Personal Success, Seizures, Depression and Suicide
Personal Success, Seizures, Depression and Suicide Before the age of 15, I was as healthy as anyone could wish to be. In my sophomore year of high school, though, my seizures began. Nobody knew what they were at first; they looked as if I was passing out. These "episodes" as my mom and I were calling them, were finally defined as seizures when a nurse at the hospital saw that during one of my "episodes" I would clench my jaw shut and my muscles would tighten and shake. Doctors put me on three different medications over the next few years. The first , Dilanton, did nothing for me. The second, Tegratoal, was killing my white blood cells which made me extremely sick. The third , Depekot, worked, but with it came some nasty side affects, and I was still having seizures two to three times a week. I became depressed after a year of having seizures and being told by many doctors that they didn't know what was causing it. The doctors also didn't know how to treat it. I missed a lot of school my sophomore and junior year, which was why my grades weren't what I wanted them to be. My teachers harped at me about not getting my work done. They didn't understand. I also got a lot of strange looks from people when I walked down the hall. Most of my seizures happened during school. I can't be positive about when my depression began to reach a climax. Maybe it was when my mom and her
Nazis through the depression
To what extent did the Depression help the Nazis gain more power? Even though the Depression in America caused so many problems around the world and so many people were in despair the Nazis managed to take this to their advantage and gained more control over the country. This is shown by the Nazis success in the elections establishing power in Germany in the 1930s, they gained many seats in the elections and were the biggest singe party .Germany was principally badly affected by the depression and the Weimar government could not deal with the great unemployment in the country but this was to Hitler's benefit now his ideas meant something. Firstly the Nazis twenty-five point programme (to abolish the treaty of Versailles and for Germany join with Austria etc) seemed very attractive to those who suffered most from the depression such as the unemployed the middle class and the elderly Most, though not all, of the unemployed were male. These men were almost certainly family men who could see no way ahead with regards to providing for their families. Money was required for food, heating a home, clothes etc. With no obvious end to their troubles under the Weimar regime, it is not surprising that those who saw no end to their troubles turned to the more extreme political parties in Germany - the Nazi and Communist Parties. . The middle class people hoped that the Nazis would
African Americans and life during the Great Depression.
African Americans and life during the Great Depression Yasmin Rahman History 109 11/21/02 In 1929, following the stock market crash, the Great Depression began placing millions of people out of work. The basic necessities of life such as food, clothing, shelter were in short supply. Although the Great Depression affected nearly everyone in America, it was the harshest for those already disadvantaged in American economy. While the shock of the Agriculture depression and unemployment affected many poor white farmers, it was even more devastating for vast numbers of African Americans on the southern cotton lands. In cities, African Americans, who held the least secure jobs, found themselves pushed from little service tasks and unskilled work by desperate white workers. Apart from being replaced by white workers, African Americans were living in shacks and abandoned buildings or "Hoovervilles" which were basically groups of homeless in a city of shacks and all in one place.1 Children were at segregated schools and mothers were trying to work as maids in order to feed their children. By the end of 1930's thousands of schools worked minimum hours or had closed down. Many children from seven to seventeen had left school and wandered on the roads and rails.2 Some families who had older children would send them to work to earn a few more money for the family. Thousands and
The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression
"Without the great crash of 1929 there would have been no depression" I believe that the above statement is only partially true. The depression was made worse by the Wall Street crash, much like cause and effect. During 1929 America began to see a tear in the American economy, which led to a big hole, which in turn lead to the crash. A further decline in the stock market and further reductions of product prices, contributed heavily to the Wall Street crash, and was due to mass over production and loss of faith in the stock market. The 1920's had been a great time for the American economy as it was experiencing the 'boom' times. Not everyone benefited from the 'boom' times, and this became clear during the crash, as many people were exposed to poverty, due to unemployment. The stock market was doing well and the economy was 'booming'. However in October 1929 the stock market reached its peak, before hitting rock bottom and collapsing. In June 1929, the stock market reached new highs, and people had seen how profitable this industry had become during the boom times, and decided that it was an easy way to make to get rich. Share prices were driven up due to the high demand. People began to invest in the stock market, and people who were unable to buy their shares, brought them 'on the margin', this meant that they could buy $1000 of stock for only $100 and borrow the rest.
