We are addressing this paper to those people and visitors that are already familiar with depression and have already explored remedies for it.
However, you may not have known that some of the causes are as simple as: 1.
Dust Mites that float in your air and are investing your bed 2.
Common airborne allergens 3.
Dirt or dust in the air carrying bacteria and viruses 4.
Mold due to humidity, dirt, and other house-growth issues.
Depression Treatment is not as easy as 1, 2 and 3.
Before you read on, consult your doctor or specialist if you have any questions.
For organizations, productivity and collaboration is everything that makes the company move into the prosperous and competitive direction the leaders wish to guide their organization too.
When people lack collaboration at the workplace, these required effectiveness and expected productivity levels become tainted.
Workers have collaboration challenges for different reasons.
Some reasons are due to poor relationships with their immediate supervisors.
Other reasons are of social, cultural, racial, and personality related origin.
Some people are shy, others are very outgoing.
In our ongoing research we want to study the collaboration levels between people at the workplace when some are depressed trying to do their job as good as they possibly can, yet find themselves in blue challenges.
We believe that depression at the workplace is not something that is easy to control and to manage.
It is of very delicate nature.
People with depression have an illness.
Some have it more than others.
Some people are depressed all the time while others have it only occasionally.
And of course there are many different possible causes for depression as well.
Causes of depression generally are of chemical nature.
Medication usually as prescribed by a licensed specialist or physician helps the patient overcome the depression to some degree.
Some medication helps some people better than others.
In order to find the right medication, a physician usually recommends to trying out one medication and examines the result of how well they appear to work.
Taking medication for depression is not always helpful 100%.
As we grow older, and unfortunately whether we like it or not, our metabolisms change and so with it change our requirements for different medication and a different dose.
And often as one may be diagnosed with depression once, it may never go away to the point that the patient can live his/her live without medication completely.
Adjustments may become necessary, just when you thought you have finally found the medication.
Our philosophy and suggestion is to trying to find a natural method to trying to improve the wellbeing of humans at the workplace, not as a replacement to the required medication, but as a supplement to enhance and improve the already depressed lifestyles we often lead.
This is ideal for those with diagnosed depression.
But those who think they are not depressed, they too may benefit from fresher cleaner pure air inside their home and at the work place.
They also may want to benefit from freshly prepared healthy fruit and vegetable smoothies boosting their morning drive in the beginning hours of their workday.
And of course, exercise does nobody harm, if done appropriately.
Further, our theory is that when people feel more energetic because of better and cleaner air and because of a freshly blended orange juice and after climbing up the stairs to the seventh floor instead of taking the elevator, it could just make our society more productive.
In fact, would not we all want to find out if a negative-ion producing HEPA air filtration purification equipment can help make you happy and energetic? Some researchers think that negative ions actually do help (Baron, Robert.
A.
, 1987).
And I have personally found the joy of a refreshing gasp for air as I walk into my Eagle Mountain Home in Utah, enjoying the fresh air inside my house over the air outside that is normal polluted with construction dust.
Negative ions, according to Tom G.
, Poole M.
F.
, Galla J.
, Berrier J.
(1981) have been used on humans with depression.
The study subjects felt more energetic and positive under negative-ion enriched air indoors than regular air without the enhanced air.
This is important to realize because our indoor air has long become poor in quality, polluted, filled with dust and dust mites, and full with allergens Manuel, John.
(1999).
A European team of researchers have tested the skin of select study subjects for allergic reaction to dust mites.
Their test not only showed positive support to their theory, but also proofed that associated allergic reactions led to depression in these human subjects.
Can you believe it? Dust mites and depression.
Our theory is based on better healthier and fresher higher amount of negative-ion enriched oxygenated air to be available to the work environment.
And we believe the research references presented to be viable and reliable sources, therefore permitting us to argue that better air in deed could lead to more activity, especially at the workplace.
As a result, those that are depressed should also start feeling better.
References: Baron, Robert.
A.
, (1987).
Effects of negative ions on cognitive performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 72(1), Feb 1987.
pp.
131-137 Manuel, John.
(1999).
(Indoor air pollution) -A healthy home environment? Environmental Health Perspectives; Jul1999, Vol.
107 Issue 7, pA352-A357, 6p Marin V.
et al.
(1989).
Effects of ionization of the air on some bacterial strains.
Annali Di Igiene: Medicina Preventiva E Di Comunitad[Ann Ig] 1989 Nov-Dec; Vol.
1 (6), pp.
1491-500.
Tom G.
, Poole M.
F.
, Galla J.
, Berrier J.
(1981).
The influence of negative air ions on human performance and mood.
Human Factors, Vol 23(5), Oct 1981.
pp.
633-636.