Susanna was trapped in the hospital for a year and a half, but life inside the walls of McLean reflected human society, if just on a smaller scale. ... She said what she meant, just as we did." (83-4) Susanna has no real problem with the rest of the staff, from the three doctors she sees daily to the number of nurses and night staff that were daily fixtures in their lives. ... In this confusing time of her life it is to be expected that stress might manifest itself in strange ways. ... They become afraid of life outside the walls that held them in for so long. ... Through a joke of a psycholo...

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Nonfiction The story I read was the true-life story of the actress from the 70's, Patty Duke. ... The bipolar I had a life of its own. ... Over her fifteen year bout before being diagnosed, she exhibited feelings of hopelessness, guilt, worthlessness, was often sad, and she lost interest in her daily ordinary activities. ... At first, she admitted that it was a bit embarrassing taking her pill in front of anyone, so she made a ritual out of it to assure she would take it daily. ... The people in her life were skeptical about her genuineness. ...

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There is growing realization that teenage depression can be life- changing, even life-threatening. ... It interferes with daily life such as school, friends, and family. ... It's a confusing time of life because a teen's body is changing along with their relationships. ... According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, about 4% of high school seniors use alcohol daily, while 92% have tried it. ... (Elkind 71) Sexual acting-out ,which can not only be life-changing, but also life-threatening in this age of AIDS, can become an antidote to the loneliness and isolati...

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Abstract Depression is more than just sadness and can have a serious impact on one's life, it is a debilitating disease. ... If left untreated, depression can have devastating effects on the person suffering and those in that person's life. ... Depression just isn't caused from life events, there are Biological Factors that can cause depressions. ... Major Depression is a combination of symptoms, like the ones stated above, that can interfere with one's ability to work, sleep, eat and do daily activities. ... Frequent depression is feeling sad or depressed daily, once a mo...

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" "It interferes with daily life, normal functioning, and causes pain for both the person with the disorder and those who care about him or her" (Schmidt, 2008, p.1). ... If an individual responds to specific life experiences, events or traumas in a negative way, then when a similar event occurs in the future, the person triggers an identical response to a per-existing situation (or pathway) (Orchard, 2009). ... Depression with Relation to Society and Myself According to the NIH (National Institute of Mental Health, 2008), when a woman specifically has a depressive disorder, it ...

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According to the National Institute of Health, in any given year, 9.5% of the population in the United States will have a depressive disorder , with women more than twice as likely as men to experience depression at sometime in their life. ... Depressive illnesses often interfere with normal daily functioning and cause pain and suffering both to those who have the disorder as well as those who care about them. ... People suffering from dysthymia generally are not disabled but they go through life feeling mildly depressed most of the time, which can greatly impair their ability to enjoy the...

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It is a mood disorder that has psychological and biological causes and can be life threatening. ... About 17% of adults in the United States have suffered with at least one episode of major depression which can make life feel hopeless and worthless. ... Also, a serious loss, difficult relationship, financial problem, or any stressful change in life patterns can cause a depressive episode. ... In someone with this type of depression you will notice a nearly daily depressed mood and lack of interest in activities that they once loved. ... Clinical Depression is much more than being sad over hig...

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At the concluding stage of my grandfather's life, he became dependent. ... Death is the number one life-changing event (T.S. ... Perhaps, was he simply not ready to depart this life? ... The family knew that Grandfather's life was near completion. He was in severe pain daily. ...

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In "Terminal Illness Sufferers should be Allowed Help to Die," by" John-Paul Ford Rojas of Britain's "The Daily Telegraph," argues that patients should be allowed doctor assisted suicide. ... The patient should have the right to make this decision simply because it is their own life. ... Yes, a person should be presented the other options, regarding life decisions. ... That patient took his own life in a motel room and left a suicide note. ... The right thing to do would be to allow the person to make the decision regarding their own life. ...

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Despite daily experiencing our friends and relatives die, there seems to be a challenge of regarding answering the question when and how to do, since we all succumb to the thanatophobia issue. ... Deciding to take away your life is a criminal offense in most countries across the globe. ... What is more, there no essential freedom in the life of humans as the freedom of exercising one's autonomy. ... For the Southern Baptist believers, this is barbaric and in violation of human life sanctity. ... The Roman Catholic holds the sixth Command dear to the existence of human life and therefore, ...

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I wish to die and I am incapable due to my disability to end my own life. ... Who can value the worth of a human life? ... By ending ones life we are only brutally destroying an individual in their time of utmost need and confusion. ... In the end, we must consider what is best for those who actually face daily a struggle between life and death. ... Is depression, although painful and difficult, reason for ending another's life? ...

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Bipolar is defined as manic-depressive illness, a psychiatric condition characterized by episodes of mania (exaggerated euphoria) alternating with periods of depression. (http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1680.50558) I inherited the condition from my father. I am told that at the time there ...

