The case I will be studying is the case of a 20 year old university student who is struggling to function as a student and social areas of his life. He is going through the psychological phase of depression and feels helpless and in no control over it.
One possible reason to the cause of James depression was how his friends and family reacted to his learning disability. His learning difficulties always made him feel like a failure to himself and to others. James always had learning difficulties in primary school and had to be placed at a remedial class. His siblings and his fellow classmates continuously mocked James over his learning disability and made him feel different leading to the trigger of the thought within himself that he was “dumb” …show more content…
For example, according to Read and Sanders (2010) the advantages of being labelled are that it makes communication and research, for treatment of the problem easier. If there was lack in communication and research diagnosing and treating the problem will be difficult and it would probably take longer to effectively treat that individual. Another advantage would be that it would bring that individual relief, now knowing what his/her situation is and knowing that there could be a possible treatment. If you are diagnosed it assists policy makers on treatment funding. If your condition is fallen out of control it would be helpful for that individual to receive a treatment funding to assist him/her in their time of recovery which is another advantage of being diagnosed. However, being labelled may also produce negative effects. People may take a negative approach towards that diagnosis and perceive their diagnosis as worse than what it actually is. Also being diagnosed and labelled could reduce an individual’s hope for recovery as that individual may internalise the cause of the problem and see it as incurable. This would make things harder for him/her to have hope that he/her can recover from this. That person may also underestimate their ability to change their situation. This underestimation could make his/her problem worse and could lead …show more content…
According to Kosslyn, Rosenberg and Lambert, (2014) people with Depressive disorders are characterized by depressed mood or loss of interest in social activities and feels hopeless. This definition relates to a definition that was given by Liese and Beck (1997) in which they stated that an individual such as James that has fallen into depression tend to hold negative and maladaptive beliefs about themselves. James has internalized negative and maladaptive thoughts about himself such as being “dumb” and being a “failure”. James would benefit from being diagnosed, he has been feeling low for about 3 years and does mention that he wants his old life back. He wants to become that social character again, the person that interacts with people, attends events with friends and joins activities that he enjoys. It seems that he really wants to see a change in himself and in his character, because he did once enjoy that company of people and doing the things that he loved. Being diagnosed can give him the hope of being that person once again in the future. If James gets referred to a psychologists, they will gradually assist him into getting his life back, which would be beneficial towards him, if he wants his old self
One possible reason to the cause of James depression was how his friends and family reacted to his learning disability. His learning difficulties always made him feel like a failure to himself and to others. James always had learning difficulties in primary school and had to be placed at a remedial class. His siblings and his fellow classmates continuously mocked James over his learning disability and made him feel different leading to the trigger of the thought within himself that he was “dumb” …show more content…
For example, according to Read and Sanders (2010) the advantages of being labelled are that it makes communication and research, for treatment of the problem easier. If there was lack in communication and research diagnosing and treating the problem will be difficult and it would probably take longer to effectively treat that individual. Another advantage would be that it would bring that individual relief, now knowing what his/her situation is and knowing that there could be a possible treatment. If you are diagnosed it assists policy makers on treatment funding. If your condition is fallen out of control it would be helpful for that individual to receive a treatment funding to assist him/her in their time of recovery which is another advantage of being diagnosed. However, being labelled may also produce negative effects. People may take a negative approach towards that diagnosis and perceive their diagnosis as worse than what it actually is. Also being diagnosed and labelled could reduce an individual’s hope for recovery as that individual may internalise the cause of the problem and see it as incurable. This would make things harder for him/her to have hope that he/her can recover from this. That person may also underestimate their ability to change their situation. This underestimation could make his/her problem worse and could lead …show more content…
According to Kosslyn, Rosenberg and Lambert, (2014) people with Depressive disorders are characterized by depressed mood or loss of interest in social activities and feels hopeless. This definition relates to a definition that was given by Liese and Beck (1997) in which they stated that an individual such as James that has fallen into depression tend to hold negative and maladaptive beliefs about themselves. James has internalized negative and maladaptive thoughts about himself such as being “dumb” and being a “failure”. James would benefit from being diagnosed, he has been feeling low for about 3 years and does mention that he wants his old life back. He wants to become that social character again, the person that interacts with people, attends events with friends and joins activities that he enjoys. It seems that he really wants to see a change in himself and in his character, because he did once enjoy that company of people and doing the things that he loved. Being diagnosed can give him the hope of being that person once again in the future. If James gets referred to a psychologists, they will gradually assist him into getting his life back, which would be beneficial towards him, if he wants his old self