suggested that depression among older adults can be detected early if family members, and other people within the community recognize the warning signs. People experiencing depression are often sad and sometimes are having crying spells. They often are restless and have difficulty times sleeping. They feel fatigued and irritable and often have feelings of shame or worthlessness.
Depression is a condition that causes serious symptoms, which affect your mood, thinking, behavior and just any of the basic daily activities. According to ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association of America), depression is one of the most frequent mental disorders in the United States. It is stated, that around 3 to 5 percent of adults suffer from severe depression and the number of children encountering the symptoms is of a great concern. The core symptoms of the intense depression are a loss of interest or pleasure and depressed mood. Gradually, other alternative symptoms may follow like weight gain or loss, insomnia, fatigue, inability to concentrate and suicidality, feeling of worthlessness.
Depression Depression is a common disease worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. Depression differs from normal mood swings and short-lived emotions, in response to the challenges of everyday life. Depression can become a serious health condition, especially when it is long-term and with moderate or severe intensity. Depression can cause great suffering to the person who is affected, and poor performance at work, school or in the family. And at worst can lead to suicide.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2016) thoroughly defines and explains depression as a mood disorder. Being both common and serious depression is attached to symptoms affecting how one feels, thinks, performs tasks, sleeps, and even eats (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). Symptoms related directly to depression need to be present for two weeks or more in order for there to be an overall diagnosis of depression (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). While many people view depression as a single disorder greatly associated with sadness, but it is important to note that there are different forms of depression that may occur and be associated with children and adolescents. The possible different forms of depression
Depression can cause severe symptoms that can affect how you feel, think, and handle your daily activities. Depression is always accompanied by sense of suffering as well as the belief that escape from it, is hopeless.
