What is Major Depression?
This educational video from Therapist Aid in 2014 clearly explains the symptoms, causes, and treatments of major depression. The video tends to help people with depressed mood to realize what is really going on them so that they could look for help timely. In addition, by explaining the severity of major depression, this video tries to decrease the stigma of major depression that appears in the public. However, it would be better to put some websites that provide help for major depression so people can get specific help from those websites.
The Increase of Major Depression and Suicide Among Teenagers in the United States
Link for the news article: https://time.com/5550803/depression-suicide-rates-youth/
This news published by Markham Heid on TIME on March 14, 2019, mainly talks about the increasing diagnoses rate of depression and suicide for teenagers in the United States. This news is reliable enough due to it is based on data collected from more than 600,000 people by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual nationwide mental-health survey conducted by a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Besides the increasing of depression and suicide on adolescents and young adults, this article also explains the negative impact of using too much social media on their mental health. Although the news mentions the extra using of technologies among young people theses days, it would be more useful to provide some tips that reduce the using of social media.
Specific Data Analysis on Major Depression in 2017
Link for the journal article: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2017-methodological-summary-and-definitions
The data of this journal article are collected by National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2017 and published on the website Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2018. Even this journal article is used to analyze the relationship between substance abuse with mental health issues, it still includes comprehensive useful data of major depression among people aged above twelve in United States. However, the only disadvantage of this journal article is that this article is too long due to it mentions a lot of information in different aspects.
Summarization of the Data on Major Depression in 2017
Link to the website:https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml
If anyone who does not want to read the journal article above due to it is too long, this website would be a good substitute for you because it extracts the prevalence, treatment, and impairment rate of major depression among adolescents and adults from the journal article.
Website that Provide Help on Major Depression
Link to the website:https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI
National Alliance on Mental Illness(NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI is like a database for major depression that everyone could easily access it with a electronic product and internet. NAMI not only provides information and articles of major depressive disorder, but also provides helpline and programs for people with Major Depression and their family members. If you are struggling with depressed mood or major depressive disorder, talking with someone by calling the helpline on NAMI may be a good choice to reduce your pressure.
Recommended Book
Furiously Happy is written by Jenny Lawson who has severe depression and published in 2015. Unlike others with major depression, Jenny manages to find light in the darkness by making normal moments amazing in order to fight with the negative emotions in her brain. Jenny writes her experiences in a funny way to her readers and introduces her way of finding happiness in the horrible life to others with major depression. Reading real experiences from someone undergoes with major depression is a good way to reassure a person with a depressed mood.