Understanding and Managing Depression

The provided report delves into the dangers of depression as a mental illness that can lead to madness if not analyzed and cured timely. The critical analysis of literature explains the causes and measures to overcome depression by taking proper treatment. The significance of the impact of mental illness caused by depression is discussed in detail.

Critical Literature

Table of Contents
TOPIC : To Analyse The Impact Of Mental Illness Caused By Depression...................................1
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE ....................................................................................................1
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS CAUSED BY DEPRESSION ....1
DEFINITION ..................................................................................................................................2
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE .................................................................................4
RECOMMENDATION FOR PRACTICE .....................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

TOPIC : To Analyse The Impact Of Mental Illness Caused By Depression.
INTRODUCTION
The behavioural pattern that is causes the poor ability to function in life is defined as the
mental illness or mental disorder. Many disorders may be diagnosed by the mental health
professionals (Fuhr and et.al., 2014). The causes of mental illness are often unclear and difficult
to diagnose. The combination of behaviours, feelings, thinkings of a person shows the symptoms
of mental disorder in an individual. In this report the statement of objectives, significance of the
topic, its definition in detail will be explained. The critical analysis of literature, recommendation
for practice and conclusion will be discussed below.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE
Objectives are the efforts or the actions intended to attain the goal, purpose, target in a report by
an individual. Some objectives are as follows :
 To understand the concept of depression on mental health of an individual.
 To identify the factors causing depression and there impact on health of an individual.
 To analyse the reasons that causes depression in daily routine life.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS CAUSED BY
DEPRESSION
Some factors that plays an important role to stay away from depression are :
Sleep hygiene : Proper sleep play an important role to keep the depression away. It is felt by the
experts that the people should learn about insomnia which a disease. In this disease the people
are unable to sleep properly due to which they face health problems mainly depression.
Lifestyle changes : As everyone knows that caffeine contributes to sleeplessness in an individual
as alcohol and nicotine (O'Hara and et.al., 2014). The alcohol initially depresses the nervous
system, which some people to fall asleep. The effects of regular alcohol causes many other
health issues and the impact of alcohol remains for a lesser time.
Techniques to relax : The exercises like meditation,guided imagery, deep breathing and
progressive muscle relaxation helps to reduce or remove anxiety and mental stress.
Some factor that causes depression are :
Anxiety disorder : The group of various mental disorders characterized by significant feelings of
fear, worries, different thinking of an individual is defined as anxiety. The term anxiety refers to
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the tension caused by nervousness of something at the back of the mind. But anxiety sometimes
can be helpful to feel motivated or warns an individual from the danger.
Eating disorders : A range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed or
irregular eating habits is known as eating disorders. The eating disorders are not just about the
food habits. They often involves the difficulties to regain the sense of control in an individual
(Schomerus and et.al., 2014). This a complicated illness that impacts an individual to identify
self esteem, worth.
Grieving : The term grieving refers to an individual who feels intense sorrow cause by losing an
important event in one's life or having great distress. Normally it takes some to heal but the
people suffering from depression does not get healed from the sorrows or the stresses, they let
these feelings impose on them. It leads them to get fully involved in depression, which can
further cause lose of life.
DEFINITION
An illness that is caused by an individual's feelings, behaviour, etc.. The illness that
causes an individual to feel sad, happy, angry or to lose the interest in any activity that was
enjoyed by him/ her previously. In the case of mental disorder the feelings are different from the
normal feelings of happiness, sadness, anger, even the energy of an individual is also very low
as compared to normal person. The mental illness can make people feel hopeless about their
future which can lead them to think or commit suicide. Many times some families or an
individual feels ashamed for been in depression, don't allow them to discuss their problem with
others to get rid of it (Patterson and et.al., 2017). Depression is a common illness which can
increase by over thinking or from negative thinking. The people who thinks or feels that they in
depression should contact to their doctors to overcome this dangerous mental disease.
Depression is a disease caused by over thinking or over comparing our selfies from
others. This disease is not caused by personal weakness, their may be problems with the
activities in the surrounding of an individual which leads him/ her towards depression. The
depression is caused when there are some activity levels in the parts of brain or some chemical in
the brain which is called neurotransmitters. The combination of family history and the stressful
life are the major causes of depression believed by the experts. The family having a member with
depression always have the stressful life events, which does not means that the other members
will get depression. Depression may be hard to notice at first, it may vary among the people and
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can confuse others just by noticing the feelings or the reactions of an individual (Peterson and
et.al., 2014). The two most common symptoms of depression are :
 An individual who is feeling extremely sad in a healthy environment and is hopeless
about his/ her future.
 The serious symptoms of depression is deep or over thinking with leads to commit
suicide.
 The people starts losing interest in their daily routine activities that they used to enjoy
earlier.
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Illustration 1: symptoms of depression
Source: (Isenberg, 2017)

