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  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a huge economic downfall in North America and involved many other industrialized countries of the world. The Depression began in 1929 and lasted for about ten years. Millions of people lost their jobs along with many businesses going bankrupt. The common misconception of the Great Depression is people think that the stock market crash was the main cause for it. There were many causes for the Depression; unequal distribution of

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    Essay Length: 2,527 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Depression

    Depression

    People suffering from depression experience a lasting and continuously depressed mood that interferes with the ability to function, feel pleasure, and even maintain interest in life. The occasional feeling of being “blue” does not usually cause a downward spiral into depression. People suffering from major depressive episodes may feel so fatigued that they cannot go to work, school, or even do the simple things we take for granted. They may sleep day and night, have

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    Essay Length: 1,387 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Depression

    Depression

    Some types of depression run in families, suggesting that a biological vulnerability can be inherited. This seems to be the case with bipolar disorder. Studies of families in which members of each generation develop bipolar disorder found that those with the illness have a somewhat different genetic makeup than those who do not get ill. However, the reverse is not true: Not everybody with the genetic makeup that causes vulnerability to bipolar disorder will have

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    Essay Length: 290 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Manic Depression and Creativity

    Manic Depression and Creativity

    Manic Depression and Creativity Does manic depression cause creativity or does creativity cure manic depression? Virtually one percent of our population suffers from manic depression and nearly five percent from another form of depression. (holden) Does this mean that we all possess an abundance of creative ability? Surely not, then we would all be artist, but there is a positive correlation, according to recent studies, that shows that artist with manic depression show higher

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    Essay Length: 780 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Depression was a period of time after the economic boom of the 1920's in America, when the economy went downhill. People lost money, jobs, shares, businusses went bankrupt and the farming industry suffered greatly. The Republic Government at the time lead by Hoover was still following policies of Lassez Faire so business was not getting the support it needed to get it back on track. The Republic Governments Protectionist policies were one of the

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    Essay Length: 1,281 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Janna
  • Depression Among the Elderly

    Depression Among the Elderly

    Depression Among the Elderly Though depression and anxiety are common throughout the life cycle; depression and older age have commonly been associated with one another (Mulsant, 1998). Unfortunately, many elderly people are not satisfied and look at this stage as depressing. After years of planning, dreaming, and expecting the golden years to be the highlight of one’s life, the increased number of stressors related to aging causes feelings of depression. Depression can happen at any

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Vika
  • Depression

    Depression

    Everybody's mood varies according to events in the world around them. People are happy when they achieve something or saddened when they fail a test or lose something. When they are sad, some people say they are 'depressed', but the clinical depressions that are seen by doctors differ from the low mood brought on by everyday setbacks. Psychiatrists see a range of more severe mood disturbances and so find it easier to distinguish these from

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Great Depression, World War II and Suburban Growth

    The Great Depression, World War II and Suburban Growth

    The function of the Democratic machine in Chicago, which has dominated Chicago politics for nearly half a century, could be described as a political group that recruits its members by offering patronage, the act of offering handouts in return for support. You wash my hand I'll wash yours, in other words, you do something for me and I'll do something for you. Incentives such as political jobs, money, opportunities to get favors from the government

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    Essay Length: 436 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Depression

    Depression

    Depression Depression is a common illness that is often misunderstood, many who suffer from depression are unaware of the symptoms, fail to receive professional treatment, and as a result are hindered from maintaining a healthy social life. Depression is a serious illness that can affect anybody, including teenagers. It can affect your thoughts, feelings, behavior, and overall health. Most people with depression can be helped with treatment. But, most depressed people never get the

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    Essay Length: 400 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • Great Depression Themes in 42nd Street

    Great Depression Themes in 42nd Street

    Great Depression Themes in 42nd Street Seen through a particular light and given specific occasions in the film, we can see how 42nd Street echoes the general attitudes of the Great Depression. Particular characters in the film exemplify the wealthy citizens of the time, the common laborer, and Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) portrays a life-force, Franklin Roosevelt, bringing hope along with his New Deal. Throughout the film, there is a dichotomy exhibited through the members

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    Essay Length: 489 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Edward
  • Women Get More Depressed Than Men

    Women Get More Depressed Than Men

    Women Get More Depressed than Men In the articles, “Gender differences in depression”, and “Why Change the World When You Can have a Prozac Moment?” I found much information to support the stereotype that women get more depressed than men. It seems that for many reasons, “gender differences in depressive disorders are genuine.” (Piccinelli and Wilkinson 1) “This is due to the fact that depression, regardless of what other name it has been called

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: regina
  • Depression

    Depression

    Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease that is characterized by different degrees of weakness of the skeletal muscles of the body. The name myasthenia gravis came from a Latin and Greek origin meaning “grave muscle weakness.” But, with the help of current therapies most cases it is not as “grave” as the name implies. Myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods if activity and improves after periods of rest. Certain muscles

