Mental disorders occur in millions of people throughout the world. "They can be insidious, working their way into people's thoughts, and feelings, diminishing its victims' emotional and physical well being, along with their personal and family relationships" (Zimbardo et al. 462). Many people a...

Suicide is not a great survival technique. Successful suicide is inevitably fatal. Animals, to which humans belong, have a strong survival instinct. They will avoid death under almost all circumstances; therefore, the idea of committing suicide mystifies our logic. The motives behind suicide, which...

Mental disorders are becoming a more recognized illness in today's society. Psychological stress and genetic backgrounds are two of the main factors triggering these disorders. It is estimated that more than "17 million Americans meet the criteria for mental disorders" (Depression 1...

Childhood Revealed takes us into the hearts and minds of children who live with a specific challenge in their cognitive, psychological, or physical aspect of their life. For these children, drawing, and writing about their drawings, are ways of finding solutions or communicating with anyone that wi...

Depression: The Sadness Disease In our never-ending quest for happiness in our life, is some of the joy taken away? Have our thoughts for what we always want turned astray? Why has the quest for happiness left us more vulnerable and sad? Are we a society of melancholy people who are all lo...

Depression Mental illness will now strike one in five people in the United States alone and the numbers are steadily increasing. In particular, serious depression has risen astonishingly in the recent years. Depression is, by defintion, "A condition marked by an inablity to concen...

Depression: The Sadness Disease In our never-ending quest for happiness in our life, is some of the joy taken away? Have our thoughts for what we always want turned astray? Why has the quest for happiness left us more vulnerable and sad? Are we a society of melancholy people that are all lo...

Tom N. My old roommate use to tell me "everyone smokes pot at some point in their life". I've smoked pot with a 33 year-old mother of two outside a wedding reception and with a 14 year-old girl and her father. So what is this magical drug that makes everyone seem to enjoy life so much? Throu...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in the Elderly Mental disorders are becoming more prevalent in today's society as people add stress and pressure to their daily lives. The elderly population is not eliminated as a candidate for a disorder just because they may be retired. In fact, ...

Most people know that regular exercise can help you get in shape. But did you know that exercise can not only improve your physical well being, but your psychological state as well? There are many benefits of exercise because exercise affects every single part of your body. Exercise affects your ...

HISTORY OF DEPRESSION: Depressive illness has been known since biblical times. The word depression comes from the Latin word deprimere (to press down). Thus it means feeling pressed down, sad or low. In the late Middle Ages, religious leaders believed depression was caused by posession of evil spiri...

Twenty-three year old Janice was having a hard time getting out of bed everyday. She would often lie in her darkened room long past noon, disregarding the chores, her own grooming, and she rarely spent anytime with her five year old son Rory. Rory's care was put almost entirely into the hand...

Treatments for Teens with Depression Scott was always "the best son anyone could as for." But when he turned sixteen his life took a turn for the worse. First, his dog, which he had for 11 years, was hit by a car and killed. A few weeks later his best friend moved to another state. At...

Everyone gets the blues now and then. In fact, it's perfectly normal to feel sad and discouraged at times. It's also quite appropriate to feel grief after a loss. However, when a low mood doesn't go away, the person may be suffering from clinical depression. In other words, depression t...