Health Promotion through the Lifespan

This report discusses the stages of the life course and focuses on the stage of adulthood, exploring the multitude of factors that promote resilience and well-being. It delves into the impact of depression on health and well-being and highlights the importance of nature and nurture in human development.

Health Promotion through
the Lifespan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Human development have dynamic understanding in interplaying level of relationship
between interpersonal process along with having diverse contextual environment and behaviour
related to human as outcomes in children, youth, adults and families (Gillespie, Pickering and
Eskiw, 2016). The stages of life course have been divided into four stages that is childhood,
adolescence, adulthood and old age. In this report there is particular the level of emphasis in
documentation the multitude factors which are factor cross developmental period along with in
context which is promoting resilience ad well beings. In this report there will be major focus on
the stage of adulthood which used to experience varsity of changes as emotional and physical
level serving form various health and well-being.
BACKGROUND
In the different stage as of the life span, the human are having the signification level of
proposition of the respective population of the country where they are experiencing the increase
level of disorder which is influencing the level of health and well-being. There is prevalence
suicide among adulthoods which is higher. Depression and anxiety are the uncommon diagnosis
which is having the difficulty in prevalence (Edelman, Mandle and Kudzma, 2017).
MAIN BODY
Adulthood has been identified as stage in human life span between age of 24 – 45 years.
Adults as the dynamic and complex level of interaction which have the proper intensification
with depression along with interaction in healthcare system. There can be leads of badness in nay
of relationship of either with family and friends . The depressed level of moods are turning out to
major concerns which is seeking level of complexity without any level of insurance and financial
support. This makes the individual of have a feeling of failure in achieving expected
development at millstone which is appeared to have proper interaction ns exacerbate function
level of impairment (Hubley and Copeman, 2018).
Depression is more of feeling just sad and blues. It has been identified as serious mood
disorders which is having the need for treatment and influencing well-being and health in stage
of adulthood in hum life. Depression has been identified as real illness which is common
problem identified in adulthood. The adults have the feeling of satisfaction with their lives rather
than having the most of the illnesses and physical problems (Polan and Taylor, 2019). The
depression has been experienced in adulthood can ave the many reasons such as moving out or

dealing with serious illness . As majority there are number of individual who re having the
experience over the different level of challenges and contingencies which is turning out to be the
major reason for anxiety and depression (Morrissey and et.al., 2015). The reason that the adults
are facing the increase level of depression can be due to bad level of experiencing in marital
status, problem of parenting, sexual dysfunction along with having major dependence over
nicotine and abuse substances. These events have longer level of impactful as absenteeism in
work, low level of career stratification as comparative to their peer success. This period of
adulthood can be conceptualized as the stage which is having numerous level of choices along
with possibilities which increase the level of independence in adulthood without assuming long-
standing responsibilities and commitments which is related to their work, relationships and
overview which is terms as correlated to stage of adulthood. The period of adulthood has been
proposed into five unique features which are identified as exploration, trying out to be with
possibility in work and love life, insatiability along with self focus. The life span
conceptualization has been culturally constructed which have the probable application to most of
proper in united kingdom (Brug and Chinapaw, 2015).
There are many factors that plays as important role in depression that can be including
the genetics, brain biology and the chemistry of life evens which can be such as the trauma, loss
of love life along with various level of difficult relationship experiences and stressful life events.
There can be occurrence of depression with serious level of medical illness such as the level of
daibities, cancer, hearts issues and the Parkinson one (Degeling and et.al., 2016). There are
major type ODF depression which has been broadly divided into major depression and persistent
depressive disorders. The former had is occurrence due to having the level of interference in
ability of work or sleep. This occurs only one in life but in level of several episodes. On the
other hand the latter have the existence over 2 years in which individual has been diagnosis with
persistent depressive disorders along with periods of less sever symptoms. Such depression are
having slight different can develop the circumstance. This has the certain types of later disorder
having that is psychotic depression, post-partum and seasonal affective disorders along with
bipolar one. This is being identified as different in term of depression in which individual have
bipolar disorder experiences which are parts of extreme level id mood swings and depression.
On case of high level of mood swings that depression is termed as mania (Fontan and Partridge,
20150.

