Depression Among College Students

Depression causes people all across the world to have feelings of sadness, helplessness, worthlessness, and guilt. Some surveys have shown that as many as twenty people in a hundred suffer from depression at one time, and approximately 25 percent of the population may suffer from significant depression in the course of a lifetime ("Depression," 1993). Depression is caused for many reasons, and it affects people in all classes of life. Women seem to have higher occurrences of …

…that some difficulties with the environment, stress, and fear of failure are common, but when these! feelings cause a person to feel a loss of control in his life, help must be obtained. Professionals are available to assist students in coping with problems, and students need not do it alone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** References Breton, S. (1996). Depression: Your questions answered. Boston: Element Books. Depression. (1993). In Funk & Wagnalls new Encyclopedia (Vol. 8. p. 151). Clifton, New Jersey: Funk & Wagnalls.