ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SOCIETY

 TOPIC AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS

TOPIC- THE EFFECTS OF AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SOCIETY ON ANXIETY AND

DEPRESSION.
QUESTION 1- WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THESE SOCIETIES ON MOOD DISORDERS?
QUESTION 2- WHAT IS ANXIETY, AND WHAT IS DEPRESSION?
QUESTION 3- HOW HAS SOCIETIES PERCEPTION AND RESPONSE TO THIS ISSUE
EVOLVED OVER TIME IN THESE COUNTRIES?
QUESTION 4- WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE?
QUESTION 5- WHAT STILL NEEDS TO DONE?
 THESIS STATEMENT

AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SOCIETIES NEGATIVELY AFFECT THIS

ISSUE BECAUSE.. FOR DECADES, OR EVEN CENTURIES, THE
VIEW AND APPROACH TO MENTAL ILLNESS HAS BEEN OUT OF
LINE.THIS IS BY NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE AND HUMANE
TREATMENT, DISMISSING AND MISLABELING THE PROBLEM AND
NOT RAISING AWARENESS THROUGH EDUCATION OF ANY OTHER
FORM.
 PERSONAL GROWTH IN DOMAINS

INVESTIGATE THE WORLD RECOGNIZE PERSPECTIVES

ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION (MOOD THROUGHOUT THIS PASSAGE, THERE WERE
DISORDERS) ARE A LARGE PART OF THE PERSPECTIVES OF:

WORLD AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SOCIETY (PRESENT AND

PAST)
JAPANESE AND AMERICAN SOCIETIES ARE
PEOPLE WITH ANXIETY/ DEPRESSION
DIVERSE YET THEY HAVE SOME
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS -SUPPORTERS
SIMILARITIES, (ESPECIALLY RELATING TO
FOR MENTAL HEALTH RIGHTS
THIS ISSUE)
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD
QUICK POLL 1
POLL 1 US
( TEXT SNAPPYBOWL212 22333)
QUICK POLL 2
JAPANESE POLL
TEXT LINDSEYCONNO698 TO 22333
 BACKGROUND:
DEPRESSION:
PROLONGED, DEEP SADNESS
MISTAKEN AS COMMON SADNESS OR
LAZINESS
MOOD STAYS THE SAME, EVEN IF
ENVIRONMENT BECOMES MORE
POSITIVE
MAY HAVE GIVEN UP ON LIFE
ANXIETY:
PROLONGED, EXCESSIVE WORRY
IT'S OFTEN THOUGHT THAT IT IS A
COMMON REACTION TO A STRESSFUL
DAY (ANXIETY DISORDERS STAY)
GETS IN THE WAY OF EVERYDAY THINGS
CRIPPLED WITH FEAR (PANIC ATTACKS)
 GENDER DIFFERENCES

MEN WOMEN

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY
DISORDERS
1 IN 5 MEN EXHIBIT
DISORDERS THROUGH DRUG
AND ALCOHOL ABUSE (VS 1
IN 12 WOMEN)
IN-PATIENT CARE
DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSION
MORE
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND
DISADVANTAGE
MORE LIKELY TO ADVOCATE
FOR THEMSELVES
 GENERAL CAUSES

DEPRESSION ANXIETY
CONTINUING LIFE DIFFICULTIES GENETICS
RECENT STRESS
EXCESSIVE STRESS
ISOLATION
GENETICS PERSONALITY FACTORS
BRAIN CHEMISTRY
BRAIN CHEMISTRY
 HISTORY

JAPAN AMERICA
TAKEN OVER BY MONSTER OR FOX DEPRESSION WAS ATTRIBUTED TO DEMONIC
(IDEAS PRESENTED IN CULTURAL TEXTS) POSSESSION
CURE: PRIEST SAYING SPECIAL PRAYERS BURNING AND HANGING WERE USED
HOME CELLS
MENTAL ILLNESS THOUGHT TO BE VIRAL
DEGRADING TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (IN AND
{1930'S} SHOCK THERAPY AND OTHER
OUT OF CONFINEMENT)
EXTREME PROCEDURES
MANY ACTS PASSED THAT WERE INEFFECTIVE FOR THE
MOST PART PRESENT DAY- TREATMENT HAS BECOME MORE
STRICT CULTURAL VALUES HUMANE, BUT THE STIGMA STILL REMAINS
 EFFORTS TO IMPROVE

JAPAN
CREATING A DOCUMENTARY
(CAMPAIGN, 2009)
MENTAL HEALTH CARE REVISION
ACTS (PROVIDING PATIENT RIGHTS)
SUICIDE PREVENTION
AMERICA
EDUCATION PROGRAMS (ADAP,
TADS ETC.)
* YOUTH AND ADULTS*
HUMANE AND ACCESSIBLE THERAPY
AND IN-PATIENT PROGRAMS
SUICIDE PREVENTION
 WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE

IT IS EASY FOR A CULTURE TO STAY IN THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS, HOWEVER IT IS

ESSENTIAL TO ADAPT TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF TODAY.
IT IS EASY TO IGNORE A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU PERSONALLY,
HOWEVER ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ARE REAL.
IT IS EASY TO STAY UNINFORMED, HOWEVER BASIC MENTAL HEALTH
EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL.
IT IS EASY TO JUDGE A PERSON BY THEIR OUTER PRESENCE, HOWEVER THERE IS
ALWAYS A DEEPER MEANING THAT MAY BE THE CAUSE OF WHAT YOU SEE.
 CONCLUSION

ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION HAVE BEEN A SORE SUBJECT FOR A SIGNIFICANT

AMOUNT OF TIME FOR JAPANESE AND AMERICAN SOCIETY.
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MISINTERPRETED AND MISTREATED BY THESE
SOCIETIES.
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ARE COMPLEX YET COMMONLY FOUND IN
ANYONE. THEY ARE BOTH IDENTIFIABLE AND EASILY TREATABLE. THE KEY IS
TO SPEAK UP.
 TOP 3 SOURCES-

MAYO CLINIC/ WHO/ NAMI FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON ANXIETY AND

DEPRESSION AND GENDER DIFFERENCES

HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION (US)

THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PSYCHIATRY AND THE RIGHTS OF MENTAL
PATIENTS