MARITAL CONFLICTS CAN LEAD TO MAJOR DEPRESSION

Running head: MARITAL CONFLICTS CAN LEAD TO MAJOR DEPRESSION
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Marital Conflicts Can Lead to Major Depression
Zunaira Akhtar
Aga khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery

Running head: MARITAL CONFLICTS CAN LEAD TO MAJOR DEPRESSION
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“The marital relationship plays a very important role in person 's physical and mental well-being.
Studies shown that married couples enjoy better life as compared to single counterpart”. (Choi,
&Marks, 2008). In 2006, Umber son, Williams, Powers, Liu & Needham found that “In married life there is greater availability of emotional, social support; meaning and purpose in life. On the other hand, poor marital quality is related to negative physical health outcomes such as functional impairment, depressive disorders and low self-esteem”.
When there are marital conflicts it leaves great impacts on psychological health of spouses. In 2009, Ramchandani, &Psychogiou stated about his study “Depression is the most widely studied psychiatric illness in terms of its effects on parents and consequently on their children. It has also the most considerable effect on wellbeing worldwide.”(p.1-8). On the other hand another study says that “The prevalence of psychiatric disorders affecting adults of parenting age is high and increasing worldwide”. (Ramchandani, &Psychogiou, 2009, p.1-8)
As we know, good marital life gives emotional support but poor marital quality give depression and many negative results. This really affects the person’s mental health and wellbeing and he became socially isolated and this can lead to major depression. Besides being socially isolated depressed person is also not able to work normally on his/her daily life activities. This is the reason I chose to write on this topic so that I may get that knowledge how these issues can be resolved in my clinical practices in future.
Marital distress and conflicts not only affects couple’s life and their relationship but mostly affects their

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