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Anna
  • Childhood Depression

    Childhood Depression

    What is Depression? Most adults and many children and adolescents have a few bad days here and there, sometimes three or four in a row. When this happens, your mood is bad, you feel like jumping on people for nothing. You sleep, but you do not rest. You eat, but you are not hungry. Your life is one big chore. Everything that was fun is work and what usually is work is like walking with

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Victor
  • Depression Paper

    Depression Paper

    Depression Paper Depression is a severe mental disorder that causes an individual to experience intervals of sorrow and/or other downbeat feelings and sensations. People who are depressed can feel extremely hopeless in their day to day activities causing them to lose interest in family, friends, employment, and social situations. Depression can exert itself via physical emanations such as aches, fatigue, lost of appetite, or other symptoms (Berger, 2005) . While Depression is prevalent in both

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression Of 1930. William Cunningham Strayer University To my amazement the Great Depression serves as a natural debating point that "justifies" or "refutes" various economic policies. The Great Depression and the New Deal are complex topics that are open to many interpretations. The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world. Seeing the order in which events actually

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jon
  • Fighting Depression Without Drugs

    Fighting Depression Without Drugs

    Fighting Depression Without Drugs Depression is a disease that affects nearly 34 million American adults each year (Zoloft). It used to be thought that depression was something people could control, but now it is known that it is a real medical condition. There are many different ways to treat depression. The most common way is through antidepressants, but these medications can have some not-so-pleasant side effects. Depression can be hurtful top friends, family, and the

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Depression Is Contagious

    Depression Is Contagious

    “Depression is Contagious” Leo Tolstoy once said, “Happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In essence, all unhappy families have their own unique reasons for feeling so. The extent to which they are unhappy varies as well. By analyzing individual conflict and struggles, the novel Ordinary People by Judith Guest, examines human nature and unique forms of “unhappiness.” Buck’s death is symbolic of the loss of stability for the

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Though the U.S. economy had gone into depression six months earlier, the Great Depression may be said to have begun with a catastrophic collapse of stock-market prices on the New York Stock Exchange

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    Essay Length: 794 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Bred
  • Are Psychopharmaca Superior to Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Depression?

    Are Psychopharmaca Superior to Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Depression?

    Title: Are psychopharmaca superior to psychotherapy in the treatment of depression? Introduction Concerning the treatment of depression, the figures are of such proportions that details can never be over-looked or neglected. Consider the following. Depressive disorders are amongst the most frequent psychiatric diseases in the Western World, with prevalence numbers between 9% and 18%. According to a 1997 survey (Jindal & Thase, 2003) of the most common reasons for patient visits to family physicians

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Adolescent Depression and Suicide

    Adolescent Depression and Suicide

    SUMMARY: Only in the past two decades, have depression and suicide been taken seriously. Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood and thoughts. Depression affects the way a person eats and sleeps, feels about themselves, and the way they think of the things around them. It comes as no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Janna
  • Economical Events That Lead up to the Great Depression

    Economical Events That Lead up to the Great Depression

    Information: In the 1920's, things were really rocking in the US and around the world. The rapid increase in industrialization was fueling growth in the economy, and technology improvements had the leading economists believing that the up rise would continue. During this boom period, wages increased along with consumer spending, and stock prices began to rise as well. Billions of dollars were invested in the stock market as people began speculating on the rising stock

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    Essay Length: 613 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: regina
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a time of sadness and poverty for many. It became an unforgettable historical time in American history. The author of the book The Great Depression, Pierre Berton gives a clear view of what happened from 1929-1941. He basically outlines the Depression event by event, explaining what happened where and who was involved. Although many books can tell stories of the depression, I think the author of this book did a good

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Anti-Depressants and Suicide

    Anti-Depressants and Suicide

    In the LA Times article entitled “After drug scare, no easy answers for depressed kids” the author address the question of whether SSRI anti-depressants can be linked to teen suicide. Recently the FDA voted to order a black box warning, a high level alert, for anti-depressants like Prozac stating that studies have shown an increase in suicidal behavior in children under 18 taking the drug. The warning comes following reports of children taking SSRI anti-depressants

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    12/19/05 Cont-World The Great Depression The Great Depression began in October 1929, and is the worst and longest period of unemployment and low business activity in modern times. The Great depression not only affected the United States, but almost every nation worldwide. Although the depression brought about many changes not all of them were positive. There are many things that contributed to the start of the Great Depression. One major cause of the Great Depression

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Anti-Depressants

    Anti-Depressants

    Depression is a very common condition in the world. Depression is usually treated with therapy or antidepressants medicine or both. It sometimes takes a few tries to find the right antidepressant. Many times the condition may get worse, studies have shown that antidepressants have no clinically significant effects in mildly depressed patients or in most patients who suffer from very severe depression. That is why I am against the use of ant depressants to cure

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: regina

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