Major depressive disorder

Originally taught while patients are in recovery, it aims to facilitate them to learn how to attend awareness to body sensations, emotions and thoughts, to aid in the prevention of depressive relapse. The program combines aspects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness meditation (Crane, 2008). The aim of the MBCT program is to teach people to identify and disconnect or decentre from negative, ruminative thought patterns in…

twenty years ago. The nice lady went through a traumatic experience, and never revealed the details of it, thus coping by drinking.. She said that she had gone through a major depression and had no interest in any communication. Instead, she drank her worries and problems away. Today was the first day after twenty years coming back to the A.A. group and almost a week without having any alcohol. She stated that she actually…

a similar approach was used in Hendricks, Robinson, Bradley, and Davis’s article, “Using Music Techniques to Treat Adolescent Depression,” (1999). They developed a 10-week school-based therapy program using music for teenagers who demonstrated depressive symptoms (p. 39). The results were that depression decreased in the treatment group and at follow-up 6 months later, the reduction in depression continued with the participants (p. 39). This indicated that they were continuing to use music…

Depression affects many people, including children. “About 5 percent of children and adolescents suffer from depression, and in 2012, an estimated 2.2 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This represented 9.1 percent of the U.S. population aged 12 to 17 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2014). Persisting sadness and hopelessness are troubling predictors of clinical depression, which is significantly linked to…

cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) only, or no treatment—they were on the waiting list to be seen by a therapist. At the end of the study, the researchers concluded that CBT was just as effective as antidepressant medication for anyone suffering from major depression. The study reflects the biological and cognitive behavioral models of abnormality. The biological model is reflected because a biologically oriented mental health professional would treat depression with medications. Whereas the…

The client has had a heart condition since childhood that can cause her to pass out if she becomes overly anxious or excited. In the past the heart condition did not cause her many problem, but since finding out her about her husband infidelity she feels that she has panic attacks easier and has to come herself down so she does not pass out. The client is currently on a prenatal vitamin in which she takes daily and has been on this vitamin for the last year because she was pregnant. The client…

According to Comer, depression is a clinical disorder that causes considerable distress and impairment and features a range of symptoms, including emotional, motivational, behavioral, cognitive, and physical symptoms. Nevertheless, the picture of depression may vary greatly from person to person. Depression differs from sadness, in that sadness is context-specific, is proportional to the triggering loss, and ends when the loss situation ends (Comer, 2015). Due to the fact that the biological…

family and social network have played a vital role in their survival, now and in history. Unlike in many other studies, socioeconomic background was not a confounder and the African Americans used in this study did not differ in income, psychiatric disorders, or suicide attempts from Whites. Limitations of the study included the fact that this study could only examine risk factors for suicidality rather than completed suicide, the study was not longitudinal, and the sample size was relatively…

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and Mark together. These types of therapies involve changing how Jennifer copes with the close relationships surrounding her life. IV. Jennifer’s experience is considered abnormal based on the following 4 D’s: Deviance- Her behavior, being in a depressive mood for the entire day for days on end, with a lack of enjoyment for pleasurable activities, constant crying, and staying in bed all day contributes in part to what society views as improper functioning. This type of behavior does not align…