My psychology teacher said this essay was extremely well written. So maybe it will help. Depression are feelings of sadness, hopelessness, pessimism, and a general loss of interest in life, combined with a sense of reduced emotional well-being. Most people experience these feelings occasionally, often as a normal response to a particular event. However, if the depression occurs without any apparent cause, deepens, and persists, it may be a symptom of a wide range of …showed first 75 words of 374 total…

…showed last 75 words of 374 total…behavioral therapy and psychoanalysis. Drug treatment is used for people who have predominately physical symptoms. Antidepressant drugs are usually effective in over two thirds of these patients, provided the drugs are taken in a sufficient dosage over a long enough period of time. Electroconvulsive therapy (ET) which is given under a general anesthetic, is usually reserved for treating severely depressed people especially if they are suffering from delusions or have failed to respond to treatment