Application of Clinical Pychology
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Application of Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychologist are often treating people with mental illness and patients who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders. Clinical psychologist are involved with helping people with abnormal behavior and who may be suffering from psychological distress. Patients are often individualized by psychological, biological and social factors of their case. Clinical psychologist work very close with their patients to help assess and diagnose which psychological disorder they are suffering from.

Case Overview
As we examine the case of Martha, who suffers from severe depression and borderline personality disorder, a clinical psychologist uses the Rorschach method to possibly provide treatment. Martha is 24 years old and a biracial women. Her psychiatrist has referred her for psychological testing. Martha has been in the hospital several times due to depression and suicide attempts. She has been diagnosed with major depression as well as borderline personality disorder. She is only taking test because her father and psychiatrist are in her words “making me do this”. Martha is given several cards to examine. Only one of the few tools helping diagnose patients. (Contemporary clinical psychology, 2011)

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Interventions
Major Depression Disorder (MDD) has symptoms that overlap with those of Borderline Personality Disorder, and generally co-occur. Furthermore; treating BPD has been proven to decrease the symptoms associated with depression. However, treating depression alone does not alter, or lessen the symptoms of BPD (Beatson & Rao, 2012). The interventions recommended for treating Martha’s major depression and borderline personality disorders are cognitive-behavioral