Nursing Discussion


To support your work, use your course and text readings as well as the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Patient or lay person medical information portals such as webMD, Medscape, Mayo Clinic, or any disease foundations, such as the arthritis foundation, or the diabetic foundation, are not acceptable resources for your scholarly work.

Response #1: Expand on your own post. Discuss the phenomenon of depression effects on appetite. Describe from a pathophysiologic basis why some people with depression experience a lack of appetite resulting in weight loss while others will experience increased food intake and have weight gain.

Response #2: Expand on your own post. Discuss two additional clinical findings of depression and present the pathophysiologic basis of these symptoms.