Dysthymia

“The Mess That Is Stress” Summary Depending on the situation, stress can either be good or bad, yet it is often an aspect that is overlooked in association with physical health problems. The pessimistic view of stress is very common, however avoided in today's society and despite a few cases where stress is positive, this causes many health issues. In the article "The Mess That is Stress" by Nathan Seppa, it is proven that research shows that chronic stress precipitates long-term health problems…

Depression is something that is experienced by almost everyone in life. The world is for every changing from people losing jobs, family situations, and being unhappy in life, could all lead to depressive episodes. The article points out that 14 million adults annually in the United States are experiencing debilitating major depressive disorder. They are many ways to deal with depression. For example, exercising, being involved in different hobbies, and connect with friends. According to…

Beethoven’s case file Chief Complaint/ Presenting problem: Beethoven complains of not only his physical ailments that causes him great pain, but associates his feelings of depression with his deafness and physical illnesses. He complains of mental instability that can make him intense, which can be disruptive to his everyday functioning. He came in to be evaluated for his deviant behaviors, which causes him to have an angry outburst and mood swings. He’s concerned that he consistently suffers…

Aaron T. Beck’s Cognitive Theory of depression believes that cognitive symptoms of depression actually precede the affective and mood symptoms of depression, rather than vice versa. (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2007) According to Beck, central to depression are the negative thoughts and faulty or maladaptive cognitive processes, instead of hormonal changes or low rates of reinforcement as postulated by other theorists. (Allen, 2003) There are three main aspects that I believe are fundamental in…

INTRODUCTION Both alcohol use and depressive symptoms are prevalent in adolescents and young adults (1–3). Additionally, several studies report the co-occurrence of alcohol use and depressive symptoms (4–6). For example, of young depressive adolescents under grade 10, 39% female vs. 14.8% male have ever used alcohol (7). Given co-occurrence of underage alcohol use and early depressive symptoms, disentangling the sequence of alcohol initiation (AI) and depressive symptom onset (DSO) will provide…

Leanne is a 31-year-old female who is heterosexually partnered currently. She experienced divorce two years ago. Leanne was laid off from her former job 18 months ago and then stayed unemployed for one year. Now, she finds a job related to marketing. Meanwhile, she is pursuing her master’s degree. She is referred by a psychiatrist for the treatment of her depression and anxiety associated with abusive childhood, failed marriage, career crisis, financial crisis and unpleasant living condition. 1.…

At any given day, millions of people suffer from 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…

Medea’s Irrational Actions Explained by Bipolar Disorder In the play Medea by Euripides, Medea does many things that would be considered crazy. She seems to overreact in nearly every situation and is even willing to kill her own children in order to inflict pain upon her ex-husband, Jason. When reading the play, Medea can appear to be a complete lunatic, however, many of her actions could be explained by bipolar disorder. Medea displays many symptoms that are associated with bipolar…

Depression is a condition that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and dejection. Although depression can be inherited or be caused by unbalanced hormones or brain chemicals, it is caused by multiple stressful events in most cases. Those events can be a traumatic childhood, death of a loved one, suicide in the family, self-esteem problems, health problems, or alcoholism. Usually, depression shows a variety of symptoms physically, emotionally, and mentally. Some of the symptoms are sadness,…

In the case of Ellen Waters, she initially presents as someone that may suffer from Major Depressive Disorder, however, at the end of the case, it describes a person who appears to also suffer from hypomanic episodes, so it would be most fitting to diagnose Ellen with Bipolar Affective Disorder II. It appears that Ellen struggles with long periods of depressed episodes, where she withdraws, ruminates on failures, difficulty concentrating, somatic symptoms-arms and legs that feel like dead…