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Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Overcoming Depression COMPREHENSION Purpose The Journal of American psychological association is on how to overcome depression. The principal aim of the journal is to explain how psychologists help many people faced with the problem of depression and other disorders associated with them. The journal also aids in understanding depression in detail that is its causes symptoms and treatment. The journal also campaigns on the importance of seeing a psychologist when in the state of depression (American Psychological Association, 2015). Depression is an abnormal condition that is defined as extreme despair that lasts for many days and can lead to pain that is physical or which is emotional. Depression is treatable, and psychologists have played a vital role in the treatment. Both adults, children, and adolescents are faced with depression according to the article. Results The author states that it is prevalent in the US, and it is the most common disorder that is diagnosed by a psychiatrist. In 2014, a population of 15.7 million adults, 6.7 million of the number had experienced depression at one time in their life. In the same statistics research, 2.8 million of the population of children, more than 11 percent of the children aged 12-17 years had experienced significant depression episodes (American Psychological Association, 2015). Statistics were led by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The findings were that different people are faced with depression differently, but most people are faced with a recession in symptoms combination. For example, anger and irritability, prolonged sadness and feeling
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