Depression

Depression Do you ever feel sad' Lonely' Inadequate' These are just some of the many symptoms for a disease commonly known as Depression. With over 15 million cases in the United States alone, depression has become one of the most widely studied and controversial illnesses in the world today. Many physicians today believe that depression can be cured with a simple prescription to popular medications. Through years of study and research, many psychologists concluded that this viewpoint is naïve and uneducated. This essay is going to compare two books, “Depression: The Mood Disease” and “Understanding Depression” who have similar views that proper diagnosis, family participation, the correct medication, and time are the only cures for deep depression. The following pages will outline the similarities and differences between the authors’ views on the symptoms, causes, and treatments for this widespread and misunderstood illness. Bad things happen. “Life is never perfect and if people look hard enough, they can find some reason for feeling bad” (Klein, 15). Depression is not just “feeling bad.” It’s a biological disorder that effects your social interaction, motivation, and nearly every aspect of your daily life. depression, symptoms, mondimore, disorder, klein, one, patient, become, antidepressant, daily, two, social, side, major, life, feelings, feeling, feel, effects, very, treatment, relationships, person, percent, medication, individual, identical, between, amount, twins, state, psychotherapy, psychologist, people, mood