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Plath suffered from depression for much of her adult life, and in 1963, at age thirty, she committed suicide. ... She says that she is thirty and that she is smiling, but why would she be smiling if her life is so grim and dark? ... As she is brought back to life, the crowd is entertained but completely indifferent to the fact that she is still alive. ... Yet still, the doctor may see her as an opportunity to receive praise, by doing a good deed in bringing her back to life. ... Plath's references to Nazis and Jews are simply metaphors, meant to paint a picture of her pain and agony throu...

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Just like any other physical disease or disorder such as diabetes that is caused by a pancreatic disorder, mental illnesses are medical conditions that cause disturbances to a person's normal activities such as thinking, emotions, mood, ability in relating to others and routine daily chores. ... I would ask, for example, the person to answer a questionnaire that contains questions that will identify negative effects of his behavior on several aspects of his life. This will also help in finding his goals and virtues through visualization of the life ahead that could provide fulfillment aft...

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Throughout life, many teens will meet the lovely face of depression. ... However, there will be noticeable changes in their attitude and life style. ... When he and his friends had an argument, Charlie made a new friend, Bob, and started to smoke marijuana with him almost daily (Chbosky, Stephen). ... About 20% of teens will meet depression before their adult life begins. ... The last thing is to keep calm, and relax. if none of these methods help, and life seems to be unbearable, know to go to the doctor. ...

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It is no secret that police officers have a tough job. Between gun fights and responding to the homicides of babies, it is hard to compare the stressors imposed on police officers to any other profession. Arrigo and Garsky (1997) describe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as "the silent killer a...

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Therefore, diagnosis should not lie only in the physician's hands but be associated with parents, teachers, and anyone who interacts with the patient on a daily basis. ... However, with the help of teachers, school counselors, mental health professionals, parents, and other caring adults, the severity of a teen's depression can not only be accurately evaluated, but plans can be made to improve his or her well-being and ability to fully engage life. ...

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Therefore, diagnosis should not lie only in the physician's hands but be associated with parents, teachers, and anyone who interacts with the patient on a daily basis. ... However, with the help of teachers, school counselors, mental health professionals, parents, and other caring adults, the severity of a teen's depression can not only be accurately evaluated, but plans can be made to improve his or her well-being and ability to fully engage life....

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In Kate Chopin's classic novel, The Awakening, Edna Pontellier was a woman who felt trapped and burdened by her life. She is unable to express herself or free herself from the prison that life had placed her in. ... Teenagers or adolescents are in a stage of their life where they are still developing and growing. ... When Edna stopped her daily routine and her activities, her husband felt that she was sick and had a doctor check on her. ... (Suicidal Women p.19) To be responsible for another life and caring for another life is extremely difficult. ...

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Mike was a great individual, but his life took a turn for the worse when his girlfriend broke up with him. ... Everyone knows the old saying that your teen years are the best years of your life. This saying confuses most people to question why a person would want to take their own life? Considering when a teenager hasn't lived his/her life to the fullest. ... Friends are an issue teens have to deal with on a daily basis of life. ...

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If a person lacks levels of an important hormone, not only can depression set in, but bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, and insomnia can dominate a persons" life. ... A person may feel as if his or her life is in shambles, and the poor quality of his or her life is determined by daily events. ... Although outside factors such as one's social life, career goals, or parental influence may help effect the decisions a person makes, genetics determine the basic make-up of a person's future. ... On the opposite end of the spectrum, someone who is extremely burdened with depression by ge...

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Feelings of dejection, a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force, a lowering of vitality or functional activity in daily life . ... My brother was my best friend until he took his own route through life. ...

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If these feelings last for more than two weeks it will start to affect your daily life. ... In very extreme cases of Major Depression, one may take their own life to escape the never ending feeling of sadness. ... Studies have shown that people who are diagnosed with depression may have had anxiety earlier in life, and vice versa. ... Much like depression, it is triggered and caused by certain life events. ... It's a therapy for the ones who went through something in their life that no one should go through. ...

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You convince yourself that you are doomed forever to a state of half-life. ... Sometimes, painful life events can lead to depression. ... Therefore, diagnosis should not lie only in the physician's hands but be associated with parents, teachers and anyone who interacts with the patient on a daily basis. ... Regardless of the type of treatment chosen, "it is important for children suffering from mood disorders to receive prompt treatment because early onset places children at a greater risk for multiple episodes of depression throughout their life span."" ... With the help of teachers, sch...

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This is particularly true sometimes, if an elderly person refuses to take life-sustaining medicines (Devons, 1996). ... Some factors that may contribute to depression are mental illnesses, physical illnesses, life conditions and/or events, and biological factors. ... They need people to help them with their activities of daily living, whereas before they could do it themselves. Suffering from chronic physical illnesses they may experience extreme pain and suffering which makes life so unbearable that they may choose suicide as a means to an end. ... Life conditions and events also play a k...

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