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In seven pages the question of why people become depressed is examined from biological, cognitive, and social perspectives. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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his desire for revenge. His reckless and increasingly violent actions were fueled by depression caused by grief. However, with Ophelia, the depression resulting from her dysfunctional relationship with
Hamlet and Hamlets murder of her father led to complete withdrawal from reality and into the secure cocoon of early childhood. Chanting nonsensical nursery rhymes were not enough to
cure Ophelia, and she took her own life by drowning. Hamlet and Ophelia were both depressed individuals who handled depression in different ways. Art imitates life, and there
are countless people like Hamlet and Ophelia who suffer from varying degrees of depression. Why do people get depressed? The simplest definition for depression is an illness or
disorder manifesting itself in pessimistic mental or hopeless emotional states caused by some type of stressful event. People react differently to emotional stresses because every individual has different vulnerabilities
and breaking points, as did Shakespeares Hamlet and Ophelia (Holden, 2003). The etiology of depression usually focuses on biological, cognitive, or social factors, with various treatments developed accordingly (Leykin,
DeRubeis, Shelton, & Amsterdam, 2007, p. 437). However, perceptions or belief systems can also influence the reasons why people become depressed how they can be successfully treated. According to
Joanna Moncrieff (2007), Senior Lecturer, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, England, psychiatrists have been struggling to develop a biological depression theory for many years. According
to various theorists (including Mann, 1999; Thase, 2003; Rossi, Barraco, & Donda, 2004), biological depression results from "abnormalities in brain neurochemistry" (as cited in Leykin et al., 2007, p. 437).
Biological factors including an excess of cortisol, noradrenalin, insufficient hippocampal, or some type of neurotrophic abnormalities (Montcrieff, 2007). However, Professor Montcrieff (2007) argues that results pointing to biological
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