Project A
EVERYDAY WELL-BEING.
SPONSORED BY “WE ARE WHAT WE DO”.
Questions to ask:
1)
What is depression?
It’s the continuous feeling of bleakness.
It has a negative impact on the way a person thinks and behaves.
2)
What are the negative implications that depression
generates?
a.
Difficulty in carrying out day-to-day
activities.
b.
Social interaction
c.
Sleeping patterns
d.
Eating patterns
e.
The feeling that life is worthless.
f.
Lack of interest in sex.
g.
Lethargy
h.
Suicidal thoughts
i.
Hopelessness
3)
What are the different kinds of depression?
a.
Major depressive disorder: The general
depression and it’s symptoms as describes above.
b.
Dysthymic disorder: It lasts longer than major
depressive disorder, but it is not as intense.
c.
Seasonal effective disorder: It happens
according to the seasons.
(These are the kinds of depression that are
relevant to the brief)
4)
What causes depression?
There is no definite answer to this
question. However, it is said that genes, biochemical environment and
experiences have great influences over a person’s state of happiness.
5)
What is the treatment?
a.
Drugs
b.
Social interaction
c.
Interaction with animals
d.
Exercising
e.
Practicing hobbies and leisure activities
Important
Statistical Data
According to the Mental Health
Foundation:
·
In a year, 1 in 4 people suffer from a mental
health issue.
·
Anxiety and depression are prominent types.
·
Women seek help more than men.
·
10% of the children in the UK also suffer from
such issues.
·
There are suicidal attempts (especially men).
·
Self-affliction scores 400 per 100, 000 people,
one of the highest in Europe.
·
9 in 10 prisoners have mental problems.
The data has been collected from the following sourse.
The Happy Planet
Index (2006)
Conclusion from the
reading:
a.
The well-being of a nation lies not only in the
plain individual happiness and wealth, but also in sustainability.
b.
One must find ways to create solutions while
also decreasing the economic-footprint.
NEF (New Economic
Foundation)
Introduction:
The Annual Population Survey has carried out a survey regarding
the mental well-being of the people in the UK. Four primal questions were included:
1)
Overall, how satisfied are you with your life
nowadays?
2)
Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?
3)
Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?
4)
Overall, to what extent do you feel that the
things you do in your life are worthwhile?
The measurements of their well being varied within several
factors
1)
Disability
2)
Ethnicity
3)
Impact of work
4)
Local variation
5)
Well-being inequalities
Subjective well
being:
Why is it important?
a)
Happiness and comfort are subjective matters,
and thus in order to fully comprehend the measures of the well being, one must directly
ask the respondents for an answer.
b)
In 2006, it was shown 81% of the people are
credible that the government’s primary role is to provide people with mental
comfort and not to only focus on wealth
Discrimination
against the mentally ill people
According to the
Mental Health Foundation:
People with mental health problems are discriminated
against, and this worsens the depression.
People with low mental well-being find difficulties in the
following:
1)
Finding jobs
2)
Maintaining long-term relationships
3)
Live in decent housing
4)
Become socially involved in “mainstream
society”.
Mental illness is associated with violence, evil personality
and disability.
Media has crating aggravation to the situation by portraying
mentally ill people in such negative manners.
In the UK, two actions were taken to alleviate the
situation.
1)
‘Time to Change’ : (national voluntary sector
campaign).
2)
The Equality Act 2010 : Illegal to discriminate
against people with mental illness, directly or indirectly.
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