Major depressive disorder

mental illnesses and disorders. These illnesses affect his/her daily life, the way one interactions with others, and how one views him/herself. This is no different for Jessie, a 19-year-old male who is unable to cope with the stressors of college, body image issues, family struggles, and several other negative relations. Given his behaviors and actions, I was able to diagnose Jesse with major depressive disorder and bulimia nervosa. The comorbidity between these two disorders only magnify the…

Demographic Information For this assignment I watched Still Alice (Glatzer, 2015). This movies main character is Alice who is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. At the begging of the move she is celebrating her 50th birthday. She is married to John and has three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. After having some issues with her memory Alice decides to see a neurologist who tests her cognitive abilities and does scans of her brain. After the test are performed Alice is diagnosed…

such as drawing, coloring, painting, the use of pastels and chalk, sculpting, collages, mandalas, and more (American Art Therapy Association, 2013). It can be successfully applied to client with trauma, physical, emotional, mental, diseases and disorders. This includes managing behaviors and…

room, inpatient psychiatry unit or medical emergency room with a DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) diagnosis of major depressive disorder, single or recurrent without psychotic features were screened for this study (Hovanesian, Isakov & Cervellione, 2009). Patients had to be proficient in English to fill out the questionnaire. Patients who had bipolar disorder, severe organic condition, or psychotic symptoms were excluded from the study. In order for a patient to be involved,…

diagnosing children in earlier stages of development can be detrimental to their adulthood in many aspects. One in twenty children in America establish a form of depression before the age 19. There are multiple varieties of depression that can occur. Major depression, being in a low state for more than two weeks straight is one that commonly is developed. How is Depression Developed in Children? Although depression can be inherited from past generations it is on off balance of…

In today’s society adolescence are often pressured into many things by the media. According to magazines they have to look a certain way, around their friends they must act a certain way, and of course family always heaves the stress on by making sure they maintain good grades, think about colleges, hold down a job, and overall be basically a superhero. With all of the stress that goes with being an adolescent, there are other situations that just add more fuel to the raging fire. However, as a…

A rise in suicide rates among youth is alarming. Among American youths, suicide is the third main cause of death (Mustanski and Liu, 2013). Especially, LGBT youths may face more suicidal risks due to many factors that derive directly and indirectly from their sexual identities. Likewise, some scholars predict that there is a high suicide risk among LGBT youths. It is important to specify this group of LGBT youths because their non-binary sexual identity may lead to other at-risk behaviors and…

This is a problem as this means that the countries with a normal economy (ex: United States) is not eligible for this program as it is made for these low-income countries. The program "scales up services for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders." (who.int) While this is a good set up for a program, this doesn 't help everyone. It leaves all those depressed outside of these specific nations without help, which is what the organization should be preventing from happening. Though,…

illness, has had frequent hospitalizations, received prior mental health treatment. Client presents with depression, feelings of sadness, difficulty communicating and difficulty maintaining positive relationships. Client has been diagnosed with Major Depression with psychotic features, Schizophrenia,…

a person’s family, work/school life, sleeping/eating habits, and their general health. My best friend was diagnosed with this disorder around the age of twelve. He’s been to various doctors as well as prescribed various medications. Now at the age of seventeen, he still suffers, but is seeing improvements through his treatment plan. I have a minor diagnosis of this disorder. I’ve been to many therapists as well. In my case, my depression is always there; it’s always in my mind. It’s just pushed…