This document summarizes a secondary research source about depression and bipolar disorder. The source discusses the symptoms of major depression disorder, drawing information from multiple experts in the field rather than just one person's viewpoint. The research presented is factual, outlining the key symptoms of the disorder. After reviewing this source, the conclusion is that all of the information provided about the symptoms of depression is important for helping identify those suffering and could potentially save lives.

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Secondary Research Analysis Sheet
Title, author, date, source (web address, publisher, etc):
Depression and Bipolar Disorder – Physical Disorders – 11/06/15 – Page Number 17
In your own words and in a summary paragraph, what information does this researchsource tell you?
This research tells me the symptoms ofa Major Depression Disorder.They talk aboutthe different symptoms
someone mightsuffer,and the things to look out for.
Is the information in this source the point of view of one person or severalpeople? (Summarize in a
paragraph & clearly state name(s) ofpeople who have contributed if known)
The view from this page seems to be from a few sources.Ibelieve this because you can see that the page is well
researched and has a lotof information,and if they only did it from one persons pointofview the symptoms
wouldn’tbe very accurate.
Is the researchsource factual (providing information), opinion led (the authors point of view) or both?
I believe that the book is factual, this is because the information provided seems very factual and very correct.
What is the key question(s) the author of the researchis addressing?
Personallythink the only question thatthe author answered in this statementis thatof the symptoms ofthe
disorder.This is because for this paragraph under the sub heading.You can see that all he has wrote about is
the symptoms ofthe disorder.
In your opinion, what is the most important information in the researchsource?
In my opinion Idon’t believe that you can single outone piece of information on this type of topic. This is because
I think that is all necessaryand that I think that all of it is needed and is all important.
What conclusions have you arrived at after conducting this research?
After I have read this small paragraph Ihave come to the conclusion thatthe information held in the text is very
necessaryand all very important.And I think this can help people spotting people with depression and maybe
even in the worstof cases,save someone’s life.
Book
 Depression and Bipolar
Disorder
 Physical Disorders
 17
 978-0-7910-8542-4 OR
9 780791 085424