What would you do if you someone had depression? How would you help them in this certain situation? There are many different ways to help people if they have depression because there are many different ways for people to have depression. You have to have empathy towards the person by asking them questions. This is a way by knowing whats the problem and helping him solve it.
Positives “ALL 40”
1.)Depression can lead to more analytical thinking. People with depression could be able to break down problems into even smaller problems. Also better having better of solving social problems when they are depressed.2)Depression can lead to our brains more focused. 3) Make us more mature. 4) Helps you become more independent. 5) Being more insecure makes you more likely to exercise.
Population: Most people that will suffer from depression will most likely be students because they most likely be affected with school. Also students will have a hard time dealing with time since they are stressed with homework or extra curricular activities, which may lead to depression. Also other students will cause them to be depressed because they could be bullied and the victim might feel that they are less important. But anyone could have depression, like family could cause anger towards one another and the family isn’t to each other and a person might not have anyone to reach out with help.
Brainstorm: We got this idea of thinking of what most people around the world face in there personal lives. Than we thought about how to address the problem to everyone. After, we had to ask many people about how people could get depression and make it into a graph and saw what were the most problems people have during depression.
https://www.psychcongress.com/news/depressed-high-school-students-more-likely-drop-out
Summary of article: Older teens struggling with depression are more likely to drop out of high school as peers without depression, says Canadian researchers. Students with ADHD are more likely to drop out. Depression has a big impact on students. It can make students quit school, do drugs, or even end there own lives.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/14/schools-grapple-with-student-depression-as-data.html
Summary of article: Mental-health incidents among teens and young adults have arced upward over the last decade, while they relatively unchanged for older adults, a new analysis finds that teens in high school are highly effected by depression. Depression has been spotted in younger people 12-16 rather than people who are 50-70.
Summary of article:People feel depressed in schools because of anxiety and trauma. Depression effects a lot of things, family, friends , and education.People who feel these symptoms are struggling and they can effect peoples lives outside of theirs and they won’t even know it.
Survey Questions:
Do You have depression?
What grade are you in?
Do You know people that suffer from depression *
Survey results:
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Interviews: We interviewed Vynzell, Juan, and Mouhamed
Vynzell: Depression can lead to very bad things, such as suicide, school shooting, distance from family members etc. my mom had depression and it didn’t really effect me it just effected my mom. she wasn’t able to do things on her own. If I saw someone with depression I’d try to get help for them.
Juan: I think depression is Painful. It’s a real problem especially in high school. It’s cause by school. I know my brother has depression. It makes me worry for people, and him a lot more. If I saw someone with depression I would try to help them as much as possible. When it gets out of hand I’d get better help.
Mouhamed: I think that depression is more common among high schoolers/teenagers. Some cases of depression lead to thoughts of suicide. I don’t think I know anyone who has depression. I would try to help them by trying to get them to go to therapy and other good methods such as finding that stresses them out the least.
Observations:
- People with depression are quiet.
- People with depression wear black.
- People with depression are anti-social
Summary: People with depression tend to be lone wolfs or try to hide themselves from the outside world. They like to be alone and not be bothered by people. When you ask them how their days are they might lie to you to make it seem like everything is okay, they only do this because they might not want to worry you about their problem. They tend to keep their head down in the halls to draw less attention.
Depression 