Causes of Mental Illness and How to Address it (Essay Sample)

Mental Illness
Depression according to (Jorm et.al, 2013) is considered to be a serious medical condition that results from chemical imbalances in the brain. A person in this condition generally feels sad, dejected and lukewarm. Depression is commonly experienced by adults, with women on the lead, but this does not dispute the fact that children can also suffer from the same condition. The study conducted by BMC (2010) in Australia reveals that depression affects both genders with many cases of women reported. The study showed that the prevalence rates of depression in women ranged from 4.3% to 43.9%. This rates were found to be varying with age, older women appeared less risk of suffering from the depression. The statistics shows that 1.9% of women between 60 to 64 years were affected, 6% of women between 20 to 24 years and 4.4% aged between 40to 44 were suffering from the depression. In reference to hospitalization, women aged 25-34 were rated at 74.2 per 100000 individuals, ages 35-44 were at 360, 45-54 at 814.3, 55-64 at 1127.6 and ages 65 to 74 were rated at 1523.5 per 10 000 were hospitalized.
In scenario-B, It is evident that Marie Malouf might have been suffering from depression as observed by her local General Practitioner (GP). Her GP might have considered this due to experiences that Marie was going through. In this scenario, Marie has made an appointment with a local GP to report about her sleeping problem over the past 4-6 weeks. She reports that she cannot get to sleep as she used to, and when she does, she wakes up late. Marie also reports how she has lost her weight in the last few weeks, her sudden loss of appetite and that she can no longer enjoy what she likes most such as cooking and spending time with her friends from the soccer club. From her explanations, it is evident that Marie was suffering from depression, and she requires antidepressants as was administrated to her by General Practitioner, this scenario has been discussed by the School of Nursing and Midwifery (UWS, 2014).
Depression results from different events which may have occurred recently or has taken some time. Some factors that may cause mental illness include; family history, personality, and other medical issues. Considering these factors, Marie's mental illness condition may have been caused by her life events and family history. Maria finds life stressful after moving to Australia from Lebanon ten years ago. For this period, Marie has been caring for her family and old parents; she has constantly supported her husband in his business activity and she over goes the activities that she likes doing due to her new roles. Her husband had also recently undergone treatment for bowel cancer and is recovering at home. This being the case, she