Sunday, January 27, 2008

America’s Great Depression

A recent conversation on a popular subject sparked a question that get us all down-depression. Is it an American phenomenon? Is the world depressed? Is there a co-pay? The latter was a trick question, the former are still perplexing, and in a way, depressing. Considering the risk factors for depression encompass most aspects of life, obtaining happiness without medication seems to be impossible.

Cymbalta provides a gamut of risk factors for depression; some are usually considered milestones, whereas others are more obvious triggers. Family history of depression, death, and stressful conflicts are listed among getting married, graduating from college, and becoming a new parent. Whatever the circumstances, depression is caused by an imbalance of certain chemicals in the brain, concludes Lexapro.

A new book, Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting, by Terrie Williams focuses on depression among the African-American community and offers statistics regarding depression in blacks and whites. Regardless of the race, Talk Therapy is the current label for Psychotherapy or the visit to the “Shrink.” In today’s healthcare market, most health insurance plans cover diagnosis and treatment.

Now that depression is known to encompass all aspects of life and that it is treatable, the co-pay for treatment still depends on an individual health plan.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think some people just use the guise of Depression as a catch all phrase for whatever is ailing you. Hell then it looks like everybody's depressed.

Anonymous said...

I'm currently reading the book "Black Pain" and I am finding it to be very enlightening. I would definately reccommend reading it for more information on how Depression affects our society.