Depression: The Misunderstood Epidemic
the middle of a jungle”. Doctors describe this mental illness as a imbalance within the brain wiring and the brain chemistry.
This chemical imbalance within the brain sometimes leads doctors to play the “hit and miss” game when prescribing medication to those who suffer with mental illnesses. This leads me to the theme from the film Depression: The misunderstood epidemic, according to Russ “ I can go in and ask my doctors to give me this medication and he says done, this other medication and he says done. They are handing out medication like it was nothing”. A lack of knowledge within the mental health field sometimes leads to the misinterpretation of disorders. According to Diane “ There is stigma, gigantic stigma. You have cancer “oh how
This chemical imbalance within the brain sometimes leads doctors to play the “hit and miss” game when prescribing medication to those who suffer with mental illnesses. This leads me to the theme from the film Depression: The misunderstood epidemic, according to Russ “ I can go in and ask my doctors to give me this medication and he says done, this other medication and he says done. They are handing out medication like it was nothing”. A lack of knowledge within the mental health field sometimes leads to the misinterpretation of disorders. According to Diane “ There is stigma, gigantic stigma. You have cancer “oh how