Mental distress lies at the heart of counselling, psychotherapy and counselling psychology. Psychopathology derives from two Greek words psych meaning soul and pathos which means suffering. In summary psychopathology is the origin of mental disorder it is the development and the symptoms associated to mental disorders. The environment has placed mankind under the governance of two self-determining masters, pain, and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do It’s hard to articulate what it’s like “on the inside” of depression. The discussion aims to present a psychological perspective on mental disorders one will firstly give a brief description on depression thereafter elaborate
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These mental disorders are grouped under axis1 category in the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000). The meaning of the word depression and words derived from it such as depressed, depressive depends largely on the context that the person uses it more importantly is that the aspect of the context depends on who is using it for example mental health professionals technically use the word to refer to a condition within an individual that is defined by a group of features that are reported by the individual experiencing it or which are observed by other people close to the individual experiencing the condition ( Stoppard, 2014).
According to Stoppard (2014) the term depression refers to a particular condition that characterizes an individual encompassing a set of experiences that include symptoms which are feelings of sadness, dejection and despair that are coupled with pessimistic thoughts about the person be it the situation and their future plans, and incident of suicidal thoughts. It is saddening to note that the features of depression have some coherence in the sense that they occur in the same person at the same time. This disorder is diagnosed when there is a constellation of symptoms which are experienced for long periods these symptoms are anger and irritability loss of energy self-loathing (harshly criticizing yourself), concentration
These mental disorders are grouped under axis1 category in the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000). The meaning of the word depression and words derived from it such as depressed, depressive depends largely on the context that the person uses it more importantly is that the aspect of the context depends on who is using it for example mental health professionals technically use the word to refer to a condition within an individual that is defined by a group of features that are reported by the individual experiencing it or which are observed by other people close to the individual experiencing the condition ( Stoppard, 2014).
According to Stoppard (2014) the term depression refers to a particular condition that characterizes an individual encompassing a set of experiences that include symptoms which are feelings of sadness, dejection and despair that are coupled with pessimistic thoughts about the person be it the situation and their future plans, and incident of suicidal thoughts. It is saddening to note that the features of depression have some coherence in the sense that they occur in the same person at the same time. This disorder is diagnosed when there is a constellation of symptoms which are experienced for long periods these symptoms are anger and irritability loss of energy self-loathing (harshly criticizing yourself), concentration