Clinical characteristics of depression
(a) Outline the clinical characteristics of depression (b) Explain the issues associated with the classification and diagnosis of depression (24 marks) Depression is a collection of physical, mental, emotional and behavioural experiences that are more prolonged, severe and damaging. The medical model involves individuals going to the doctors and having their physical symptoms observed and questions asked about their illness/problem. To help doctors diagnose diseases such as mood disorders, the medical classifications ICD-10 and DSM-IV both define these diseases in order for doctors to follow the guidelines and diagnose the correct illness. A person is defined as having a mild depressive episode of depression by the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition by having two or three of the following psychological symptoms; lowering of mood, reduction of energy, decreased activity, ideas of guilt and worthlessness, capacity for enjoyment, interest and concentration is almost always lowered, appetite diminished, sleep disturbed and self-esteem and self-confidence is lowered. These psychological symptoms may also be accompanied by somatic symptoms such as; lowering of mood, waking hours before normal in the morning, depression worst in the morning, marked psychomotor retardation, agitation, loss of appetite, loss of libido and weight loss. To be diagnosed as
Roosevelt - The Great Depression
History: Roosevelt - The Great Depression Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, came from a wealthy New York family and was educated at Harvard University. He entered politics in 1910 and elected Governor of New York State in 1928 after surviving a bout of polio. The Democrats choose Roosevelt as their candidate to oppose Hoover in the 1932 Presidential Election. During the campaign he said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people". He promised to use government money and power to rebuild the economy. Roosevelt won with a landslide victory. One of the main reasons for this was that the previous President, Hoover, had not controlled, or attempts to help the economic downfall of the United States. Hoover thought matters would right themselves and therefore took little action. In 1932 Hoover did eventually find some money to help a number of struggling banks and businesses, but he refused to set up federal relief programmes to aid the unemployed. As the Depression dragged on, a protest movement developed among the hungry and the unemployed. Many Americans had lost confidence in President Hoover and were looking for new leadership that arrived in the form of Roosevelt. Once elected, Roosevelt had many problems facing him and his party that the American people expected him to solve. * Most of the populace was unemployed. Over 12 million Americans
Causes and results of the depression of 1930
Causes and results of the depression of 1930 The Great Depression was an event that not only affected the nascent American power, but it triggered a domino effect that affected the world economy. The economic decline was led since 1929, particularly the October 24. It was so critical that cause the decline of the New York Stock Exchange on October 24, which was known as black Tuesday. The crisis has expanded geographically from the United States to the rest of the capitalist world, and this mainly by the consequences of the World War I. To arise in hyperinflation in Germany were left to pay high prices for reconstruction established by the winning powers. The crisis began to take control of the people and corporations, and with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange people lost confidence and started withdrawing money from banks. By not having money to return deposits, many banks began to fail. The lack of money meant that there was less money to invest in industries and less money for agricultural and industrial products. In 1932 the majority of U.S. banks had to close. (MS Encarta, 2008) Among the causes that led to the Great Depression can be framed the following points: * The productive capacity of the United States was exceeding the capacity of consumption. * The tariff policies and war debts reduced the market for U.S. products abroad. * The fall in
The Wall Street Crash and the great depression.
The Wall Street Crash and the great depression When the stock market collapsed on Wall Street on Tuesday, October 29, 1929, it sent financial markets worldwide into a tailspin with disastrous effects. The German economy was especially vulnerable since it was built out of foreign capital, mostly loans from America and was very dependent on foreign trade. When those loans suddenly came due and when the world market for German exports dried up, the well oiled German industrial machine quickly ground to a halt. As production levels fell, German workers were laid off. Along with this, banks failed throughout Germany. Savings accounts, the result of years of hard work, were instantly wiped out. Inflation soon followed making it hard for families to purchase expensive necessities with devalued money. Overnight, the middle class standard of living so many German families enjoyed was ruined by events outside of Germany, beyond their control. The Great Depression began and they were cast into poverty and deep misery and began looking for a solution, any solution. Adolf Hitler knew his opportunity had arrived. In the good times before the Great Depression the Nazi party experienced slow growth, barely reaching 100,000 members in a country of over sixty million. But the Nazi party, despite
Principles of Care - Depression
Principles of care Introduction This assessment will look at Mr Jones. Mr Simon Jones is a thirty year old man, referred to Mental Health Services by his General Practitioner (G.P) He is married with 2 children and works as a supervisor at a local call centre. He is buying his own home and runs a car. He has been worrying a lot, feels under pressure and has been increasingly depressed in the last 3 months. His sleep and appetite are poor and he has fleeting ideas of killing himself. Case Study Mr Jones walked home alone and bewildered after his consultation with his G.P, he was sure to be labelled as a nutter by his colleagues at work once they knew that he had to been referred to the Mental Health Services. The thoughts crowded his head as he turned the box of Prozac over and over in his hands. He opened the box and retrieved the leaflet from inside reading the first part: What your medication is prescribed for. Prozac (Generic Name: fluoxetine) affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Prozac is used to treat major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa (an eating disorder) obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic disorder. Drugs (2006) Mr Jones's G.P had explained to him about Sever depression, also called major depression which can dramatically impair a person's ability to
Describe and evaluate two treatments for unipolar depression.
DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE TWO TREATMENTS FOR UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION Depression, often referred to as the 'common cold of mental illness', is diagnosed through clinical observations of characteristic symptoms present in the individual. Although a mental illness, it is normal behaviour up to a certain point, at which it could then be categorised as abnormal. Depression is put into two categories, unipolar which is mainly having a constant low mood, and bipolar having both low and high moods (or mania) which is more common in the diagnosis of a manic depressive. This essay addresses the causes of depression and how its diagnosis and will then go on to describe the treatments of cognitive-behavioural therapy and anti-depressant drugs for unipolar depression. Upon outlining both perspectives, it will then evaluate the research and evidence of these effective treatments. Unipolar depression is usually diagnosed by the assessment of the individuals' experiences of five symptoms within the criterion and their duration, according to the DSM-1V criteria. These symptoms could be for example; persistent sadness, sleep problems, feeling worthless and guilty, confusion and poor concentration and thoughts or attempts of suicide. For a diagnosis of unipolar depression, the duration of these symptoms must have been present for more than two weeks and one symptom would usually consist of a
