risk factors for depression in community practice settings
In the primary and community care setting, depression occurs as a recurring depressive disorder and chronic disease due to various factors. In the community practice setting, depression derives from stressful life events such as unemployment and lack of social and family identity. Lack of income limits the ability to cater for personal and family expenses, resulting in depressive disorder among individuals affected.
Among individuals changing careers at a critical moment such as childbirth, a source of depression could postnatal care affects young mothers necessitating proper motivation and home-based care (Tanaka, Kusaga, Nyamathi, & Tanaka, 2019). A study of medically ill patients indicates that depression attributes to a lack of antidepressant medications and psychotherapies that limits mental and psychological sufferings and limitations.
Personality as a source of depression alludes to instances of self-criticism, and inability to avoid worrying. Individuals with a tendency to suffer from low self-esteem tend to have personality limitations due to seeking perfection, resulting in social anxiety. A marker of personality challenges is a tendency to be a loner, and suffer from personal criticism, thereby becoming a chronic course of depression and chances of lacking complete recovery.
Drug and alcohol use is a source of depression in community practice settings. Overconsumption of alcohol translates to an inability to focus at work leading to income and financial difficulties (Tanaka, Kusaga, Nyamathi, & Tanaka, 2019). Additionally, alcohol abuse affects the interpersonal relationship and individual ability of decision making for long term plans.
In summary, factors causing depression could be environmental, genetic, and personal, and depends on individual ability to identify triggers and solutions. Depression could lead to loss of careers, intimate and personal relationships, and antagonizing relations among social and community settings. Solutions to depression include cognitive behavioral therapy, taking of mental psychotherapies, and antidepressant medications to prevent the recurrent manifestation of depressive disorder.