PROBLEM AND SOLUTION

ESSAY

MOK YI CHI
CHIN LOK CHEE
MELISSA ANN VANNAN
RACHEL KELLY WONG YI BING
YONG MING HUEY

THE

DEPRESSION AFFLICTION
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Symptoms that youre depressed

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MOST OF US HAVE MILD DEPRESSION

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WHAT EXACTLY IS DEPRESSION??????

DEPRESSION IS CLASSIFIED
UNDER THE GROUP OF MENTAL
ILLNESS
ONE OF THE HARDEST ISSUES
TO OVERCOME

 A COMPLEX PROBLEM LIKE DEPRESSION IS

MUCH LARGER THAN ONE SCIENTIST OR
LAB CAN HANDLE.
HUDA AKIL

Akils study (as cited in Friedman, 2013).

DEPRESSION AFFECTS WHO?

EVERYONE

TREATED AS OUTCAST
-WORTHLESS
-

THESIS STATEMENT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEPRESSION WILL CONSIDER
COMMITTING SUICIDE BUT THIS COULD BE OVERCOME
BY GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM A PSYCHIATRIST AND
ALSO BY ATTENDING THE ELECTROCONVULSIVE
THERAPY (ECT).

PROBLEM CAUSED BY DEPRESSION

SUICIDE

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 DEPRESSED PATIENTS USUALLY FEEL REALLY SAD

AND HOPELESS WHICH MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT. THEY ARE NOT
CAPABLE OF THINKING RATIONALLY AS ALL THEY
WANT IS FOR THE EMOTIONAL PAIN TO STOP
(PEAK, 2008, P. 33).

PROBLEMS CAUSED BY
DEPRESSION
LEADING TO INFECTION OF DISEASES
INSOMNIA
HEALTH PROBLEMS

REFERENCES
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-OF-DEPRESSION-ON-THE-BODY-CLICK-IMAGE

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PEAK, L. (2008). MOOD DISORDERS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: CENGAGE.

WHAT IS A
PSYCHIATRIST?

PHYCHIATRIST
DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF MENTAL
HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
UNDERSTANDS THE BODYS FUNCTIONS AND THE COMPLEX
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL ILLNESS AND OTHER
MEDICAL ILLNESS.

HOW DO PSYCHIATRISTS TELL WHAT

IS WRONG WITH THEIR PATIENTS?
ORDER OR PERFORM A FULL RANGE OF MEDICAL
PERFORM PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS THAT PROVIDE A
COMPLETE PICTURE OF A PATIENTS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
STATE.
EVALUATE THE ENTIRE MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA
MAKE A DIAGNOSIS
DEVELOP A TREATMENT PLAN.

WHAT TREATMENTS DO
PSYCHIATRISTS USE?
PSYCHOTHERAPY
PSYCHOANALYSIS
PSYCHIATRY

WHERE DO PSYCHIATRISTS
WORK?
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERS
NURSING HOMES
REHABILITATION PROGRAMS
EMERGENCY ROOMS
HOSPITALS

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

WHAT IS ECT?
ECT IS A TREATMENT WHERE THE ELECTRIC
CURRENT WILL PASS
THROUGH THE BRAIN AND CAUSE A
THERAPEUTIC SEIZURE THAT
TRANSFORMS THE ENTIRE BRAIN IN A
POSITIVE WAY WITHIN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

HOW DOES IT WORK?
ECT INVOLVES APPLYING A BRIEF
ELECTRICAL PULSE TO THE SCALP WHILE
THE PATIENT IS UNDER ANESTHESIA.

Types of ECT
RIGHT UNILATERAL TREATMENT

Electric current is just passed across one side

 BILATERAL ECT TREATMENT

Electrical current is passed across the

whole brain.

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

MISCONCEPTION TOWARDS ECT
PAINFUL
DAMAGES THE BRAIN
MAKES PEOPLE FEEL WORSE
ERASES MEMORY
CURATIVE

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

HOW DOES IT SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

IN 2003 RESEARCHERS ANALYSED ALL THE WORK WHICH HAD

BEEN DONE ON PATIENTS' EXPERIENCES OF ECT. THEY
FOUND THAT THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO HAD HAD ECT
AND FOUND IT HELPFUL RANGED FROM 30% TO 80%. THE
RESEARCHERS COMMENTED THAT STUDIES REPORTING LOWER
SATISFACTION TENDED TO HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY PATIENTS,
AND
THOSE REPORTING HIGHER SATISFACTION WERE CARRIED OUT BY
DOCTORS. BETWEEN 30% AND 50% OF PATIENTS COMPLAINED OF
DIFFICULTIES WITH MEMORY AFTER ECT.

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

WHAT DOES THE PROFESSIONALS SAY?

MANY DOCTORS AND NURSES SAY THAT THEY HAVE

SEEN ECT RELIEVE VERY SEVERE DEPRESSIVE ILLNESSES
WHEN OTHER TREATMENTS HAVE FAILED. BEARING IN MIND
THAT 15% OF PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION WILL KILL
THEMSELVES, THEY FEEL THAT ECT HAS SAVED PATIENTS
LIVES, AND THEREFORE THE OVERALL BENEFITS ARE GREATER
THAN THE RISKS. SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ECT WILL
AGREE, AND MAY EVEN ASK FOR IT IF THEY FIND
THEMSELVES BECOMING DEPRESSED AGAIN.

REFERENCE
Electroconvulsive, (n.d.). Electroconvulsive Therapy Program. Retrieved from
http://www.psych.med.umich.edu/ect/how-does-ect-work.asp
Information about ECT (n.d). Information about ECT (Electro-convulsive therapy).
Retrieved from http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice/
treatmentswellbeing/ect.aspx
Tartakovsky, M., (n.d). 5 Outdated Beliefs About ECT. Retrieved from
http://psychcentral.com/lib/5-outdated-beliefs-about-ect/

Depression is a curable
disease

Physical

Mental

After rain, comes rainbow!

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