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What is Depression?
1. Severe despondency and dejection, accompanied by
feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy.
2. A condition of mental disturbance, typically with lack of
energy and difficulty in maintaining concentration or interest
in life.
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Depression is one of the
most common illnesses found in
human beings.
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DEPRESSION IN THE
BRAIN
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nderstanding Depression
MEASURING DEPRESSION
The items below refer to how you have felt and behaved **during the past
week.** For each item, indicate the extent to which it is true, by
circling one of the numbers that follows it. Use the following scale:
0 = Not at all
1 = Just a little
2 = Somewhat
3 = Moderately
4 = Quite a lot
5 = Very much
1. I do things slowly..............................................0 1 2 3 4 5
2. My future seems hopeless...............................0 1 2 3 4 5
3. It is hard for me to concentrate on reading.....0 1 2 3 4 5
4. The pleasure and joy has gone out of my life..0 1 2 3 4 5
5. I have difficulty making decisions...................,0 1 2 3 4 5
6. I have lost interest in aspects of life that
used to be important to me...................................0 1 2 3 4 5
7. I feel sad, blue, and unhappy............................0 1 2 3 4 5
8. I am agitated and keep moving around............0 1 2 3 4 5
9. I feel fatigued.....................................................0 1 2 3 4 5
10. It takes great effort for me to do simple
things......................................................................0 1 2 3 4 5
11. I feel that I am a guilty person who
deserves to be punished........................................0 1 2 3 4 5
12. I feel like a failure...........................................0 1 2 3 4 5
13. I feel lifeless--more dead than alive...............0 1 2 3 4 5
14. My sleep has been disturbed:
too little, too much, or broken sleep.....................0 1 2 3 4 5
15. I spend time thinking about HOW I might
kill myself...............................................................0 1 2 3 4 5
16. I feel trapped or caught...................................0 1 2 3 4 5
17. I feel depressed even when good things
happen to me.........................................................0 1 2 3 4 5
18. Without trying to diet, I have lost,
or gained, weight...................................................0 1 2 3 4 5
DISTRIBUTION OF MUSCARINIC
RECEPTORS IN THE DEPRESSED BRAIN
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
*Ainsworth, P. (2000). Understanding Depression. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
There are theories to depression since a main cause has not been verified. The
brain triggers off different moods and sends them to our body to make us react to things
in different ways. Our brains all work differently and heredity may be a cause to our brain
reactions.
Mondimore, F. M. (2006). Depression, The Mood Disease. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press.
Depression is serious and can be treated as a disease. Depression can cause a person to
act a totally different way then they were before.
Reinberg, S. (2012). Depression Hippocampal Volume Loss. HealthDay Reporter, 2.
Depression can become a disorder in the brain. Depression disorders are most likely
in teens from the age of 13-18. The Hippocampus plays a role in the body which it
responds to stress.
*Wayne Katon, E. L. (2008). The Depression Helpbook. Boulder: Bull Publishing Company.
There are plenty of explanations and facts on how depression may come about in
the brain. Medications are given out to help people who are depressed.