Depression: The World Health Organization

Student’s Name: Professor: Institution: Date of submission: Depression The World Health Organization (WHO) has an estimated number of about 21 million people who feel the emotions of worthlessness, loneliness, not good at what they do and people around them hate them. These emotions, have been clarified to be as a cause of depression. Sadly, only 25 percent or less can access effective treatment. Notably, there is an alarming issue with depression mostly among the teenagers in the US. 11 percent of the teens in the adolescent stage encounter a depressive disarray by the time they get to 18 years of age. although this figure may not look like a lot, it means that the 11 percent have a major problem. They go on without treatment even after feeling this way regularly. This is actually with accordance with the National Institute of Mental Health. Although depressing feelings can affect anyone, it does not have a great effect like the way it does on the 11 percent. Imagine having the feeling reoccurring every other minute unpredictably. AS per the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website, there is a tripling rate of depression on children in the age bracket of 12 and 15. This depicts that there is a very high increase in depression among teens. As much as it changes the lives of people, this disorder does actually end them. In most cases, a lot of people who have committed suicide had a case of mental illness (suicide.org). most people don’t recognize that depression is a disease and would mainly tell those suffering to snap out of it instead. Due to lack of knowledge on this topic, there could be worsened effects to the people suffering from depression. The bipolar disease is another lasting result of depression. Many people have no idea of bipolar disease. This disease has a negative effect on people’s lives and notably, a great percentage of teens with depression end up developing the disorder. It does not only affect the patient, but also the people around them. Friends and family can be greatly affected by having a depressed friend or sibling. A person who is associated with someone going through depression could experience a number of strenuous sentiments which include; frustration, helplessness, fear, sadness, guilt, and anger. It is basically normal to feel that way because it is not easy to deal with a person suffering from depression and one can be completely overwhelmed if they don’t take care of themselves. Reduction of pressure imposed on teens could be one of the possible solutions to curb this problem. Many adults assume that teenagers tend to complain too much, or they like to exaggerate on how stressed they are based on the amount of work they get to do on a daily basis but cannot do the same about the media they are normally engrossed by it. however, children in their early adolescent stages, not only deal with social and environmental changes but also a physical cognitive change that may occur together leading to an increased risk of various difficulties that may inc...