What is depression and what can I do about it?

Brief Introduction 

In the recent world, depression has taken another level into developing to be part of people’s lifestyle. An article, What is depression and what can I do about it? By Markus MacGill offers the known fast facts about depression hence it being a paramount document. The article offers a good platform that explains the facts about the depression and the best way to control it. It narrates the process of testing the depression disorder as there are persistent low mood and a sadness feeling where it is accompanied by a loss of interest (MacGill, 2017) . The article then expresses what is not level up with the class of depression. Then, the article offers the significant part of it, the signs and symptoms of depression; the cause of the disorder; and the treatment for the disorder. Later, the article resonated around the psychotherapy, and the antidepressant medications. 

Statistics Supporting the Article 

As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has been discovered that about 7.6 percent of individuals above the age of 12 are experiencing depression in any period of two weeks. Substantially, it shows that the issue has a scale of activities emanating from the issue ( Whitton, Treadway & Pizzagalli, 2015). Similarly, as per the record of the World Health Organization, depression is ranked as one of the most common sorts of illness globally and it is one of the leading causes of disabilities. The article captures that, in estimation, about 350 million individuals are affected by the depression worldwide ( Cooney, Dwan & Mead, 2014) . With that, the article bases a fundamental discipline for the lively hectic disorder. 

Summary 

According to MacGill (2017), depression disorder is known to mostly affect women more than men. Also, life events produce changes of moods that their differences can be identified form the depression features. Consequently, lack of joy and reduction of interest in some things that one uses to attain happiness in someone are one of the main symptoms. It is understood that the causes of depression form a sort of complex combination of genetic, biological factors, and the psychosocial and environmental factors hence not fully understood. The process of diagnosis of depression commences with a consultation with a doctor or a specialist of mental health. Surprisingly, there is a difference that exists between fluctuations in mood that individuals experience in their part of life and the depression (MacGill, 2017) . The main signs and symptoms are depressed mood, reduction in interest of activities, low appetite, insomnia, hypersomnia, agitation of psychomotor, psychomotor skills that are delayed, fatigue, worthlessness feelings, impaired concentration, and thoughts of suicide. Primarily, the depression disorder is treatable. Under this aspect, the three components used for management of depression are support, psychotherapy, and treatment through drugs. 

How to Use the Article 

The article lays a platform that is needed to elaborate the whole process of depression. Recently, people have been confusing the actual depression order and the fluctuation in mood that is experience in normal daily life. With that, the article outlines the facts and information regarding the disorder. In addition, the rate at which depression is attacking hence calling for the best way to evade it. With the information from the article, it is now easy to evaluate the way forward according to the situation that the affected person is in. it will be easy to tell what a person is suffering from enough confidence since I have the information (MacGill, 2017) . All sectors of health that deals with the cases of depression can find the article so fundamental in the delivery of services in their operation. 

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Article 

The article offers a good introduction to the topic, then going down to the other related disciplines. It is a strength of the article. There is capturing of the main aspects in the several disciplines discussed. On the other hand, the article has a weakness. The article mainly tackles the depression and the tests, causes, and treatment. It specializes in the effects of the disorder (MacGill, 2017) . I think it would be so important to add the best method of preventing depression which would suit a big number of readers. It deals with diagnosis, signs and symptoms, causes, treatment, and types. 

Recommendation of the Article 

To health care institutions, physicians, and those suffering from depression, I would recommend the article. The article gives a good explanation of the whole process of the depression, hence paramount to the physicians and healthcare institutions. Also, to those suffering from depression, the article would help since it offers methods of treatment, and the therapy process (MacGill, 2017) . Furthermore, I would recommend the article to my colleagues who need advance knowledge about depression as it offers a good illustration of the depression. 

Conclusively, depression is treatable according to the article. The high rate of which people are being affected by depression calls for an attention to educate them so as they can act effectively. People are familiar with the symptoms pf depression hence facilitating an article that encompasses the depression is so paramount. The condition leads to feeling sad, feeling down, and losing the interest or pleasure. The article is of help as it asserts that the process of diagnosis of depression commences with a consultation of a doctor or a specialist of mental health. 

References 

Cooney, G., Dwan, K., & Mead, G. (2014). Exercise for depression.  Jama ,  311 (23), 2432-2433. 

MacGill, M. (2017). Depression: Tests, symptoms, causes, and treatment. Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/depression-causes-symptoms-treatments-8933 

Whitton, A. E., Treadway, M. T., & Pizzagalli, D. A. (2015). Reward processing dysfunction in major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Current opinion in psychiatry ,  28 (1), 7.