Abstract
The correlation between depression and eating seafood was researched. The hypothesis was that as depression levels go up, your consumption of seafood has decreased or has been nonexistent. One hundred undergraduates enrolled in classes are NSU, all Psychology majors, took the Wilsonson's Depression Scale to determine the measurements of depression before consuming a seafood rich diet, and afterwards. The studies concluded that there is a significant relationship between depression and the amount of seafood in your diet. As the scores lowered, it revealed that it was due to the amount of seafood intake in the diet. These findings will be helpful to many people who are directly or indirectly involved with people who are struggling with depression. This research could be a major breakthrough in curing depression without the use of drugs.
Seafood and Depression
There have been studies that conclude that there is some relationship between food intake and mental health.
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English: Latent-variable model relating type of se...The stress you endure, and how you deal with it differs in many ways. There is evidence that the more seafood college students eat the lower level of depression they experience.
Researchers have two different inventories for depression. The Beck Depression Inventory is a leading depression inventory, and the new inventory is the Wilsonson's Depression Scale (Wilsonson, Gofendorfer, & Brazleton, 2002). The results of both tests were identical. The Wilsonson Depression Scale proved to be more simple to administer and faster to complete and score (Wilsonson et al., 2002).
This study, as well as others (Arbor, Dolfin, & Pecanhead, 2003; Black, Marsh, Roberts, Kickerback, Duey, Freeberslager, Williamsonson, & Friday, 2004; Smith & Hold, 2004; Thompson, 2004; Wilsonson, Gofendorfer, & Brazleton, 2002) have shown that when seafood intake is high your depression level is lower. One study examined the relationship between eating different foods to include seafood and...