“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | "Depression in the Elderly" |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | John McManamy |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | mcmanweb |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | Copyright 2010 John McManamy |
Date Page was Last Revised | 15 February 2008 |
Date You Read It | 4 February 2012 |
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Although we might think that it's completely normal for old people to be depressed as they age, "depression is not part of the normal aging process" (John McManamy). |
"Isolation and hopelessness" can lead to depression, which can lead to suicide; and elderly people who talk about suicide are "far more likely than the rest of the population to follow through" (John McManamy). |
The article also mentions that "depression is twice as rampant in nursing homes as elsewhere" (John McManamy). |
A 1997 study showed that one-hundred percent of 141 physicians agreed that "treating depression in elderly patients was important," but twenty nine percent admitted that "depressed elderly patients frustrated them" (John McManamy). |
A 1998 study showed that in a time period of just one year, "medical illness triples the risk of depression in older adults"(John McManamy). |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
John McManamy brings together information about depression in the elderly and proves to us that depression should not be something the elderly endure. Many of the sources cited talked about different studies and the different types of depression. It also briefly stated how depression was more likely in people at nursing homes.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The author is John McManamy, an award-winning mental health journalist and author. He started this website to help cure his depression.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
John McManamy has absolutely nothing to gain with this site other than the pride for providing free information to people. He believes that "Knowledge is necessity" and that's why he writes articles.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
This article was mainly about depression and what can cause it. So I suppose it is biased but I'm not sure since there is nothing good about depression.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
The author uses Dr. Reynolds, long-time educator and advocate, to make his explanation more powerful. These add to the credibility because Dr. Reynolds also provided two studies done on depression which proved their points.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this source to support my opinion that people in nursing homes can develop depression from loneliness. And with that, I can explain to them all the effects of depression on the patient and the patients family, which is provided in this article.
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