Common Diseases > Depression > A Holistic View
Depression is very
common with about 10% of the general NZ population affected
and 18-21% of teens under 20. It
is becoming more widely recognised and prescriptions
and sales of antidepressant medications are
increasing.
Depression may be
described as a lack of energy or vitality and is
characterised by, a lack of interest in
life, a lack of enthusiasm and diminshed libido.
The causes of
depression are many and there are many contributing
factors such as poor health, malnutrition, loss and
sadness. A major cause of depression not generally
recognized is injustice and
inequality.
For teens growing up
in a world where they have no rights or security,
the idea of becoming a responsible adult very
daunting. Of course they grow into a very unequal
world.
While a child born in
the slums of Calcutta displays an amazing zest for
life and is just glad to be alive, in western
cultures may well be depressed due to the negativity
of western culture. So really depression is a social
disease.
The cure is therefore
to be found in eliminating social disease
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