The Effect of Major Depression on Short Term Memory in Young People

The effect of major
depression on short
term memory in young
people

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Concept of major depression on short term memory in young people in UK........................3
Impact of major depression on short term memory in young people in UK..........................4
Strategies to reduce the impact of major depression on short term memory in young people in
UK..........................................................................................................................................5
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
AIM..................................................................................................................................................7
OBJECTIVE....................................................................................................................................7
RESEARCH QUESTION................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Depression refers to the mental health disorder which are highly effective and leads to cause
persistent feeling of sadness along with loss of interest which leads to cause the feeling of
withdrawal (Patch et. al., (2018)). This can also know as the major depression disorder which
may impact individual way to feel, behave and think and also have variety of physical and
emotional problems. This can be linked to the memory problem which are effective and have
high impact over the forgetfulness or some shot of confusion. This can also lead to focus on the
work, making decision and thinking in some specific context. Here, stress or anxiety can lead to
the poor memory. In this, there is discussion about the major depression on short term memory
within young people. There is discussion about the short-term memory loss which are one of the
impacts of creating depression within young people (Wang et. al., (2020)).
MAIN BODY
PART 1
Concept of major depression on short term memory in young people in UK
According to David (2021), depression can lead to make some physical change which are
affecting memory. This can include the sleep quality which have the response towards the
memory loss in young adult in UK. Here, study provide that one episode of depression cannot
have more impact on memory loss but increase in more than one episode can have higher chance
of getting memory loss. Depression can lead to create short term memory loss which are highly
effective and may lead to type of memory like short term memory along with procedural
memory that are effective in controlling motor skills. It has been analysed that people with
depression are not able identify the object which has been seen by them previously. This can lead
to create high negative health impact and show the short-term memory loss. This may also
include different symptoms like feeling sad, hopeless, feeling restless or irritable, loss of appetite
and drastic changes in weight, having trouble sleeping, thinking about death and many more.
This can also lead to create the situation of wrong decision which includes the memory loss and
confusion along with forgetfulness. There is various study which have the findings that
depression has negative impact on the participants which leads to compare the ability to
complete memory tasks which have the finding that depression can lead to diminish the memory.
It has also observed that memory loss can there due to depression during working as the memory