Prevalence of depression are unidentified as the common level of mental illness in UK.
Depression effects the life of people in no matter what they background they belong to. There is
surrounding of different level of stigma which is having mental heath issues in which this is
identified as weakness. There can be development a certain level of stigma in order to have
increase level of awareness. There is prevalent of large level of stigma which might have
encouragement of more and more people in order to have sleekness over treatment.
There is identification of various serious episodes which have diagnostic and statistical manual
of mental disorders in at last two weeks in depressed mood with loss level of interest with
pleasure of almost all activities (Singh, Liu and Ahmad, 20150. The symptoms which can be
identified as a depressive mood or loss interest and pleasure in almost each of activity can be
such as the -
The issue related to sleep on daily basis along with change in appetites that is nearly 5%. There
is decreased level of energy along having difficulty over having proper concentration and
making decision in certain aspects.
There is existence of difference between impact of depression on both men and women at
different level. The women having symptoms of depression have sadness, worthlessness and
guilt. (Women) turns out to be more vulnerable in order to have proper developing post-partum
of depression after giving birth along with hormonal and physical changes. The women feel
burned with new level of responsibility. On the other hand men have the symptoms men are as
they turned out to be tired, irritable, loss of interest insuperable activities along with loss of
interest. Men tuns towards alcohol and drugs at time they felt depressed as they became
frustrated, discouraged and irritable. The men tried to throw themselves in work place along with
having proper avoidance and behave recklessly (Brown, Pavey and Bauman, 2015).
While having the anxiety disorders in most of the having mental illness, as the recent statistics as
the 2017 there are 300 million people are surrounded world having depression.
As per the survey in year 2017 there are almost 7.1% of adults who have major depressive
episode.
11 million adults are experience depression who have also diagnosed with level of anxiety orders
along with that 50% are also having impairment with anxiety disorders.
There is experience of 5% of the population with seasonal depression in which entry four people
in out of five are women who are suffering form serious depression.

Figure 1Mental health statistics, 2019
There is one in seven women have the experience of post-partum depression in which
half of women who are eventfully had depression at the time of post pregnancy. Depression is
turning out to be one of leading cause in having the liability worldwide. There is almost more
that 210.5 million dollar burden per years on country in which almost 50% economic cost is
being have the level of attribution with absence of workers which decreased level of productivity
(Hubley and Copeman, 2018).
In anther terms it also has been identified as there is prevalence of condition in which the adults
are getting proper diagnosis in term of treatment of depression. Less people are getting the level
of medication which is being required by client in order.
Nature and nurture has been identified as the important part of human development as
nature tends to have produces the health and well-informed relationship in developing a
responsibility human beings. On the other hand nurture helps in have the development of human
in early stages through having practice and experiences. Prevalence of depression are
unidentified as the common level of mental illness in UK. Depression effects the life of people
in no matter what they background they belong to (Brug and Chinapaw, 2015). There is
surrounding of different level of stigma which is having mental heath issues in which this is
identified as weakness.This helps to have early development of human being which is turning
out to be more effective and faster as comparative to nurture.
The natures is classicality been identified as the pre lining or influence in terms of genetic
inheritance along with biological factor which effects the development of human being towards
the specific purpose. In case of depression there is no relevance with an individual that there will
be sufferance of depression . Environment has been considered as major part in which nature has

been over ride by nature. The environment can have modification to a genetic predisposition to
depression. Thee is also the indication that there is level of influence of genetic and environment
on depression when they are wok through the different level of pathways. He environmental risk
factors with range of non genetic which have been implicated in depression which have
inclusion early life advertisers along with negative life events. The low economic status along
with sever physical illnesses. The early adolescence and childhood have been the important stage
in the whole life span which is the target of early interventions. The human body has been
identified as the product which is being impacted with complex level of interaction between
genes and the environment that is the nature versus nurtures. This is having the depression of
risk in genes along with experiences of a lot of stress which is more leaky have the dependency
in creationist of depression as comparative to whom the same gene risk but don't have any
experience to any stressors (Gillespie, Pickering and Eskiw, 2016).
Cultures have the identification of factor which is also responsible for having the
relatable imbalance in case of depression. The culture help in having the most level of visibility
in order to have proper interaction with the patient of health problem through diagnosis,
treatment, and organization and financing of services. It is all too easy to lose sight of the
importance of culture - until one leaves the country. Where cultural influences end and larger
societal influences begin, there are contours not easily demarcated by social scientists. There is
prevalence suicide among adulthoods which is higher. Depression and anxiety are the
uncommon diagnosis which is having the difficulty in prevalence.
CONCLUSION
In this report there wasd major discussion on different stages of life course which have
been divided into four stages that is childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. Adulthood
has been used to experience varsity of changes as emotional and physical level serving form
various health and well-being. Adults as the dynamic and complex level of interaction which
have the proper intensification with depression along with interaction in healthcare system.
Depression is more of feeling just sad and blues. It has been identified as serious mood disorders
which is having the need for treatment and influencing well-being and health in stage of
adulthood in hum life. The statistic rearrested to the issued which is impacting the human
development cycles along with economy of country. Prevalence of depression are unidentified as
the common level of mental illness in UK. Nature and nurture has been identified as the

important part of human development as nature tends to have produces the health and well-
informed relationship in developing a responsibility human beings. So there are various factors
which is effecting the health and well-being in life span.

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