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Informative Speech
TOPIC: Depression
Title: The not so depressive story untold: thoughts of suicide and psychological illness
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Central Idea: Depression is an illness with specific diagnosable symptoms yet fortunately allows for
treatment on which patients are to rely on to improve the status of their daily life
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Some individuals lose interest in the essence of life itself, not just for a day or two but longer
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IV-

Physical disabilities would trigger depression as well as a significantly impaired financial quality
of life that has not yet been un-paused
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 Body
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Causes of depression vary from genetic reasons to environmental criteria yet expose
common apparent behavioral symptoms
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B- Moreover, quick irritation, rapid mood swings, rapid tearful reactions are three
elements in the depression symptoms check list that ought to call for surveillance if
ticked
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Transition: Depression being considered as a mental health illness is suggested to be treated with
therapists, psychiatrists or counsellors for they are responsible of helping patients understand the “why”
criteria of their problems and “how” to fix their inner discomfort
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A- “Cognitive behavioral therapy” is defined as “a psychological treatment that
encourages people to develop their ability to identify and challenge negative
thoughts, and to re-evaluate possibly unhelpful beliefs about life
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C- Antidepressants are the straight forward medical approach to depression, suggested
in severe adult cases also referred to as “Clinical Depression” or “Major Depressive
Disorder” where meditational practices are no longer as efficient as they ought to
be
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A good relationship between client
and therapist are always advised and even recommended on the long run in the case of misstep
or misfortune of reoccurrence of depressive episodes, the patient would know immediately who
to go to
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One is never to feel ashamed, neglected nor rejected for any given reason, for to live
with the guilt of having pushed a soul to suicide is far more painful than anything else
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We can be shaken but not broken
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How are we to acknowledge joy if we ignore what it’s like to be upset or feel down? But we are taught
from age one to stand up when we fall, boys are told never to cry and girls to remain strong
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Thus, why is it that some individuals
lose interest in the essence of life itself? Not just for a day or two but longer?! Beyond the why is
imposed the question of who is mostly at risk of suffering through horrifying events? And more
importantly how are we therapeutically to diagnose, report the observed symptoms and solve the
suggested psychological illness? This being said, I would like to officially thank you for taking part of this
discussion since the topic in itself is a very sensitive one that concerns approximately, according to Ms
Hof, head of the department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, around
150 million people around the world; hence if you’re immediate surrounding are blessed not have lost
faith in life, your neighbor might have and perhaps this is the first step towards awareness in correct
social behavior and communal unity in maintaining a healthy psychological environment
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In fact, anxiety is a preliminary unstable base on which depressive symptoms
gradually start to construct and emerge all the way towards a deadly end that is in severe cases a
suicidal scenario
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We are not here either to lecture on the importance of having faith in a brighter
tomorrow because sun will shine or any other mainstream saying that has been too commercialized to
the extent of it losing its moral essence but rather once the psychological damage is done, treatment
exists and is a must
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Depression is fortunately “distinguishable”
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In fact, a preliminary symptom one can individually spot and note is the period during which one feels
“sad”, “unhappy”, “down” or “upset”
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Moreover, quick irritation, rapid mood swings, rapid tearful reactions are three elements in the
depression symptoms check list that ought to call for surveillance if ticked
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The intensity of the prior symptoms will be subject of study
and basis of evaluation to whether the patient is under mild or severe depression
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In fact, a preliminary stage of so called “cognitive behavioral therapy” is defined as “a psychological
treatment that encourages people to develop their ability to identify and challenge negative thoughts,
and to re-evaluate possibly unhelpful beliefs about life
...
”
Antidepressants are the straight forward medical approach to depression, suggested in severe adult
cases also referred to as “Clinical Depression” or “Major Depressive Disorder” where meditational
practices are no longer as efficient as they ought to be
...
A good relationship between client and therapist are
always advised and even recommended on the long run in the case of misstep or misfortune of
reoccurrence of depressive episodes, the patient would know immediately who to go to
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One is never to feel ashamed, neglected nor rejected for any given reason, for to live with the
guilt of having pushed a soul to suicide is far more painful than anything else
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Psychology Works Fact Sheet
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Psychological Treatments for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
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Journal of Mental Health

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