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE
According to Van Loon and et.al., 2014, an individual experiencing mental illness at the
workplace is having major issues in his/ her health. The mental illness refers to the stress faced
by an individual who is unable to keep a balance in the work life. The relationship between the
stress and mental illness is critical and complex but these both are depended on each other for an
individual.
On the other hand the author Parcesepe and et.al., 2013, said that an extreme or
irrational fear of something that an individual faces majorly during depression or over thinking.
Everyone feels scared at some times. The fear can come up sometime in a situation that is not
expected by an individual. The fear stops an individual from following his/ her daily routine and
distracts from the goals to be achieved.
Schomerus and et.al., 2014, all individual's have the small habits that makes them feel
better and comfortable in their daily routine work. As per the views of O'Hara and et.al., 2014,
the condition in which the extreme or rapid change in the behaviour and feelings of an individual
can be seen is known as bipolar disorders. The extreme fluctuations in the mood, energy and the
activity level of an individual which can make day to day life difficult. It is a serious condition
that involves several abnormalities in the moods or mood swings of an individual.
RECOMMENDATION FOR PRACTICE
From the above health issue is can be recommended that, to analyse the ways to reduce
the impact of mental illness the people should take care of the symptoms of depression in the
initial stage. The people can overcome this issue of depression by creating a small list of goals
and aims to be achieved by him/ her and then to work upon to accomplish the goals on time. The
eating habits of an individual plays an important role in overcoming from any health issue or
mental problem (Fuhr and et.al., 2014). The proper exercise such as meditation, laughing
sessions, stress removal exercises should be done in regular way to reduce daily stress to avoid
depression. Sleep is the main key to get rid of problem such as depression or any other health
issue. Proper sleep gives concentration, clam and peaceful mind to wake with freshness with any
worries and tensions. Sometime music is the best way to lose tensions. The music helps get rid of
unwanted tensions and stress. It helps an individual to make him/ her happy which does not let
them to get in depression. To avoid the problems of depression or mental health an individual
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should hang out with the people with whom he/ she feels happy. This simply helps to be happy
and to lessen the problems from life. It also helps their lifestyle to become easy and smooth
without any stress. An individual should stop over thinking will help him/ her to avoid the
tension from their routine. If in case an individual is feeling to get in depression he/ she should
always share the things with the people whom they believe or are comfortable with. The people
who easily gets in depression should always be surrounded with positive people to gain positive
energy to stay away from dangerous disease such as depression.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that, the depression is a dangerous disease that
causes mental illness and results in madness. It is explained that depression should be analysed
and cured timely to avoid the harmful consequences of the disease. The critical analysis of
literature is explained in detail to know the causes and the measures to overcome depression by
taking proper treatment. The significance of the impact of mental illness caused by depression is
discussed above in detail.
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REFERENCES
Fuhr and et.al., 2014. Effectiveness of peer-delivered interventions for severe mental illness and
depression on clinical and psychosocial outcomes: a systematic review and meta-
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O'Hara and et.al., 2014. Perinatal mental illness: definition, description and aetiology. Best
Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology.28(1).pp.3-12.
Parcesepe and et.al., 2013. Public stigma of mental illness in the United States: a systematic
literature review. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services
Research.40(5). pp.384-399.
Patterson and et.al., 2017. Adversity, parental mental illness, and risk of depression in
youth. European Psychiatry.41. p.S220.
Peterson and et.al., 2014. How often and how consistently do symptoms directly precede
criminal behavior among offenders with mental illness. Law and Human Behavior, 38(5),
pp.439-449.
Schomerus and et.al., 2014. Causal beliefs of the public and social acceptance of persons with
mental illness: a comparative analysis of schizophrenia, depression and alcohol
dependence. Psychological medicine.44(2). pp.303-314.
Van Loon and et.a.l., 2014. The relation between parental mental illness and adolescent mental
health: The role of family factors. Journal of Child and Family Studies.23(7).pp.1201-
1214.
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